Revised Version 1895

Job 22

1ThenansweredH559Eliphazאֱלִיפַ֥ז'e.li.FazH464theTemaniteהַֽתֵּמָנִ֗יha.te.ma.NiH8489, andsaidH559,

2CanH1397amanגָּ֑בֶרGa.verH1397be profitable untoGodהַלְאֵ֥לhal.'ElH410?surelyכִּֽי־ki-H3588he that iswiseמַשְׂכִּֽיל׃mas.KilH7919is profitable unto himself.

3Is itanyH3588pleasureהַחֵ֣פֶץha.Che.fetzH2656to theAlmightyלְ֭שַׁדַּיLe.sha.daiH7706, that thou artrighteousתִצְדָּ֑קtitz.DakH6663? or is itgainבֶּ֝֗צַעBe.tza'H1215to him, that thou makest thywaysדְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃de.ra.Khei.khaH1870perfectתַתֵּ֥םta.TemH8552?

4Is it for thyfearהֲֽ֭מִיִּרְאָ֣תְךָha.mi.yir.'A.te.khaH3374of him that he reproveth thee, that he entereth with theeintoיָב֥וֹאya.Vo'H935judgmentבַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ba.mish.PatH4941?

5IsnotH3808thywickednessרָעָֽתְךָ֣ra.'a.te.KhaH7451greatרַבָּ֑הra.BahH7227?neitherH3808is thereanyוְאֵֽין־ve.'ein-H369endקֵ֝֗ץKetzH7093to thineiniquitiesלַעֲוֹנֹתֶֽיךָ׃la.'a.vo.no.Tei.khaH5771.

6For thou hasttakenH6584pledges of thybrotherאַחֶ֣יךָ'a.Chei.khaH251for nought, andstrippedH6584thenakedעֲרוּמִּ֣ים'a.ru.MimH6174of theirclothingוּבִגְדֵ֖יu.vig.DeiH899.

7Thou hastnotלֹא־lo'-H3808givenH8248waterמַ֭יִםMa.yimH4325to thewearyעָיֵ֣ף'a.YefH5889todrinkתַּשְׁקֶ֑הtash.KehH8248, and thou hast withholdenbreadלָֽחֶם׃La.chemH3899from thehungryH7456.

8But as for themightyזְ֭רוֹעַZe.ro.a'H2220manH376, he had theearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776; and the honourablemanH376, hedweltיֵ֣שֶׁבYe.shevH3427in it.

9Thou hastsentH7971widowsאַ֭לְמָנוֹת'Al.ma.notH490awayשִׁלַּ֣חְתָּshi.Lach.taH7971emptyרֵיקָ֑םrei.KamH7387, and thearmsוּזְרֹע֖וֹתu.ze.ro.'otH2220of thefatherlessיְתֹמִ֣יםye.to.MimH3490have been broken.

10Thereforesnaresפַחִ֑יםfa.ChimH6341areroundH5439aboutH5439thee, andsuddenפִּתְאֹֽם׃pit.'OmH6597fearפַּ֣חַדPa.chadH6343troubleth thee,

11Ordarknessחֹ֥שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822, that thou canstnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808seeתִרְאֶ֑הtir.'EhH7200, andabundanceוְֽשִׁפְעַת־ve.shif.'at-H8229ofwatersמַ֥יִםMa.yimH4325coverתְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃te.kha.Se.kaH3680thee.

12Isnotהֲֽלֹא־halo'-H3808Godאֱ֭לוֹהַּ'E.lo.ahH433in theheightגֹּ֣בַהּGoahH1363ofheavenשָׁמָ֑יִםsha.Ma.yimH8064? andbeholdוּרְאֵ֤הu.re.'EhH7200theheightH1363of thestarsכּוֹכָבִ֣יםko.kha.VimH3556,howכִּי־ki-H3588highרָֽמּוּ׃Ra.muH7311they are!

13And thou sayest,WhatH4100dothGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410knowיָּ֣דַֽעYa.da'H3045?canH4100hejudgeיִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃yish.PotH8199throughהַבְעַ֖דhav.'AdH1157thethickעֲרָפֶ֣ל'a.ra.FelH6205darknessH6205?

14ThickH5645cloudsעָבִ֣ים'a.VimH5645are a covering to him, that he seethnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808; and he walketh in the circuit ofheavenשָׁ֝מַ֗יִםSha.Ma.yimH8064.

15Wilt thoukeepתִּשְׁמֹ֑רtish.MorH8104theoldעוֹלָ֣םo.LamH5769wayהַאֹ֣רַחha.'O.rachH734whichאֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherH834wickedאָֽוֶן׃'A.venH205menמְתֵי־me.tei-H4962havetroddenדָּרְכ֣וּda.re.KhuH1869?

16Who weresnatchedH7059awayH7059beforeוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808their time,whoseאֲשֶֽׁר־'a.Sher-H834foundationיְסוֹדָֽם׃ye.so.DamH3247waspouredיוּצַ֥קyu.TzakH3332outH3332as astreamנָ֝הָ֗רna.HarH5104:

17Whosaidהָאֹמְרִ֣יםha.'o.me.RimH559untoGodלָ֭אֵלLa.'elH410,Departס֣וּרsurH5493fromusH559; and,WhatH4100canH4100theAlmightyשַׁדַּ֣יsha.DaiH7706doיִּפְעַ֖לyif.'AlH6466forusH559?

18Yet he fired theirhousesבָתֵּיהֶ֣םva.tei.HemH1004withgoodט֑וֹבTovH2896things: but thecounselוַעֲצַ֥תva.'a.TzatH6098of thewickedרְ֝שָׁעִ֗יםre.sha.'ImH7563isfarרָ֣חֲקָהRa.cha.kahH7368frommeמֶֽנִּי׃Me.niH4480.

19Therighteousצַדִּיקִ֣יםtza.di.KimH6662seeיִרְא֣וּyir.'UH7200it, and aregladוְיִשְׂמָ֑חוּve.yis.Ma.chuH8055; and theinnocentוְ֝נָקִ֗יve.na.KiH5355laughיִלְעַג־yil.'ag-H3932them to scorn:

20Saying,Surelyאִם־'im-H518they thatdidלֹ֣אlo'H3808riseupH398against us arecutH3582offH3582, and the remnant of them thefireאֵֽשׁ׃'EshH784hathconsumedH398.

21Acquaintnowנָ֣אna'H4994thyself with him, and be at peace: therebygoodטוֹבָֽה׃to.VahH2896shallcomeתְּֽבוֹאַתְךָ֥te.vo.'at.KhaH935unto thee.

22Receiveקַח־kach-H3947, Iprayנָ֣אna'H4994thee, thelawתּוֹרָ֑הto.RahH8451from hismouthמִפִּ֣יוmi.PivH6310, andlayH7760upH7760hiswordsאֲ֝מָרָ֗יו'a.ma.RavH561in thineheartבִּלְבָבֶֽךָ׃bil.va.Ve.khaH3824.

23IfH518thoureturnתָּשׁ֣וּבta.ShuvH7725to theAlmightyשַׁ֭דַּיSha.daiH7706, thou shalt bebuiltתִּבָּנֶ֑הti.ba.NehH1129upH5704;ifH518thouputH7725awayH7725unrighteousnessעַ֝וְלָ֗ה'av.LahH5766farH5704from thytentsמֵאָהֳלֶֽךָ׃me.'o.ho.Le.khaH168.

24Andlayוְשִׁית־ve.shit-H7896thou thy treasure in thedustעָפָ֥ר'a.FarH6083, and thegoldבָּ֑צֶרBa.tzerH1220ofOphirאוֹפִֽיר׃'o.FirH211among thestonesוּבְצ֖וּרu.ve.TzurH6697of the brooks;

25And theAlmightyשַׁדַּ֣יsha.DaiH7706shall be thy treasure, and precioussilverוְכֶ֖סֶףve.Khe.sefH3701unto thee.

26For then shalt thoudelightתִּתְעַנָּ֑גtit.'a.NagH6026thyself in theAlmightyשַׁדַּ֣יsha.DaiH7706, and shaltliftוְתִשָּׂ֖אve.ti.Sa'H5375upH5375thyfaceפָּנֶֽיךָ׃pa.Nei.khaH6440untoGodאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433.

27Thou shaltmakeH8085thyprayerתַּעְתִּ֣ירta'.TirH6279unto him, and he shallhearוְיִשְׁמָעֶ֑ךָּve.yish.ma.'E.kaH8085thee; and thou shaltpayתְשַׁלֵּֽם׃te.sha.LemH7999thyvowsוּנְדָרֶ֥יךָu.ne.da.Rei.khaH5088.

28Thou shalt alsodecreeוְֽתִגְזַר־ve.tig.zar-H1504a thing, and it shall beestablishedוְיָ֣קָםve.Ya.komH6965unto thee; andlightאֽוֹר׃'orH216shallshineנָ֣גַֽהּNa.gahH5050uponוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921thywaysדְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָde.ra.Khei.khaH1870.

29When theycastH8213theedownH8213, thou shaltsayוַתֹּ֣אמֶרva.To.merH559, There is lifting up; and the humble person he shallsaveיוֹשִֽׁעַ׃yo.Shi.a'H3467.

30He shalldeliverיְֽמַלֵּ֥טye.ma.LetH4422even him that is notinnocentנָקִ֑יna.KiH5355: yea, he shall bedeliveredוְ֝נִמְלַ֗טve.nim.LatH4422through thecleannessבְּבֹ֣רbe.VorH1252of thinehandsכַּפֶּֽיךָ׃ פka.Pei.khaH3709.

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