Revised Version 1895

Job 28:1-11

1Surelyכִּ֤יkiH3588there is amineמוֹצָ֑אmo.Tza'H4161forsilverלַכֶּ֣סֶףla.Ke.sefH3701, and aplaceוּ֝מָק֗וֹםu.ma.KomH4725forgoldלַזָּהָ֥בla.za.HavH2091which theyrefineיָזֹֽקּוּ׃ya.Zo.kuH2212.

2Ironבַּ֭רְזֶלBar.zelH1270istakenיֻקָּ֑חyu.KachH3947out of theearthמֵעָפָ֣רme.'a.FarH6083, and brass is molten out of thestoneוְ֝אֶ֗בֶןve.'E.venH68.

3Manוּֽלְכָל־u.le.khol-H3605setteth anendקֵ֤ץ׀ketzH7093todarknessלַחֹ֗שֶׁךְla.Cho.shekhH2822, and searchethoutחוֹקֵ֑רcho.KerH2713to the furthest bound thestonesאֶ֖בֶן'E.venH68ofthickH6757darknessH2822and of theshadowH6757ofdeathH6757.

4He breaketh open a shaftawayמִנִּי־mi.ni-H4480from wheremenH582sojourn; they areforgottenהַֽנִּשְׁכָּחִ֥יםha.nish.ka.ChimH7911of thefootרָ֑גֶלRa.gelH7272that passeth by; theyhangדַּ֖לּוּDa.luH1809afar frommenH582, theyswingH5128to andfroH5128.

5As for theearthאֶ֗רֶץ'E.retzH776,outיֵֽצֵא־ye.tze'-H3318of it comethbreadלָ֑חֶםLa.chemH3899: andunderneathוְ֝תַחְתֶּ֗יהָve.tach.Tei.haH8478it isturnedנֶהְפַּ֥ךְneh.PakhH2015upמִמֶּ֥נָּהmi.Me.nahH4480as it were byfireאֵֽשׁ׃'EshH784.

6Thestonesאֲבָנֶ֑יהָ'a.va.Nei.haH68thereof are theplaceמְקוֹם־me.kom-H4725ofsapphiresסַפִּ֥ירsa.PirH5601, and it hathdustוְעַפְרֹ֖תve.'af.RotH6083ofgoldזָהָ֣בza.HavH2091.

7Thatpathנָ֭תִיבNa.tivH5410noלֹֽא־lo'-H3808birdעָ֑יִט'A.yitH5861ofpreyH5861knoweth,neitherוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808hath thefalcon’sאַיָּֽה׃'ai.YahH344eyeעֵ֣ין'einH5869seenH5869it:

8Theproudשָׁ֑חַץSha.chatzH7830beastsבְנֵי־ve.nei-H1121havenotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808troddenהִדְרִיכֻ֥הוּhid.ri.Khu.huH1869it,norלֹֽא־lo'-H3808hath the fiercelionשָֽׁחַל׃Sha.chalH7826passed thereby.

9He puttethforthשָׁלַ֣חsha.LachH7971hishandיָד֑וֹya.DoH3027uponH3027theflintyבַּֽ֭חַלָּמִישׁBa.cha.la.mishH2496rock; he overturneth themountainsהָרִֽים׃ha.RimH2022by therootsמִשֹּׁ֣רֶשׁmi.Sho.reshH8328.

10He cuttethoutרָאֲתָ֥הra.'a.TahH7200channelsיְאֹרִ֣יםye.'o.RimH2975among therocksבַּ֭צּוּרוֹתBa.tzu.rotH6697; and hiseyeעֵינֽוֹ׃ei.NoH5869seetheveryH3605preciousיְ֝קָ֗רye.KarH3366thingH3605.

11He bindeth thestreamsנְהָר֣וֹתne.ha.RotH5104that they tricklenotH216; and the thing that is hid bringeth heforthיֹ֣צִאYo.tzi'H3318tolightאֽוֹר׃ פ'orH216.

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