Revised Version 1895

Job 21:12-16

12Theysingיִ֭שְׂאוּYis.'uH5375to thetimbrelכְּתֹ֣ףke.TofH8596andharpוְכִנּ֑וֹרve.khi.NorH3658, andrejoiceוְ֝יִשְׂמְח֗וּve.yis.me.ChuH8055at thesoundלְק֣וֹלle.KolH6963of thepipeעוּגָֽב׃'u.GavH5748.

13TheyspendH1086theirdaysיְמֵיהֶ֑םye.mei.HemH3117inprosperityבַטּ֣וֹבva.TovH2896, and in amomentוּ֝בְרֶ֗גַעu.ve.Re.ga'H7281theygoH5181downH5181toSheolשְׁא֣וֹלshe.'olH7585.

14Yet theysaidH559untoGodלָ֭אֵלLa.'elH410,Departס֣וּרsurH5493fromusH559; for wedesireחָפָֽצְנוּ׃cha.Fa.tze.nuH2654notלֹ֣אlo'H3808theknowledgeוְדַ֥עַתve.Da.'atH1847of thywaysדְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָde.ra.Khei.khaH1870.

15Whatמַה־mah-H4100is theAlmightyשַׁדַּ֥יsha.DaiH7706, thatweH3588shouldserveנַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּna.'av.De.nuH5647him? andwhatוּמַה־u.mah-H4100profitנּ֝וֹעִ֗ילno.'IlH3276shouldweH3588have,ifH3588weH3588pray unto him?

16Loהֵ֤ןhenH2005, theirprosperityטוּבָ֑םtu.VamH2898isnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808in theirhandבְיָדָ֣םve.ya.DamH3027: thecounselעֲצַ֥ת'a.TzatH6098of thewickedרְ֝שָׁעִ֗יםre.sha.'ImH7563isfarרָ֣חֲקָהRa.cha.kahH7368frommeמֶֽנִּי׃Me.niH4480.

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