Revised Version 1895

Job 34:16-22

16Ifוְאִם־ve.'im-H518nowH8085thou hastunderstandingבִּ֥ינָהBi.nahH998,hearשִׁמְעָה־shim.'ah-H8085this: hearken to thevoiceלְק֣וֹלle.KolH6963of mywordsמִלָּֽי׃mi.LaiH4405.

17Shallevenהַאַ֬ףha.'AfH637one that hatethrightH4941govern? and wilt thoucondemnתַּרְשִֽׁיעַ׃tar.Shi.a'H7561him that isjustH4941andmightyכַּבִּ֣ירka.BirH3524?

18Is itfitאֶל־'el-H413tosayהַאֲמֹ֣רha.'a.MorH559to akingלְמֶ֣לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428, Thou art vile? or tonoblesנְדִיבִֽים׃ne.di.VimH5081, Ye arewickedרָ֝שָׁ֗עra.Sha'H7563?

19Howאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834muchH3027lessכִּֽי־ki-H3588to him that respectethnotH3808the persons ofprincesשָׂרִ֗יםsa.RimH8269,norH3808regardeth the richmoreH3808thanH3808thepoorדָ֑לDalH1800? for theyallכֻּלָּֽם׃ku.LamH3605are theworkמַעֲשֵׂ֖הma.'a.SehH4639of hishandsיָדָ֣יוya.DavH3027.

20In amomentרֶ֤גַע׀Re.ga'H7281theydieיָמֻתוּ֮ya.mu.TuH4191,evenH3808at midnight; thepeopleעָ֣ם'amH5971areshakenיְגֹעֲשׁ֣וּye.go.'a.ShuH1607andpassוְיַעֲבֹ֑רוּve.ya.'a.Vo.ruH5674awayH5493, and themightyאַ֝בִּ֗יר'a.BirH47aretakenH5493awayH5493withoutH3808handבְיָֽד׃ve.YadH3027.

21For hiseyesעֵ֭ינָיו'Ei.navH5869areuponעַל־'al-H5921thewaysדַּרְכֵי־dar.khei-H1870of amanאִ֑ישׁ'IshH376, and he seethallוְֽכָל־ve.kholH3605his goings.

22There isnoאֵֽין־'ein-H369darknessחֹ֭שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822,norוְאֵ֣יןve.'EinH369shadowH6757ofdeathH6757,whereשָׁ֝֗םSamH8033theworkersפֹּ֣עֲלֵיPo.'a.leiH6466ofiniquityH205mayhideלְהִסָּ֥תֶרle.hi.Sa.terH5641themselvesH205.

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