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.
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