2Nodoubtאָ֭מְנָם'A.me.nomH551but ye are thepeopleעָ֑ם'AmH5971, andwisdomחָכְמָֽה׃chokh.mahH2451shalldieתָּמ֥וּתta.MutH4191with you.
3Butגַּם־gam-H1571I haveunderstandingלֵבָ֨ב׀le.VavH3824as well as you; I am notinferiorנֹפֵ֣לno.FelH5307to you: yea, who knoweth not suchthingsH3644as these?
4I am as onemockedשְׂחֹ֤קse.ChokH7814by hisneighbourלְרֵעֵ֨הוּ׀le.re.'E.huH7453, whocallethקֹרֵ֣אko.Re'H7121uponGodלֶ֭אֱלוֹהַּLe.'e.lo.ahH433, and heanswerethוַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑הוּvai.ya.'a.Ne.huH6030him: thejustצַדִּ֥יקtza.DikH6662uprightתָּמִֽים׃ta.MimH8549man ismockedשְׂ֝ח֗וֹקSe.ChokH7814.
5He that isreadyנָ֝כ֗וֹןna.KhonH3559toslipלְמ֣וֹעֲדֵיle.Mo.'a.deiH4571with hisfeetרָֽגֶל׃Ra.gelH7272is as alampH3940despisedבּ֭וּזbuzH937in thethoughtלְעַשְׁתּ֣וּתle.'ash.TutH6248of him that is ateaseשַׁאֲנָ֑ןsha.'a.NanH7600.
6Thetentsאֹֽהָלִ֨ים׀'o.ha.LimH168ofrobbersלְשֹׁ֥דְדִ֗יםle.Sho.de.DimH7703prosperיִשְׁלָ֤יוּyish.La.yuH7951, and they thatprovokeלְמַרְגִּ֣יזֵיle.mar.Gi.zeiH7264Godאֵ֑ל'ElH410aresecureוּֽ֭בַטֻּחוֹתU.va.tu.chotH987; into whosehandבְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.DoH3027Godאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433bringethהֵבִ֖יאhe.Vi'H935abundantly .
7Butוְֽאוּלָ֗םve.'u.LamH199askשְׁאַל־she.'al-H7592now thebeastsבְהֵמ֣וֹתve.he.MotH929, and they shallteachוְתֹרֶ֑ךָּve.to.Re.kaH3384thee; and thefowlsוְע֥וֹףve.'ofH5775of theairהַ֝שָּׁמַ֗יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064, and they shalltellוְיַגֶּד־ve.ya.ged-H5046thee:
8Orspeakשִׂ֣יחַSi.achH7878to theearthלָאָ֣רֶץla.'A.retzH776, and it shallteachוְתֹרֶ֑ךָּve.to.Re.kaH3384thee: and thefishesדְּגֵ֣יde.GeiH1709of theseaהַיָּֽם׃hai.YamH3220shalldeclareוִֽיסַפְּר֥וּvi.sa.pe.RuH5608to thee.
9Whoknowethיָדַ֣עya.Da'H3045not in all these that thehandיַד־yad-H3027of theLORDיְ֝הוָהYah.wehH3068hathwroughtעָ֣שְׂתָה'A.se.tahH6213this?
10In whosehandבְּ֭יָדוֹbe.ya.doH3027is thesoulנֶ֣פֶשׁNe.feshH5315of every livingthingחָ֑יChaiH2416, and thebreathוְ֝ר֗וּחַve.Ru.achH7307of allmankindבְּשַׂר־ אִֽישׁ׃be.sar- 'IshH376H1320.
11Doth not theearאֹ֭זֶן'O.zenH241tryתִּבְחָ֑ןtiv.ChanH974wordsמִלִּ֣יןmi.LinH4405? and themouthוְ֝חֵ֗ךְve.ChekhH2441tasteיִטְעַם־yit.'am-H2938itsfoodאֹ֣כֶל'O.khelH400?
12With theancientבִּֽישִׁישִׁ֥יםbi.shi.ShimH3453iswisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451; and inlengthוְאֹ֖רֶךְve.'O.rekhH753ofdaysיָמִ֣יםya.MimH3117understandingתְּבוּנָֽה׃te.vu.NahH8394.
13With him iswisdomחָכְמָ֣הchokh.mahH2451andstrengthוּגְבוּרָ֑הu.ge.vu.RahH1369, he hathcounselעֵצָ֥ה'e.TzahH6098andunderstandingוּתְבוּנָֽה׃u.te.vu.NahH8394.
14Behold, he breakethdownיַ֭הֲרוֹסYa.ha.rosH2040, and it cannot be builtagainיִבָּנֶ֑הyi.ba.NehH1129: he shuttethupיִסְגֹּ֥רyis.GorH5462amanאִ֝֗ישׁ'IshH376, and there can be noopeningיִפָּתֵֽחַ׃yi.pa.Te.achH6605.
15Behold, hewithholdethיַעְצֹ֣רya'.TzorH6113thewatersבַּמַּ֣יִםba.Ma.yimH4325, and they dryupוְיִבָ֑שׁוּve.yi.Va.shuH3001: also he sendeth themoutוִֽ֝ישַׁלְּחֵ֗םvi.sha.le.ChemH7971, and theyoverturnוְיַ֖הַפְכוּve.Ya.haf.khuH2015theearthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776.
16With him isstrengthעֹ֣ז'ozH5797andwisdomוְתֽוּשִׁיָּ֑הve.tu.shi.YahH8454: thedeceivedשֹׁגֵ֥גsho.GegH7683and thedeceiverוּמַשְׁגֶּֽה׃u.mash.GehH7686are his.
17HeleadethH3212counsellorsיוֹעֲצִ֣יםyo.'a.TzimH3289awayspoiledשׁוֹלָ֑לsho.LalH7758, and maketh thejudgesוְֽשֹׁפְטִ֥יםve.sho.fe.TimH8199foolsיְהוֹלֵֽל׃ye.ho.LelH1984.
23Heincreasethמַשְׂגִּ֣יאmas.Gi'H7679nationsלַ֭גּוֹיִםLa.go.yimH1471, anddestroyethוַֽיְאַבְּדֵ֑םvay.'a.be.DemH6them: heenlargethשֹׁטֵ֥חַsho.Te.achH7849nationsלַ֝גּוֹיִ֗םla.go.YimH1471, and leadeth themawayוַיַּנְחֵֽם׃vai.yan.ChemH5148.
24He takethawayמֵסִ֗ירme.SirH5493theheartלֵ֭בlevH3820of thechiefרָאשֵׁ֣יra.SheiH7218of thepeopleעַם־'am-H5971of theearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776, and causeth them towanderוַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗םvai.yat.'EmH8582in awildernessבְּתֹ֣הוּbe.To.huH8414where there is nowayדָֽרֶךְ׃Da.rekhH1870.
25Theygropeיְמַֽשְׁשׁוּ־ye.mash.shu-H4959in thedarkחֹ֥שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822withoutlightא֑וֹר'orH216, and he maketh them tostaggerוַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗םvai.yat.'EmH8582like adrunkenכַּשִּׁכּֽוֹר׃ka.shi.KorH7910man .
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