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Job 34:23-30

23For he needethnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808furtherע֑וֹדodH5750toconsiderיָשִׂ֣יםya.SimH7760amanאִ֭ישׁ'ishH376, that he shouldgoלַהֲלֹ֥ךְla.ha.LokhH1980beforeאֶל־'el-H413Godאֵ֝֗ל'ElH410injudgmentבַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ba.mish.PatH4941.

24He breaketh in piecesmightyכַּבִּירִ֣יםka.bi.RimH3524menH3524in ways past findingoutחֵ֑קֶרChe.kerH2714, and settethothersאֲחֵרִ֣ים'a.che.RimH312in theirsteadתַּחְתָּֽם׃tach.TamH8478.

25Therefore he taketh knowledge of theirworksמַעְבָּֽדֵיהֶ֑םma'.ba.dei.HemH4566; and he overturneth them in thenightלַ֝֗יְלָהLay.lahH3915,soלָכֵ֗ןla.KhenH3651that they aredestroyedוְהָ֥פַךְve.Ha.fakhH2015.

26He striketh them aswickedרְשָׁעִ֥יםre.sha.'ImH7563menH7563in the open sight of others;

27BecauseH5921theyturnedH5493asideסָ֣רוּSa.ruH5493fromfollowingמֵֽאַחֲרָ֑יוme.'a.cha.RavH310him, and wouldnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808haveregardH5921toanyוְכָל־ve.kholH3605of hiswaysדְּ֝רָכָ֗יוde.ra.KhavH1870:

28SoH935that they caused thecryצַֽעֲקַת־tza.'a.kat-H6818of thepoorH6041tocomeלְהָבִ֣יאle.ha.Vi'H935unto him, and heheardיִשְׁמָֽע׃yish.Ma'H8085thecryוְצַעֲקַ֖תve.tza.'a.KatH6818of theafflictedעֲנִיִּ֣ים'a.ni.YimH6041.

29When he givethquietnessיַשְׁקִ֨ט׀yash.KitH8252, who thencanוּמִ֥יu.MiH4310condemnיַרְשִׁ֗עַyar.Shi.a'H7561? and when he hideth hisfaceפָּ֭נִיםPa.nimH6440, who thencanוּמִ֣יu.MiH4310beholdיְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּye.shu.Re.nuH7789him? whether it be done unto anationגּ֖וֹיGoyH1471, or unto amanאָדָ֣ם'a.DamH120,alikeיָֽחַד׃Ya.chadH3162:

30That thegodlessחָנֵ֗ףcha.NefH2611manאָדָ֥ם'a.DamH120reignמִ֭מְּלֹךְMi.me.lokhH4427not, that there be none to ensnare thepeopleעָֽם׃'AmH5971.

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