Revised Version 1895

Job 5

1Callקְֽרָא־ke.ra'-H7121nowנָ֭אna'H4994; is thereanyהֲיֵ֣שׁha.YeshH3426that willanswerעוֹנֶ֑ךָּo.Ne.kaH6030thee? and towhichמִ֖יmiH4310of theholyמִקְּדֹשִׁ֣יםmi.ke.do.ShimH6918onesH6918wilt thouturnתִּפְנֶֽה׃tif.NehH6437?

2For vexation killeth thefoolishלֶֽ֭אֱוִילLe.'e.vilH191manתָּמִ֥יתta.MitH4191, andjealousyקִנְאָֽה׃kin.'AhH7068slayeth the silly one.

3I haveseenרָ֭אִיתִיRa.'i.tiH7200thefoolishאֱוִ֣יל'e.VilH191takingH8327rootמַשְׁרִ֑ישׁmash.RishH8327: butsuddenlyפִתְאֹֽם׃fit.'OmH6597I cursed his habitation.

4Hischildrenבָנָ֣יוva.NavH1121arefarיִרְחֲק֣וּyir.cha.KuH7368fromsafetyמִיֶּ֑שַׁעmi.Ye.sha'H3468, and they arecrushedוְיִֽדַּכְּא֥וּve.yid.da.ke.'UH1792in thegateבַ֝שַּׁ֗עַרva.Sha.'arH8179,neitherH369is thereanyH369todeliverמַצִּֽיל׃ma.TzilH5337them.

5Whoseאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834harvestקְצִיר֨וֹ׀ke.tzi.RoH7105thehungryH7456eatethupיֹאכֵ֗לyo.KhelH398, and taketh it evenoutוְאֶֽל־ve.'el-H413of thethornsמִצִּנִּ֥יםmi.tzi.NimH6791, and the snare gapeth for theirsubstanceחֵילָֽם׃chei.LamH2428.

6Forafflictionאָ֑וֶן'A.venH205comethnotלֹא־lo'-H3808forthיֵצֵ֣אye.Tze'H3318of thedustמֵעָפָ֣רme.'a.FarH6083,neitherלֹא־lo'-H3808dothtroubleעָמָֽל׃'a.MalH5999springיִצְמַ֥חyitz.MachH6779outH3318of thegroundוּ֝מֵאֲדָמָ֗הu.me.'a.da.MahH127;

7Butmanאָ֭דָם'A.domH120isbornיוּלָּ֑דyu.LadH3205untotroubleלְעָמָ֣לle.'a.MalH5999, as the sparksflyעֽוּף׃'UfH5774upward.

8But as formeH413, I wouldseekאֶדְרֹ֣שׁ'ed.RoshH1875untoGodאֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimH430, and untoGodH430would I commit mycauseדִּבְרָתִֽי׃div.ra.TiH1700:

9Which doethgreatגְ֭דֹלוֹתGe.do.lotH1419things and unsearchable;marvelousנִ֝פְלָא֗וֹתnif.la.'otH6381thingswithoutH369numberמִסְפָּֽר׃mis.ParH4557:

10Who givethrainמָ֭טָרMa.torH4306uponעַל־'al-H5921theearthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776, and sendethwatersמַ֝יִםMa.yimH4325uponעַל־'al-H5921thefieldsחוּצֽוֹת׃chu.TzotH2351:

11SoH7760that he settethupH7760onhighלְמָר֑וֹםle.ma.RomH4791those that belowH8217; and thosewhichH8217mournוְ֝קֹדְרִ֗יםve.ko.de.RimH6937areexaltedשָׂ֣גְבוּSa.ge.vuH7682tosafetyיֶֽשַׁע׃Ye.sha'H3468.

12He frustrateth the devices of thecraftyעֲרוּמִ֑ים'a.ru.MimH6175,soH6213that theirhandsיְ֝דֵיהֶ֗םye.dei.HemH3027cannotוְֽלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808performH6213their enterprise.

13He taketh thewiseחֲכָמִ֣יםcha.kha.MimH2450in their own craftiness: and thecounselוַעֲצַ֖תva.'a.TzatH6098of the froward is carried headlong.

14Theymeetיְפַגְּשׁוּ־ye.fa.ge.shu-H6298withdarknessחֹ֑שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822in thedaytimeיוֹמָ֥םyo.MamH3119, andgropeיְֽמַשְׁשׁ֥וּye.mash.ShuH4959at noonday as in thenightוְ֝כַלַּ֗יְלָהve.kha.Lay.lahH3915.

15But he saveth from theswordמֵ֭חֶרֶבMe.che.revH2719of theirmouthמִפִּיהֶ֑םmi.pi.HemH6310,evenH34theneedyאֶבְיֽוֹן׃'ev.YonH34from thehandוּמִיַּ֖דu.mi.YadH3027of themightyחָזָ֣קcha.ZakH2389.

16SoH1961thepoorלַדַּ֣לla.DalH1800hathhopeתִּקְוָ֑הtik.VahH8615, andiniquityוְ֝עֹלָ֗תָהve.'o.La.tahH5766stoppethherH1961mouthפִּֽיהָ׃Pi.haH6310.

17Beholdהִנֵּ֤הhi.NehH2009,happyאַשְׁרֵ֣י'ash.ReiH835is themanH582whomH582Godאֱל֑וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433correcteth: thereforedespiseתִּמְאָֽס׃tim.'AsH3988notאַל־'al-H408thou thechasteningוּמוּסַ֥רu.mu.SarH4148of theAlmightyשַׁ֝דַּ֗יSha.DaiH7706.

18For he maketh sore, and bindethupוְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁve.yech.BashH2280; he woundeth, and hishandsוְיָדָ֥יוve.ya.dovH3027makeכִּ֤יkiH3588whole.

19He shalldeliverיַצִּילֶ֑ךָּya.tzi.Le.kaH5337thee insixבְּשֵׁ֣שׁbe.SheshH8337troubles; yea, insevenוּבְשֶׁ֓בַע׀u.ve.She.va'H7651there shallnoלֹא־lo'-H3808evilרָֽע׃Ra'H7451touchיִגַּ֖עyi.Ga'H5060thee.

20Infamineבְּ֭רָעָבbe.ra.'oH7458he shallredeemפָּֽדְךָ֣pa.de.KhaH6299thee fromdeathמִמָּ֑וֶתmi.Ma.vetH4194; and inwarוּ֝בְמִלְחָמָ֗הu.ve.mil.cha.MahH4421from thepowerמִ֣ידֵיMi.deiH3027of theswordחָֽרֶב׃Cha.revH2719.

21Thou shalt behidתֵּחָבֵ֑אte.cha.Ve'H2244from thescourgeבְּשׁ֣וֹטbe.ShotH7752of thetongueלָ֭שׁוֹןLa.shonH3956;neitherוְֽלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808shalt thou beafraidתִירָ֥אti.Ra'H3372ofdestructionמִ֝שֹּׁ֗דmi.ShodH7701when it cometh.

22Atdestructionלְשֹׁ֣דle.ShodH7701and dearth thou shaltlaughתִּשְׂחָ֑קtis.ChakH7832;neitherאַל־'al-H408shalt thou beafraidתִּירָֽא׃ti.Ra'H3372of thebeastsוּֽמֵחַיַּ֥תu.me.chai.YatH2416of theearthהָ֝אָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzH776.

23For thou shalt be inleagueבְרִיתֶ֑ךָve.ri.Te.khaH1285with thestonesאַבְנֵ֣י'av.NeiH68of thefieldהַשָּׂדֶ֣הha.sa.DehH7704; and thebeastsוְחַיַּ֥תve.chai.YatH2416of thefieldהַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗הha.sa.DehH7704shall be at peace with thee.

24And thou shaltknowוְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּVe.ya.da'.taH3045that thytentאָהֳלֶ֑ךָ'o.ho.Le.khaH168is inpeaceשָׁל֣וֹםsha.LomH7965; and thou shaltvisitוּֽפָקַדְתָּ֥u.fa.kad.TaH6485thy fold, and shaltmissH6485nothingוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808.

25Thou shaltknowוְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּVe.ya.da'.taH3045also that thyseedH2233shall begreatרַ֣בravH7227, and thineoffspringזַרְעֶ֑ךָzar.'E.khaH2233as thegrassכְּעֵ֣שֶׂבke.'E.sevH6212of theearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

26Thou shaltcomeH935to thygraveקָ֑בֶרKa.verH6913in afullבְכֶ֣לַחve.Khe.lachH3624ageH935, like as a shock of corn cometh in initsכַּעֲל֖וֹתka.'a.LotH5927seasonבְּעִתּֽוֹ׃be.'i.ToH6256.

27Loהִנֵּה־hi.neh-H2009this,weH8085havesearchedחֲקַרְנ֥וּהָcha.kar.Nu.haH2713it,soכֶּֽן־ken-H3651it is;hearשְׁ֝מָעֶ֗נָּהShe.ma.'E.nahH8085it, andknowדַֽע־da'-H3045thou it for thy good.

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