Revised Version 1895

Job 33:18-24

18He keepethbackיַחְשֹׂ֣ךְyach.SokhH2820hissoulH5315from thepitשָׁ֑חַתSha.chatH7845, and hislifeנַ֭פְשׁוֹnaf.shoH5315from perishing by the sword.

19He ischastenedוְהוּכַ֣חve.hu.KhachH3198also withpainבְּ֭מַכְאוֹבBe.makh.'ovH4341uponעַל־'al-H5921hisbedמִשְׁכָּב֑וֹmish.ka.VoH4904, and with continualstrifeH7379in hisbonesעֲצָמָ֣יו'a.tza.MavH6106:

20So that hislifeH5315abhorrethbreadלָ֑חֶםLa.chemH3899, and hissoulH5315dainty meat.

21Hisfleshבְּשָׂר֣וֹbe.sa.RoH1320isconsumedH3615awayיִ֣כֶלYi.khelH3615, that itcannotH3808beseenH7200; and hisbonesעַ֝צְמוֹתָ֗יוatz.mo.TavH6106that werenotH3808seenH7200stickoutH7200.

22Yea, hissoulH5315drawethnearוַתִּקְרַ֣בva.tik.RavH7126unto thepitלַשַּׁ֣חַתla.Sha.chatH7845, and hislifeH5315to the destroyers.

23Ifאִם־'im-H518there be with him anangelמַלְאָ֗ךְmal.'AkhH4397, an interpreter, one among athousandאָ֑לֶף'A.lefH505, to shew untomanלְאָדָ֣םle.'a.DamH120whatעָלָ֨יו׀'a.LavH5921isrightיָשְׁרֽוֹ׃ya.she.RoH3476for him;

24Then he is gracious unto him, and saith,Deliverפְּ֭דָעֵהוּPe.da.'e.huH6308him fromgoingH3381downמֵרֶ֥דֶתme.Re.detH3381to thepitשָׁ֗חַתSha.chatH7845, I havefoundמָצָ֥אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672aransomכֹֽפֶר׃Kho.ferH3724.

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