Revised Version 1895

Job 19:7-20

7Beholdהֵ֤ןhenH2005, Icryאֶצְעַ֣ק'etz.'AkH6817outH7768ofwrongחָ֭מָסCha.mosH2555, but I amnotH3808heard: IcryH6817forhelpאֲ֝שַׁוַּ֗ע'a.sha.Va'H7768, but there isnoH3808judgmentמִשְׁפָּֽט׃mish.PatH4941.

8He hath fencedupוְעַ֥לve.'AlH5921mywayאָרְחִ֣י'a.re.ChiH734that Icannotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808passאֶעֱב֑וֹר'e.'e.VorH5674, and hathsetיָשִֽׂים׃ya.SimH7760darknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822in mypathsH734.

9He hathstrippedהִפְשִׁ֑יטhif.ShitH6584meמֵעָלַ֣יme.'a.LaiH5921of mygloryכְּ֭בוֹדִיKe.vo.diH3519, andtakenוַ֝יָּ֗סַרvai.Ya.sarH5493thecrownעֲטֶ֣רֶת'a.Te.retH5850from myheadרֹאשִֽׁי׃ro.ShiH7218.

10He hathbrokenH5422meH5422downיִתְּצֵ֣נִיyi.te.Tze.niH5422oneveryH5439sideH5439, and I am gone: and minehopeתִּקְוָתִֽי׃tik.va.TiH8615hath hepluckedוַיַּסַּ֥עvai.ya.Sa'H5265up like atreeכָּ֝עֵ֗ץka.'EtzH6086.

11He hath alsokindledוַיַּ֣חַרvai.Ya.charH2734hiswrathאַפּ֑וֹ'a.PoH639againstH5921meH5921, and he countethmeH5921unto him as one of his adversaries.

12Histroopsגְדוּדָ֗יוge.du.DavH1416comeיָ֘בֹ֤אוּya.Vo.'uH935ontogetherיַ֤חַד׀Ya.chadH3162, and castupH5921theirwayדַּרְכָּ֑םdar.KamH1870againstH5921meH5921, andencampוַיַּחֲנ֖וּvai.ya.cha.NuH2583roundH5439aboutH5439mytentלְאָהֳלִֽי׃le.'o.ho.LiH168.

13He hathputהִרְחִ֑יקhir.ChikH7368mybrethrenאַ֭חַי'A.chaiH251farH7368frommeH5921, andmineמִמֶּֽנִּי׃mi.Me.niH4480acquaintance are wholly estranged frommeH5921.

14My kinsfolk havefailedחָדְל֥וּcha.de.LuH2308, and myfamiliarH3045friendsH3045haveforgottenשְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃she.khe.Chu.niH7911meH7911.

15They thatdwellגָּ֘רֵ֤יga.ReiH1481in minehouseבֵיתִ֣יvei.TiH1004, and mymaidsוְ֭אַמְהֹתַיVe.'am.ho.taiH519, countmeתַּחְשְׁבֻ֑נִיtach.she.Vu.niH2803for astrangerH5237: I am analienH5237in theirsightבְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ve.'ei.nei.HemH5869.

16Icallקָ֭רָאתִיKa.ra.tiH7121unto myservantלְעַבְדִּ֣יle.'av.DiH5650, and he givethmeH7121noוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808answerיַעֲנֶ֑הya.'a.NehH6030, though I entreat him with mymouthפִ֝֗יFiH6310.

17Mybreathר֭וּחִֽיRu.chiH7307isstrangeזָ֣רָהZa.rahH2114to mywifeלְאִשְׁתִּ֑יle.'ish.TiH802, and my supplication to thechildrenלִבְנֵ֥יliv.NeiH1121of my mother’swombבִטְנִֽי׃vit.NiH990.

18Evenגַּם־gam-H1571youngעֲ֭וִילִים'A.vi.limH5759childrenH5759despiseמָ֣אֲסוּMa.'a.suH3988meH1696; if Iariseאָ֝ק֗וּמָה'a.Ku.mahH6965, theyspeakH1696againstH1696meH1696.

19AllH3605my inwardfriendsH157abhorתִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִיTi.'a.vu.niH8581meH8581: and they whom Ilovedאָ֝הַ֗בְתִּי'a.Hav.tiH157areturnedנֶהְפְּכוּ־neh.pe.khu-H2015againstH3605meH8581.

20Myboneעַצְמִ֑י'atz.MiH6106cleaveth to myskinבְּעוֹרִ֣יbe.'o.RiH5785and to myfleshוּ֭בִבְשָׂרִיU.viv.sa.riH1320, and I amescapedוָ֝אֶתְמַלְּטָ֗הva.'et.ma.le.TahH4422with theskinבְּע֣וֹרbe.'orH5785of myteethשִׁנָּֽי׃shi.NaiH8127.

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