Revised Version 1895

Job 5:2-7

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.

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