Revised Version 1895

Job 3:3-10

3Let thedayי֭וֹםYomH3117perishיֹ֣אבַדYoadH6wherein I wasbornאִוָּ֣לֶד'i.Va.ledH3205, and thenightוְהַלַּ֥יְלָהve.ha.Lay.lahH3915whichsaidאָ֝מַ֗ר'a.MarH559, There is amanגָֽבֶר׃Ga.verH1397childH2030conceived.

4LetH408thatdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117bedarknessחֹ֥שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822;letH408notH408Godאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433regardH5921it fromaboveH5921,neitherH408letH408thelightנְהָרָֽה׃ne.ha.RahH5105shineתּוֹפַ֖עto.Fa'H3313uponH5921it.

5LetH1350darknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822and theshadowH6757ofdeathH6757claimH1350it for their own;letH1350acloudעֲנָנָ֑ה'a.na.NahH6053dwellתִּשְׁכָּן־tish.kon-H7931uponעָלָ֣יו'a.LavH5921it;letH1350allH3117that makethblackH6757thedayיֽוֹם׃YomH3117terrifyיְ֝בַעֲתֻ֗הוּye.va.'a.Tu.huH1204it.

6As for thatnightהַלַּ֥יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915,letH408thickdarknessאֹ֥פֶל'O.felH652seizeיִקָּחֵ֪ה֫וּyi.ka.Che.HuH3947uponH935it:letH408itnotH408rejoice among thedaysבִּימֵ֣יbi.MeiH3117of theyearשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141;letH408itnotH408comeיָבֹֽא׃ya.Vo'H935intoH935thenumberבְּמִסְפַּ֥רbe.mis.ParH4557of themonthsיְ֝רָחִ֗יםye.ra.ChimH3391.

7Loהִנֵּ֤הhi.NehH2009,letH408thatnightהַלַּ֣יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915bebarrenגַלְמ֑וּדgal.MudH1565;letH408noH408joyfulרְנָנָ֣הre.na.NahH7445voicecomeתָּבֹ֖אta.Vo'H935therein.

8Let themcurseH779it thatcurseH779thedayי֑וֹםYomH3117, who arereadyהָ֝עֲתִידִ֗יםha.'a.ti.DimH6264torouseעֹרֵ֥ר'o.RerH5782upH5782leviathanלִוְיָתָֽן׃liv.ya.TanH3882.

9LetH408thestarsכּוֹכְבֵ֪יkokh.VeiH3556of thetwilightנִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹnish.PoH5399thereof bedarkיֶחְשְׁכוּ֮yech.she.KhuH2821:letH408itlookיִ֝רְאֶ֗הyir.'EhH7200forlightלְא֥וֹרle.'orH216, but havenoneH369;neitherH369letH408itbeholdH7200theeyelidsבְּעַפְעַפֵּי־be.'af.'a.pei-H6079of themorningשָֽׁחַר׃Sha.charH7837:

10Becauseכִּ֤יkiH3588itshutסָ֭גַרSa.garH5462notH3808upH5462thedoorsדַּלְתֵ֣יdal.TeiH1817of my mother’swombבִטְנִ֑יvit.NiH990,norH3808hidוַיַּסְתֵּ֥רvai.yas.TerH5641troubleעָ֝מָ֗ל'a.MalH5999from mineeyesמֵעֵינָֽי׃me.'ei.NaiH5869.

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