Revised Version 1895

Job 31:20-28

20IfH518hisloinsחֲלָצָ֑יוcha.la.tzovH2504havenotH3808blessedH1288meH1288, andifH518he werenotH3808warmedיִתְחַמָּֽם׃yit.cha.MamH2552with thefleeceוּמִגֵּ֥זu.mi.GezH1488of mysheepכְּ֝בָשַׂיKe.va.saiH3532;

21Ifאִם־'im-H518I haveliftedהֲנִיפ֣וֹתִיha.ni.Fo.tiH5130upH7200myhandיָדִ֑יya.DiH3027againstעַל־'al-H5921thefatherlessיָת֣וֹםya.TomH3490,becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588IsawH7200myhelpעֶזְרָתִֽי׃'ez.ra.TiH5833in thegateבַ֝שַּׁ֗עַרva.Sha.'arH8179:

22Then let myshoulderכְּ֭תֵפִיKe.te.fiH3802fallתִפּ֑וֹלti.PolH5307from theshoulderH3802blade, and minearmוְ֝אֶזְרֹעִ֗יve.'ez.ro.'IH248bebrokenתִשָּׁבֵֽר׃ti.sha.VerH7665from the bone.

23Forcalamityאֵ֣יד'eidH343fromGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410was aterrorפַ֣חַדFa.chadH6343tomeאֵ֭לַי'E.laiH413, and by reason of his excellency IcouldH3201doH3201nothingלֹ֣אlo'H3808.

24Ifאִם־'im-H518I havemadeשַׂ֣מְתִּיSam.tiH7760goldזָהָ֣בza.HavH2091my hope, and havesaidאָמַ֥רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiH559to thefineוְ֝לַכֶּ֗תֶםve.la.Ke.temH3800goldH2091, Thou art myconfidenceמִבְטַחִֽי׃miv.ta.ChiH4009;

25Ifאִם־'im-H518Irejoicedאֶ֭שְׂמַח'Es.machH8055becauseכִּי־ki-H3588mywealthחֵילִ֑יchei.LiH2428wasgreatרַ֣בravH7227, andbecauseוְכִֽי־ve.khi-H3588minehandיָדִֽי׃ya.DiH3027had gottenmuchH3027;

26Ifאִם־'im-H518I beheld thesunא֖וֹר'orH216when it shined, or themoonוְ֝יָרֵ֗חַve.ya.Re.achH3394walkingהֹלֵֽךְ׃ho.LekhH1980in brightness;

27And myheartלִבִּ֑יli.BiH3820hath been secretlyenticedוַיִּ֣פְתְּvai.YiftH6601, and mymouthלְפִֽי׃le.FiH6310hathkissedוַתִּשַּׁ֖קva.ti.ShakH5401myhandיָדִ֣יya.DiH3027:

28This also were aniniquityעָוֹ֣ן'a.VonH5771to be punished by the judges: for I should haveliedכִחַ֖שְׁתִּיkhi.Chash.tiH3584toGodלָאֵ֣לla.'ElH410that isaboveמִמָּֽעַל׃mi.Ma.'alH4605.

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