Revised Version 1895

Job 18:5-14

5Yea, thelightא֣וֹר'orH216of thewickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563shall beputH1846outH1846, and the spark of hisfireאִשּֽׁוֹ׃'i.ShoH784shallnotוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808shineיִ֝גַּ֗הּyi.GahH5050.

6Thelightא֭וֹר'orH216shall bedarkחָשַׁ֣ךְcha.ShakhH2821in histentבְּאָהֳל֑וֹbe.'o.ho.LoH168, and hislampוְ֝נֵר֗וֹve.ne.RoH5216aboveH5921him shall beputיִדְעָֽךְ׃yid.'AkhH1846outH5921.

7Thestepsצַעֲדֵ֣יtza.'a.DeiH6806of hisstrengthאוֹנ֑וֹ'o.NoH202shall be straitened, and his owncounselעֲצָתֽוֹ׃a.tza.ToH6098shallcastH7993himdownוְֽתַשְׁלִיכֵ֥הוּve.tash.li.Khe.huH7993.

8For he iscastשֻׁלַּ֣חshu.LachH7971intoיִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃yit.ha.LakhH1980anetבְּרֶ֣שֶׁתbe.Re.shetH7568by his ownfeetבְּרַגְלָ֑יוbe.rag.LavH7272, and he walkethuponוְעַל־ve.'a.lS-H5921the toils.

9A gin shalltakeH2388him by theheelבְּעָקֵ֣בbe.'a.KevH6119, and asnareפָּ֑חPachH6341shalllayיֹאחֵ֣זyo.ChezH270holdיַחֲזֵ֖קya.cha.ZekH2388on him.

10A noose ishidטָמ֣וּןta.MunH2934for him in thegroundבָּאָ֣רֶץba.'A.retzH776, and atrapוּ֝מַלְכֻּדְתּ֗וֹu.mal.kud.ToH4434for him in thewayעֲלֵ֣י'a.LeiH5921.

11Terrorsבַלָּה֑וֹתva.la.HotH1091shallmakeH7272him afraid oneveryH5439sideH5439, and shall chase him at hisheelsH7272.

12Hisstrengthאֹנ֑וֹ'o.NoH202shall be hunger-bitten andcalamityוְ֝אֵ֗ידve.'EidH343shall bereadyנָכ֥וֹןna.KhonH3559for his halting.

13It shalldevourיֹ֭אכַלYo.khalH398the members of hisbodyעוֹר֑וֹo.RoH5785, yea, thefirstbornבְּכ֣וֹרbe.KhorH1060ofdeathמָֽוֶת׃Ma.vetH4194shalldevourיֹאכַ֥לyo.KhalH398his members.

14He shall be rooted out of histentמֵ֭אָהֳלוֹme.'o.ho.loH168wherein he trusteth; and he shall be brought to thekingלְמֶ֣לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428ofterrorsבַּלָּהֽוֹת׃ba.la.HotH1091.

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