Revised Version 1895

Job 4:1-11

1ThenansweredH559Eliphazאֱלִיפַ֥ז'e.li.FazH464theTemaniteהַֽתֵּימָנִ֗יha.tei.ma.NiH8489, andsaidH559,

2If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but whocanמִ֣יmiH4310withholdhimselfאֵלֶ֣יךָ'e.Lei.khaH413fromspeakingדָבָ֣רda.VarH1697?

3Beholdהִ֭נֵּהHi.nehH2009, thou hastinstructedיִסַּ֣רְתָּyi.Sar.taH3256manyרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227, and thou haststrengthenedתְּחַזֵּֽק׃te.cha.ZekH2388the weakhandsוְיָדַ֖יִםve.ya.Da.yimH3027.

4Thywordsמִלֶּ֑יךָmi.Lei.khaH4405have upholden him that was falling, and thou hastconfirmedיְקִימ֣וּןye.ki.MunH6965thefeebleכּ֭וֹשֵׁלKo.o.shelH3782kneesוּבִרְכַּ֖יִםu.vir.Ka.yimH1290.

5Butnowעַתָּ֨ה׀'a.TahH6258it iscomeתָּב֣וֹאta.Vo'H935unto thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

6IsnotH3808thyfearH3373ofGodH3808thyconfidenceכִּסְלָתֶ֑ךָkis.la.Te.khaH3690, and thyhopeתִּ֝קְוָתְךָ֗tik.va.te.chaH8615theintegrityוְתֹ֣םve.TomH8537of thywaysדְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃de.ra.Khei.khaH1870?

7Rememberזְכָר־ze.khor-H2142, Iprayנָ֗אNa'H4994thee, whoeverמִ֤יmiH4310perishedאָבָ֑ד'a.VadH6,beingH6innocentנָקִ֣יna.KiH5355? orwhereוְ֝אֵיפֹ֗הve.'ei.FohH375were theuprightיְשָׁרִ֥יםye.sha.RimH3477cutH3582offH3582?

8According as I haveseenרָ֭אִיתִיRa.'i.tiH7200, they thatplowחֹ֣רְשֵׁיCho.re.sheiH2790iniquityאָ֑וֶן'A.venH205, andsowוְזֹרְעֵ֖יve.zo.re.'EiH2232troubleעָמָ֣ל'a.MalH5999,reapיִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃yik.tze.Ru.huH7114the same.

9By thebreathוּמֵר֖וּחַu.me.Ru.achH7307ofGodאֱל֣וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433theyperishיֹאבֵ֑דוּyo.Ve.duH6, and by theblastH7307of hisangerאַפּ֣וֹ'a.PoH639are theyconsumedיִכְלֽוּ׃yikh.LuH3615.

10Theroaringשַׁאֲגַ֣תsha.'a.GatH7581of thelionאַ֭רְיֵה'Ar.yehH738, and thevoiceוְק֣וֹלve.KolH6963of the fiercelionH738, and theteethוְשִׁנֵּ֖יve.shi.NeiH8127of theyoungכְפִירִ֣יםkhe.fi.RimH3715lionsH738, arebrokenנִתָּֽעוּ׃ni.Ta.'uH5421.

11TheoldH1121lionלַ֭יִשׁLa.yishH3918perisheth forlackמִבְּלִי־mi.be.li-H1097ofpreyטָ֑רֶףTa.refH2964, and thewhelpsH1121of thelionessלָ֝בִ֗יאla.Vi'H3833arescatteredיִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃yit.pa.Ra.duH6504abroad.

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