Revised Version 1895

Job 2:1-5

1Againוַיְהִ֣יvay.HiH1961there was adayהַיּ֔וֹםhai.YomH3117when thesonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofGodהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430cameוַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙vai.ya.Vo.'uH935topresentלְהִתְיַצֵּ֖בle.hit.ya.TzevH3320themselvesH3320beforeעַל־'al-H5921theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, andSatanהַשָּׂטָן֙ha.sa.TanH7854cameוַיָּב֤וֹאvai.ya.Vo'H935also among them topresentלְהִתְיַצֵּ֖בle.hit.ya.TzevH3320himselfH3117beforeעַל־'al-H5921theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

2And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidH559untoSatanהַשָּׂטָ֔ןha.sa.TanH7854, From whence comest thou? AndSatanהַשָּׂטָ֤ןha.sa.TanH7854answeredH559theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, andsaidH559, FromgoingH1980to andfroH1980in theearthבָּאָ֔רֶץba.'A.retzH776, and fromwalkingH1980upתָּבֹ֑אta.Vo'H935anddownH1980in it.

3And theLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoSatanהַשָּׂטָ֗ןha.sa.TanH7854, Hast thou considered myservantעַבְדִּ֣י'av.DiH5650Jobאִיּוֹב֒'i.yOvH347? for there isnoneH369like him in theearthבָּאָ֗רֶץba.'A.retzH776, aperfectתָּ֧םtamH8535and artuprightוְיָשָׁ֛רve.ya.SharH3477manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376, one that fearethGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430, and eschewethevilמֵרָ֑עme.Ra'H7451: and hestillוְעֹדֶ֙נּוּ֙ve.'o.De.nuH5750holdethfastמַחֲזִ֣יקma.cha.ZikH2388hisintegrityבְּתֻמָּת֔וֹbe.tu.ma.ToH8538,althoughכִּי֩kiH3588thou movedstmeאֶל־'el-H413againstאֶל־'el-H413him, todestroyלְבַלְּע֥וֹle.va.le.'OH1104himwithoutH369causeחִנָּֽם׃chi.NamH2600.

4AndSatanהַשָּׂטָ֛ןha.sa.TanH7854answeredH559theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, andsaidH559,Skinע֣וֹרorH5785forskinע֗וֹרorH5785, yea,allוְכֹל֙ve.KholH3605that amanלָאִ֔ישׁla.'IshH376hath will hegiveיִתֵּ֖ןyi.TenH5414for hislifeנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃naf.ShoH5315.

5ButputH7971forthH7971thinehandיָֽדְךָ֔ya.de.KhaH3027nowנָ֣אna'H4994, andtouchוְגַ֥עve.Ga'H5060hisboneעַצְמ֖וֹatz.MoH6106and hisfleshבְּשָׂר֑וֹbe.sa.RoH1320, and he will renounce thee to thyfaceפָּנֶ֖יךָpa.Nei.khaH6440.

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