1Then theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068answeredוַיַּֽעַן־vai.ya.'an-H6030Jobאִ֭יּוֹב'I.yovH347out of thewhirlwindהַסְּעָרָ֗הha.se.'a.rahH5591, andsaidוַיֹּאמַֽר׃vai.yo.MarH559,
2Who is this thatdarkenethמַחְשִׁ֖יךְmach.ShikhH2821counselעֵצָ֥ה'e.TzahH6098bywordsבְמִלִּ֗יןve.mi.LinH4405withoutknowledgeדָֽעַת׃Da.'atH1847?
3Girdupאֱזָר־'e.zor-H247now thyloinsחֲלָצֶ֑יךָcha.la.Tzei.khaH2504like amanכְגֶ֣בֶרkhe.Ge.verH1397; for I willdemandוְ֝אֶשְׁאָלְךָ֗ve.'esh.'al.khaH7592of thee, andanswerוְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃ve.ho.di.'E.niH3045thou me.
4Whereאֵיפֹ֣ה'ei.FohH375wast thou when I laid thefoundationsבְּיָסְדִי־be.ya.se.di-H3245of theearthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776?declareהַ֝גֵּ֗דha.GedH5046, if thouhastיָדַ֥עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045understandingבִינָֽה׃vi.NahH998.
5Who hathlaidשָׂ֣םsamH7760themeasuresמְ֭מַדֶּיהָMe.ma.dei.haH4461of it, if thouknowestתֵדָ֑עte.Da'H3045? or who hathstretchedנָטָ֖הna.TahH5186thelineקָּֽו׃KavH6957upon it?
6Upon what are thefoundationsאֲדָנֶ֣יהָ'a.da.Nei.haH134of itfastenedהָטְבָּ֑עוּha.te.Ba.'uH2883? or wholaidיָ֝רָ֗הya.RahH3384itscornerפִּנָּתָֽהּ׃pi.na.TahH6438stoneאֶ֣בֶן'E.venH68;
7When themorningבֹ֑קֶרVo.kerH1242starsכּ֣וֹכְבֵיKokh.veiH3556sangבְּרָן־be.ron-H7442togetherיַ֭חַדYa.chadH3162, and all thesonsבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofGodאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430shoutedוַ֝יָּרִ֗יעוּvai.ya.Ri.'uH7321for joy?
8Or who shutupוַיָּ֣סֶךְvai.Ya.sekhH5526theseaיָ֑םYamH3220withdoorsבִּדְלָתַ֣יִםbid.la.Ta.yimH1817, when it brokeforthבְּ֝גִיח֗וֹbe.gi.ChoH1518, as if it had issuedoutיֵצֵֽא׃ye.Tze'H3318of thewombמֵרֶ֥חֶםme.Re.chemH7358?
9When Imadeבְּשׂוּמִ֣יbe.su.MiH7760acloudעָנָ֣ן'a.NanH6051itsgarmentלְבֻשׁ֑וֹle.vu.ShoH3830, and thickdarknessוַ֝עֲרָפֶ֗לva.'a.ra.FelH6205aswaddlingbandחֲתֻלָּתֽוֹ׃cha.tu.la.ToH2854for it,
10And brokeupוָאֶשְׁבֹּ֣רva.'esh.BorH7665for it mydecreedחֻקִּ֑יchu.KiH2706place, andsetוָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗יםva.'a.SimH7760barsבְּרִ֣יחַbe.Ri.achH1280anddoorsוּדְלָתָֽיִם׃u.de.la.Ta.yimH1817,
11Andsaidוָאֹמַ֗רva.'o.MarH559, Thusfarעַד־'ad-H5704H6311shalt thoucomeתָ֭בוֹאTa.Vo'H935, but nofurtherתֹסִ֑יףto.SifH3254: and here shall thyproudבִּגְא֥וֹןbig.'onH1347wavesגַּלֶּֽיךָ׃ga.Lei.khaH1530bestayedיָ֝שִׁ֗יתya.ShitH7896?
12Hast thoucommandedצִוִּ֣יתָtzi.Vi.taH6680themorningבֹּ֑קֶרBo.kerH1242since thydaysהְֽ֭מִיָּמֶיךָHe.mi.ya.mei.khaH3117; and caused thedayspringהַשַּׁ֣חַרha.sha.charH7837toknowיִדַּ֖עְתָּyi.da'.taH3045itsplaceמְקֹמֽוֹ׃me.ko.MoH4725;
13That it might takeholdלֶ֭אֱחֹזLe.'e.chozH270of theendsבְּכַנְפ֣וֹתbe.khan.FotH3671ofearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776, that thewickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563might be shakenoutוְיִנָּעֲר֖וּve.yi.na.'a.RuH5287of it?
14It isturnedתִּ֭תְהַפֵּךְTit.ha.pekhH2015asclayכְּחֹ֣מֶרke.Cho.merH2563to thesealחוֹתָ֑םcho.TamH2368; and theystandוְ֝יִֽתְיַצְּב֗וּve.yit.ya.tze.VuH3320as agarmentלְבֽוּשׁ׃le.VushH3830.
15And from thewickedמֵרְשָׁעִ֣יםme.re.sha.'ImH7563theirlightאוֹרָ֑ם'o.RamH216iswithheldוְיִמָּנַ֣עve.yi.ma.Na'H4513, and thehighרָ֝מָ֗הra.MahH7311armוּזְר֥וֹעַu.ze.Ro.a'H2220shall bebrokenתִּשָּׁבֵֽר׃ti.sha.VerH7665.
16Hast thouenteredהֲ֭בָאתָHa.va.taH935into thespringsנִבְכֵי־niv.khei-H5033of theseaיָ֑םYamH3220? or hast thouwalkedהִתְהַלָּֽכְתָּ׃hit.ha.La.khe.taH1980in thesearchוּבְחֵ֥קֶרu.ve.Che.kerH2714of thedepthתְּ֝ה֗וֹםte.HomH8415?
17Have thegatesשַׁעֲרֵי־sha.'a.rei-H8179ofdeathמָ֑וֶתMa.vetH4194beenrevealedהֲנִגְל֣וּha.nig.LuH1540to thee? or hast thouseenתִּרְאֶֽה׃tir.'EhH7200thedoorsוְשַׁעֲרֵ֖יve.sha.'a.ReiH8179of the shadow ofdeathצַלְמָ֣וֶתtzal.Ma.vetH6757?
18Hast thouperceivedהִ֭תְבֹּנַנְתָּHit.bo.nan.taH995thebreadthרַחֲבֵי־ra.cha.vei-H7338of theearthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776?declareהַ֝גֵּ֗דha.GedH5046if thouknowestיָדַ֥עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045it all.
19Where is thewayהַ֭דֶּרֶךְHa.de.rekhH1870wherelightא֑וֹר'orH216dwellethיִשְׁכָּן־yish.kon-H7931? and as fordarknessוְ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְve.Cho.shekhH2822, where is itsplaceמְקֹמֽוֹ׃me.ko.MoH4725,
20That thou shouldesttakeתִ֭קָּחֶנּוּTi.ka.che.nuH3947it to itsboundגְּבוּל֑וֹge.vu.LoH1366, and that thou shouldestknowתָ֝בִ֗יןta.VinH995thepathsנְתִיב֥וֹתne.ti.VotH5410to itshouseבֵּיתֽוֹ׃bei.ToH1004?
21Knowestיָ֭דַעְתָּYa.da'.taH3045thou it, because thou wast thenbornתִּוָּלֵ֑דti.va.LedH3205? or because thenumberוּמִסְפַּ֖רu.mis.ParH4557of thydaysיָמֶ֣יךָya.Mei.khaH3117isgreatרַבִּֽים׃ra.BimH7227?
22Hast thouenteredהֲ֭בָאתָHa.va.taH935into thetreasuriesאֹצְר֣וֹת'o.tze.RotH214of thesnowשָׁ֑לֶגSha.legH7950? or hast thouseenתִּרְאֶֽה׃tir.'EhH7200thetreasuriesוְאֹצְר֖וֹתve.'o.tze.RotH214of thehailבָּרָ֣דba.RadH1259,
23Which I havereservedחָשַׂ֥כְתִּיcha.Sakh.tiH2820against thetimeלְעֶת־le.'et-H6256oftroubleצָ֑רTzarH6862, against thedayלְי֥וֹםle.YomH3117ofbattleקְ֝רָ֗בke.RavH7128andwarוּמִלְחָמָֽה׃u.mil.cha.MahH4421?
25Who hathdividedפִלַּ֣גfi.LagH6385awatercourseתְּעָלָ֑הte.'a.LahH8585for the overflowing ofwatersלַשֶּׁ֣טֶףla.She.tefH7858, or awayוְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְve.De.rekhH1870for thelightningלַחֲזִ֥יזla.cha.ZizH2385ofthunderקֹלֽוֹת׃ko.LotH6963;
26To cause it torainלְ֭הַמְטִירLe.ham.tirH4305on theearthאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776, where nomanאִ֑ישׁ'IshH376is; on thewildernessמִ֝דְבָּ֗רmid.BarH4057, in which there is nomanאָדָ֥ם'a.DamH120;
27Tosatisfyלְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַle.has.Bi.a'H7646thedesolateשֹׁ֭אָהSho.'ahH7722andwasteוּמְשֹׁאָ֑הu.me.sho.'AhH4875ground ; and to cause thebudמֹ֣צָאMo.tza'H4161of the tenderherbדֶֽשֶׁא׃De.she'H1877to springforthוּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַu.le.hatz.Mi.achH6779?
28Hathהֲיֵשׁ־ha.yesh-H3426therainלַמָּטָ֥רla.ma.TarH4306afatherאָ֑ב'AvH1? or who hathbegottenה֝וֹלִ֗ידho.LidH3205thedropsאֶגְלֵי־'eg.lei-H96of thedewטָֽל׃TalH2919?
29Out of whosewombמִבֶּ֣טֶןmi.Be.tenH990cameיָצָ֣אya.Tza'H3318theiceהַקָּ֑רַחha.Ka.rachH7140? and the hoaryfrostוּכְפֹ֥רu.khe.ForH3713ofheavenשָׁ֝מַיִםSha.ma.yimH8064, who hathgenderedיְלָדֽוֹ׃ye.la.DoH3205it?
30Thewatersמַ֣יִםMa.yimH4325arehidיִתְחַבָּ֑אוּyit.cha.Ba.'uH2244as with astoneכָּ֭אֶבֶןKa.'e.venH68, and thefaceוּפְנֵ֥יu.fe.NeiH6440of thedeepתְ֝ה֗וֹםte.HomH8415isfrozenיִתְלַכָּֽדוּ׃yit.la.Ka.duH3920.
35Canst thousendהַֽתְשַׁלַּ֣חhat.sha.LachH7971lightningsבְּרָקִ֣יםbe.ra.KimH1300, that they maygoH3212, andsayוְיֹאמְר֖וּve.yo.me.RuH559to thee, Here we are ?
36Who hathputשָׁ֭תSha.tH7896wisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451in the inwardpartsבַּטֻּח֣וֹתba.tu.ChotH2910? or who hathgivenנָתַ֖ןna.TanH5414understandingבִינָֽה׃vi.NahH998to theheartלַשֶּׂ֣כְוִיla.Sekh.viH7907?
37Who cannumberיְסַפֵּ֣רye.sa.PerH5608thecloudsשְׁחָקִ֣יםshe.cha.KimH7834inwisdomבְּחָכְמָ֑הbe.cha.khe.MahH2451? or who can pouroutיַשְׁכִּֽיב׃yash.KivH7901the waterbottlesוְנִבְלֵ֥יve.niv.LeiH5035ofheavenשָׁ֝מַ֗יִםSha.Ma.yimH8064,
38When thedustעָ֭פָר'A.forH6083growethבְּצֶ֣קֶתbe.Tze.ketH3332intohardnessלַמּוּצָ֑קla.mu.TzakH4165, and theclodsוּרְגָבִ֥יםu.re.ga.VimH7263cleave fasttogetherיְדֻבָּֽקוּ׃ye.du.Ba.kuH1692?
39Wilt thouhuntהֲתָצ֣וּדha.ta.TzudH6679thepreyטָ֑רֶףTa.refH2964for thelionלְלָבִ֣יאle.la.Vi'H3833? orfillתְּמַלֵּֽא׃te.ma.Le'H4390theappetiteוְחַיַּ֖תve.chai.YatH2416of the younglionsכְּפִירִ֣יםke.fi.RimH3715,
41Whoprovidethיָכִ֥יןya.KhinH3559for theravenלָעֹרֵ֗בla.'o.RevH6158hisfoodצֵ֫יד֥וֹtzei.DoH6718? when his youngonesיְ֭לָדָיוye.la.dovH3206cryיְשַׁוֵּ֑עוּye.sha.Ve.'uH7768toGodאֵ֣ל'elH410, theywanderיִ֝תְע֗וּyit.'UH8582forwantלִבְלִי־liv.li-H1097offoodאֹֽכֶל׃'O.khelH400.
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