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Job 4:1-11

1ThenEliphazאֱלִיפַ֥ז'e.li.FazH464theTemaniteהַֽתֵּימָנִ֗יha.tei.ma.NiH8489answeredוַ֭יַּעַןVai.ya.'anH6030andsaidוַיֹּאמַֽר׃vai.yo.MarH559,

2If wetryהֲנִסָּ֬הha.ni.SahH5254tospeakדָבָ֣רda.VarH1697with thee, wilt thou begrievedתִּלְאֶ֑הtil.'EhH3811? but whocanיוּכָֽל׃yu.KhalH3201restrainוַעְצֹ֥רva'.TzorH6113fromspeakingבְּ֝מִלִּ֗יןbe.mi.LinH4405?

3Behold, thou hastinstructedיִסַּ֣רְתָּyi.Sar.taH3256manyרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227, and thou haststrengthenedתְּחַזֵּֽק׃te.cha.ZekH2388theweakרָפ֣וֹתra.FotH7504handsוְיָדַ֖יִםve.ya.Da.yimH3027.

4Thywordsמִלֶּ֑יךָmi.Lei.khaH4405haveupheldיְקִימ֣וּןye.ki.MunH6965him that wasfallingכּ֭וֹשֵׁלKo.o.shelH3782, and thou haststrengthenedתְּאַמֵּֽץ׃te.'a.MetzH553thefeebleכֹּרְע֣וֹתko.re.'otH3766kneesוּבִרְכַּ֖יִםu.vir.Ka.yimH1290.

5But now it hathcomeתָּב֣וֹאta.Vo'H935upon thee, and thoufaintestוַתֵּ֑לֶאva.Te.le'H3811; ittouchethתִּגַּ֥עti.Ga'H5060thee, and thou arttroubledוַתִּבָּהֵֽל׃va.ti.ba.HelH926.

6Is not this thyfearיִ֭רְאָתְךָYir.'a.te.khaH3374, thyconfidenceכִּסְלָתֶ֑ךָkis.la.Te.khaH3690, thyhopeתִּ֝קְוָתְךָ֗tik.va.te.chaH8615, and theuprightnessוְתֹ֣םve.TomH8537of thywaysדְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃de.ra.Khei.khaH1870?

7Rememberזְכָר־ze.khor-H2142, I pray thee, who everperishedאָבָ֑ד'a.VadH6, beinginnocentנָקִ֣יna.KiH5355? orwhereוְ֝אֵיפֹ֗הve.'ei.FohH375were therighteousיְשָׁרִ֥יםye.sha.RimH3477cutoffנִכְחָֽדוּ׃ni.Kha.duH3582?

8Even as I haveseenרָ֭אִיתִיRa.'i.tiH7200, they thatplowחֹ֣רְשֵׁיCho.re.sheiH2790iniquityאָ֑וֶן'A.venH205, andsowוְזֹרְעֵ֖יve.zo.re.'EiH2232wickednessעָמָ֣ל'a.MalH5999,reapיִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃yik.tze.Ru.huH7114the same.

9By theblastמִנִּשְׁמַ֣תmi.nish.MatH5397ofGodאֱל֣וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433theyperishיֹאבֵ֑דוּyo.Ve.duH6, and by thebreathוּמֵר֖וּחַu.me.Ru.achH7307of hisnostrilsאַפּ֣וֹ'a.PoH639are theyconsumedיִכְלֽוּ׃yikh.LuH3615.

10Theroaringשַׁאֲגַ֣תsha.'a.GatH7581of thelionאַ֭רְיֵה'Ar.yehH738, and thevoiceוְק֣וֹלve.KolH6963of the fiercelionשָׁ֑חַלSha.chalH7826, and theteethוְשִׁנֵּ֖יve.shi.NeiH8127of the younglionsכְפִירִ֣יםkhe.fi.RimH3715, arebrokenנִתָּֽעוּ׃ni.Ta.'uH5421.

11The oldlionלַ֭יִשׁLa.yishH3918perishethאֹבֵ֣ד'o.VedH6forlackמִבְּלִי־mi.be.li-H1097ofpreyטָ֑רֶףTa.refH2964, and the stoutlion’sלָ֝בִ֗יאla.Vi'H3833whelpsוּבְנֵ֥יu.ve.NeiH1121are scatteredabroadיִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃yit.pa.Ra.duH6504.

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