Revised Version 1895

Job 6:2-10

2Ohל֗וּLuH3863that my vexation were butweighedH8254, and my calamitylaidיִשְׂאוּ־yis.'u-H5375in thebalancesבְּֽמֹאזְנַ֥יִםbe.mo.ze.Na.yimH3976togetherיָֽחַד׃Ya.chadH3162!

3Fornowעַתָּ֗ה'a.TahH6258it would beheavierיִכְבָּ֑דyikh.BadH3513thanעַל־'al-H5921thesandמֵח֣וֹלme.CholH2344of theseasיַמִּ֣יםya.MimH3220: therefore have mywordsדְּבָרַ֥יde.va.RaiH1697been rash.

4For thearrowsחִצֵּ֪יchi.TzeiH2671of theAlmightyשַׁדַּ֡יsha.DaiH7706are withinmeH5978, thepoisonחֲ֭מָתָםCha.ma.tomH2534whereof myspiritרוּחִ֑יru.ChiH7307drinkethupיַֽעַרְכֽוּנִי׃Ya.'ar.Khu.niH6186: theterrorsבִּעוּתֵ֖יbi.'u.TeiH1161ofGodאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433dosetאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834themselves in array againstmeH5978.

5Doth thewildפֶּ֥רֶאPe.re'H6501assbrayהֲיִֽנְהַק־ha.yin.hak-H5101when he hathgrassדֶ֑שֶׁאDe.she'H1877? or loweth theoxשּׁ֝֗וֹרShorH7794over hisfodderבְּלִילֽוֹ׃be.li.LoH1098?

6Canאִם־'im-H518that which hathnoH1097savour beeatenהֲיֵאָכֵ֣לha.ye.'a.KhelH398withoutH1097saltמֶ֑לַחMe.lachH4417? or is thereanyיֶשׁ־yesh-H3426tasteטַ֝֗עַםTa.'amH2940in thewhiteH2495of aneggH2495?

7MysoulH5315refuseth totouchלִנְגּ֣וֹעַlin.Go.a'H5060them; they are asloathsomeכִּדְוֵ֥יkid.VeiH1741meat tomeH5315.

8Ohמִֽי־mi-H4310that I might have myrequestH7596; and thatGodאֱלֽוֹהַּ׃'e.Lo.ahH433wouldgrantיִ֭תֵּןYi.tenH5414meיִתֵּ֥ןyi.TenH5414thethingH7596that I long for.

9Even that it wouldpleaseוְיֹאֵ֣לve.yo.'ElH2974Godאֱ֭לוֹהַּ'E.lo.ahH433tocrushוִֽידַכְּאֵ֑נִיvi.da.ke.'E.niH1792meH1214; that he would let loose hishandיָ֝ד֗וֹya.DoH3027, andcutוִֽיבַצְּעֵֽנִי׃Vi.va.tze.'E.niH1214meH1214offH1214!

10Then should I yet havecomfortנֶ֘חָ֤מָתִ֗יne.Cha.ma.TiH5165;yeaכִּי־ki-H3588, I would exult inpainבְ֭חִילָהVe.chi.lahH2427that sparethnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808: for I havenotלֹ֥אlo'H3808deniedכִ֝חַ֗דְתִּיkhi.Chad.tiH3582thewordsאִמְרֵ֥י'im.ReiH561of theHolyקָדֽוֹשׁ׃ka.Do.oshH6918One.

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