Revised Version 1895

Job 22:1-11

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.

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