Revised Version 1895

Job 26

1ThenJobאִיּ֗וֹב'i.YovH347answeredH559andsaidH559,

2Howמֶה־meh-H4100hast thouhelpedעָזַ֥רְתָּ'a.Zar.taH5826him that iswithoutלְלֹא־le.lo'-H3808powerH5797!howH4100hast thousavedה֝וֹשַׁ֗עְתָּho.Sha'.taH3467thearmזְר֣וֹעַze.Ro.a'H2220that hathnoלֹא־lo'-H3808strengthעֹֽז׃'OzH5797!

3Howמַה־mah-H4100hast thou counselled him that hathnoלְלֹ֣אle.Lo'H3808wisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451, and plentifully declaredsoundוְ֝תוּשִׁיָּ֗הve.tu.shi.YahH8454knowledgeהוֹדָֽעְתָּ׃ho.Da.'e.taH3045!

4Towhomמִ֭יmiH4310hast thouutteredהִגַּ֣דְתָּhi.Gad.taH5046wordsמִלִּ֑יןmi.LinH4405? andwhoseמִ֝יmiH4310spiritוְנִשְׁמַת־ve.nish.mat-H5397cameH3318forthH3318from thee?

5They that are deceasedtrembleיְחוֹלָ֑לוּye.cho.La.luH2342beneathמִתַּ֥חַתmi.Ta.chatH8478thewatersמַ֝֗יִםMa.yimH4325and theinhabitantsוְשֹׁכְנֵיהֶֽם׃ve.sho.khe.nei.HemH7931thereof.

6Sheolשְׁא֣וֹלshe.'olH7585isnakedעָר֣וֹםa.RomH6174beforeנֶגְדּ֑וֹneg.DoH5048him, andAbaddonלָֽאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃La.'a.va.DonH11hathnoוְאֵ֥יןve.'EinH369coveringכְּ֝ס֗וּתke.SutH3682.

7He stretchethoutנֹטֶ֣הno.TehH5186thenorthצָפ֣וֹןtza.FonH6828overemptyH8414spaceH8414, and hangeth theearthאֶ֝֗רֶץ'E.retzH776uponH5921nothingH8414.

8He bindethupנִבְקַ֖עniv.Ka'H1234thewatersמַ֥יִםMa.yimH4325in histhickH5645cloudsבְּעָבָ֑יוbe.'a.VavH5645; and thecloudעָנָ֣ן'a.NanH6051isnotוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808rentunderתַּחְתָּֽם׃tach.TamH8478them.

9He closeth in thefaceפְּנֵי־pe.nei-H6440of histhroneכִסֵּ֑הkhi.SehH3678, and spreadeth hiscloudעֲנָנֽוֹ׃a.na.NoH6051uponעָלָ֣יו'a.LavH5921it.

10He hath described aboundaryחֹֽק־chok-H2706uponעַל־'al-H5921thefaceפְּנֵי־pe.nei-H6440of thewatersמָ֑יִםMa.yimH4325, unto the confines oflightא֣וֹר'orH216anddarknessחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Cho.shekhH2822.

11Thepillarsעַמּוּדֵ֣י'a.mu.DeiH5982ofheavenשָׁמַ֣יִםsha.Ma.yimH8064trembleיְרוֹפָ֑פוּye.ro.Fa.fuH7322and areastonishedוְ֝יִתְמְה֗וּve.yit.me.HuH8539at hisrebukeמִגַּעֲרָתֽוֹ׃mi.ga.'a.ra.ToH1606.

12He stirrethupH3220theseaהַיָּ֑םhai.YamH3220with hispowerבְּ֭כֹחוֹbe.kho.choH3581, and by hisunderstandingוּ֝בִתְבוּנָת֗וֹu.vi.tu.ve.na.tovH8394he smiteththroughמָ֣חַץMa.chatzH4272RahabH7293.

13By hisspiritבְּ֭רוּחוֹbe.ru.choH7307theheavensשָׁמַ֣יִםsha.Ma.yimH8064are garnished; hishandיָ֝ד֗וֹya.DoH3027hathpiercedחֹֽלֲלָ֥הcho.la.LahH2490the swiftserpentנָחָ֥שׁna.ChashH5175.

14Loהֶן־hen-H2005,theseאֵ֤לֶּה׀'E.lehH428are but the outskirts of hiswaysדְּרָכָ֗יוdar.kovH1870: andhowH4100small awhisperשֵּׁ֣מֶץShe.metzH8102doH4100weH8085hearנִשְׁמַע־nish.ma'-H8085of him! but thethunderוְרַ֥עַםve.Ra.'amH7482of hispowerגְּ֝בוּרוֹתָ֗יוge.vu.ra.tovH1369whocanמִ֣יmiH4310understandיִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃ סyit.bo.NanH995?

Commentaries on Job 26

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