Revised Version 1895

Job 27:1-10

1AndJobאִ֭יּוֹב'I.yovH347againוַיֹּ֣סֶףvai.Yo.sefH3254tookשְׂאֵ֥תse.'EtH5375upH5375hisparableמְשָׁל֗וֹme.sha.LoH4912, andsaidוַיֹּאמַֽר׃vai.yo.MarH559,

2AsGodאֵ֭ל'elH410liveth, who hathtakenH5493awayהֵסִ֣ירhe.SirH5493myrightמִשְׁפָּטִ֑יmish.pa.TiH4941; and theAlmightyוְ֝שַׁדַּ֗יve.sha.DaiH7706, who hath vexed mysoulנַפְשִֽׁי׃naf.ShiH5315;

3(For mylifeע֣וֹדodH5750is yetwholeH3605inmeH3605, and thespiritוְר֖וּחַve.Ru.achH7307ofGodאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433is in mynostrilsבְּאַפִּֽי׃be.'a.PiH639;)

4SurelyH518mylipsשְׂפָתַ֣יse.fa.TaiH8193shallnotH518speakתְּדַבֵּ֣רְנָהte.da.Be.re.nahH1696unrighteousnessעַוְלָ֑ה'av.LahH5766,neitherH518shall mytongueוּ֝לְשׁוֹנִ֗יu.le.sho.NiH3956utterיֶהְגֶּ֥הyeh.GehH1897deceitרְמִיָּֽה׃re.mi.YahH7423.

5GodH3808forbidחָלִ֣ילָהcha.Li.lahH2486that I shouldjustifyאַצְדִּ֪יק'atz.DikH6663youאִם־'im-H518:tillעַד־'ad-H5704Idieאֶגְוָ֑ע'eg.Va'H1478I willnotH3808putH5493awayH5493mineH4480integrityתֻּמָּתִ֣יtu.ma.TiH8538frommeH4480.

6Myrighteousnessבְּצִדְקָתִ֣יbe.tzid.ka.TiH6666Iholdהֶ֭חֱזַקְתִּיHe.che.zak.tiH2388fastH2388, and willnotH3808letH7503itgoאַרְפֶּ֑הָ'ar.Pe.haH7503: myheartלְ֝בָבִ֗יle.va.ViH3824shallnotH3808reproachיֶחֱרַ֥ףye.che.RafH2778meH2388soH3808longH3117as IliveH3117.

7LetH1961mineenemyאֹ֣יְבִ֑י'o.ye.ViH341be as thewickedכְ֭רָשָׁעKhe.ra.sho'H7563, andletH1961him that risethupוּמִתְקוֹמְמִ֥יu.mit.ko.MiH6965againstmeH1961be as the unrighteous.

8Forwhatמַה־mah-H4100is thehopeתִּקְוַ֣תtik.VatH8615of thegodlessחָ֭נֵףCha.nefH2611,thoughH3588hegetH1214himgainH1214, whenGodאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433taketh away hissoulנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃naf.ShoH5315?

9WillGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410hearיִשְׁמַ֥ע׀yish.Ma'H8085hiscryהַֽ֭צַעֲקָתוֹha.tza.'a.ka.toH6818, whentroubleצָרָֽה׃tza.RahH6869comethuponעָלָ֣יו'a.LavH5921him?

10Will hedelightיִתְעַנָּ֑גyit.'a.NagH6026himselfH7706in theAlmightyשַׁדַּ֥יsha.DaiH7706, andcallיִקְרָ֖אyik.Ra'H7121uponעַל־'al-H5921Godאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433atallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605timesעֵֽת׃'EtH6256?

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