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Job 12:17-25

17HeleadethH3212counsellorsיוֹעֲצִ֣יםyo.'a.TzimH3289awayspoiledשׁוֹלָ֑לsho.LalH7758, and maketh thejudgesוְֽשֹׁפְטִ֥יםve.sho.fe.TimH8199foolsיְהוֹלֵֽל׃ye.ho.LelH1984.

18Heloosethפִּתֵּ֑חַpi.Te.achH6605thebondמוּסַ֣רmu.SarH4148ofkingsמְלָכִ֣יםme.la.KhimH4428, andgirdethוַיֶּאְסֹ֥רvai.ye'.SorH631theirloinsבְּמָתְנֵיהֶֽם׃be.ma.te.nei.HemH4975with abeltאֵ֝ז֗וֹר'e.ZorH232.

19HeleadethH3212princesכֹּהֲנִ֣יםko.ha.NimH3548awayspoiledשׁוֹלָ֑לsho.LalH7758, andoverthrowethיְסַלֵּֽף׃ye.sa.LefH5557themightyוְאֵֽתָנִ֣יםve.'e.ta.NimH386.

20He removethawayמֵסִ֣ירme.SirH5493thespeechשָׂ֭פָהSa.fahH8193of thetrustyלְנֶאֱמָנִ֑יםle.ne.'e.ma.NimH539, and takethawayיִקָּֽח׃yi.KachH3947theunderstandingוְטַ֖עַםve.Ta.'amH2940of theagedזְקֵנִ֣יםze.ke.NimH2205.

21Hepourethשׁוֹפֵ֣ךְsho.FekhH8210contemptבּ֭וּזbuzH937uponprincesנְדִיבִ֑יםne.di.VimH5081, andweakenethרִפָּֽה׃ri.PahH7503thestrengthוּמְזִ֖יחַu.me.Zi.achH4206of themightyאֲפִיקִ֣ים'a.fi.KimH650.

22Herevealethמְגַלֶּ֣הme.ga.LehH1540deepthingsעֲ֭מֻקוֹת'A.mu.kotH6013out ofdarknessחֹ֑שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822, andbringethוַיֹּצֵ֖אvai.yo.Tze'H3318tolightלָא֣וֹרla.'orH216the shadow ofdeathצַלְמָֽוֶת׃tzal.Ma.vetH6757.

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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