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Job 4:17-21

17Shallmortalהַֽ֭אֱנוֹשׁHa.'e.no.oshH582manגָּֽבֶר׃Ga.verH1397be morejustיִצְדָּ֑קyitz.DakH6663thanH518Godמֵאֱל֣וֹהַme.'e.Lo.haH433? shall amanH1397be morepureיִטְהַר־yit.har-H2891thanH518his Maker?

18Beholdהֵ֣ןhenH2005, he puttethnoלֹ֣אlo'H3808trustיַאֲמִ֑יןya.'a.MinH539in hisservantsבַּ֭עֲבָדָיוBa.'a.va.davH5650; and hisangelsוּ֝בְמַלְאָכָ֗יוu.ve.mal.'a.KhavH4397he chargeth withfollyתָּהֳלָֽה׃to.ho.LahH8417:

19HowH834muchH637moreH637them thatdwellשֹׁכְנֵ֬יsho.khe.NeiH7931inhousesבָֽתֵּי־va.tei-H1004of clay,whoseH834foundationיְסוֹדָ֑םye.so.DamH3247is in thedustבֶּעָפָ֥רbe.'a.FarH6083,whichH834arecrushedיְ֝דַכְּא֗וּםye.da.ke.'UmH1792beforeלִפְנֵי־lif.nei-H6440themothעָֽשׁ׃'AshH6211!

20Betwixtmorningמִבֹּ֣קֶרmi.Bo.kerH1242andeveningלָעֶ֣רֶבla.'E.revH6153they aredestroyedH6: theyperishיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃yo.Ve.duH6foreverלָנֶ֥צַחla.Ne.tzachH5331withoutמִבְּלִ֥יmi.be.LiH1097any regarding it.

21Isnotהֲלֹא־ha.lo'-H3808their tent-cordpluckedנִסַּ֣עni.Sa'H5265up within them? theydieיָ֝מ֗וּתוּya.Mu.tuH4191, and thatwithoutוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808wisdomבְחָכְמָֽה׃ve.cha.khe.MahH2451.

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