| וַיֹּאמַֽר | הַֽתֵּימָנִ֗י | אֱלִיפַ֥ז | וַ֭יַּעַן |
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wa-ya-ama-r | ha-tha-yma-na-ya | au-la-ypa-z | wa-ya-'a-n | |
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wayo'mar | hateymaniy | 'eliypaz | waya'an |
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the Temanite | Then Eliphaz | replied: | |
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15-1. Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
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| בִּטְנֹֽו | קָדִ֣ים | וִֽימַלֵּ֖א | ר֑וּחַ | דַֽעַת | יַעֲנֶ֥ה | חָכָ֗ם | הֶֽ |
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ba-ta-na-wa | qa-da-ym | wa-yma-la-a | rwcha | da-'a-tha | ya-'ana-ha | cha-ka-m | ha | |
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bitenow | qadiym | wiymale' | rwha | da'at | ya'aneh | hakam | he |
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his belly | with the hot east wind? | or fill | with empty | counsel | man answer | “Does a wise | |
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15-2. Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
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| יֹועִ֥יל | לֹא | וּ֝מִלִּ֗ים | יִסְכֹּ֑ון | לֹ֣א | בְּ֭דָבָר | הֹוכֵ֣חַ |
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ya-w'a-yl | la-a | wma-la-ym | ya-sa-ka-wn | la-a | ba-da-ba-r | ha-wka-cha | |
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yow'iyl | lo' | wmiliym | yisekown | lo' | bedabar | howkeha |
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purpose? | that serve no | or speeches | with useless | words | Should he argue | |
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15-3. Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
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| אֵֽל | לִפְנֵי | שִׂ֝יחָ֗ה | וְתִגְרַ֥ע | יִרְאָ֑ה | תָּפֵ֣ר | אַ֭תָּה | בָּֽםאַף |
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aa-l | la-pa-na-ya | sha-ycha-ha | wa-tha-ga-ra-' | ya-ra-aa-ha | tha-pa-r | aa-tha-ha | ba-maa-ph | |
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'el | lipeney | siyhah | wetigera' | yire'ah | taper | 'atah | bam'ap |
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Him. | before | meditation | and hinder | the fear [of God] | even undermine | you | But | |
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15-4. Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
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| עֲרוּמִֽים | לְשֹׁ֣ון | וְ֝תִבְחַ֗ר | פִ֑יךָ | עֲוֹנְךָ֣ | כִּ֤ייְאַלֵּ֣ף |
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'arwma-ym | la-sha-wn | wa-tha-ba-cha-r | pa-yka | 'awa-na-ka | ka-yya-aa-la-ph | |
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'arwmiym | lesown | wetibehar | piyka | 'awoneka | kiyye'alep |
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of the crafty. | the language | and you choose | your mouth, | your iniquity | For instructs | |
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15-5. For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
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| יַעֲנוּ | וּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָ | אָ֑נִי | וְלֹא | פִ֣יךָ | יַרְשִֽׁיעֲךָ֣ |
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ya-'anwa | wsha-pa-tha-yka | aa-na-ya | wa-la-a | pa-yka | ya-ra-sha-y'aka | |
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ya'anw | wsepateyka | 'aniy | welo' | piyka | yaresiy'aka |
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testify against you. | your own lips | mine; | not | Your own mouth | condemns you, | |
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15-6. Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
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| חֹולָֽלְתָּ | גְבָעֹ֣ות | וְלִפְנֵ֖י | תִּוָּלֵ֑ד | אָ֭דָם | רִאישֹׁ֣ון | בָֽךְהֲ |
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cha-wla-la-tha | ga-ba-'a-wtha | wa-la-pa-na-ya | tha-wa-la-d | aa-da-m | ra-aysha-wn | ba-ka-ha | |
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howlaleta | geba'owt | welipeney | tiwaled | 'adam | ri'ysown | bakeha |
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Were you brought forth | the hills? | before | ever born? | man | Were you the first | |
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15-7. Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
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| אֵלֶ֣יךָחָכְמָֽה | וְתִגְרַ֖ע | תִּשְׁמָ֑ע | אֱלֹ֣והַ | בְסֹ֣וד | הַ |
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aa-la-yka-cha-ka-ma-ha | wa-tha-ga-ra-' | tha-sha-ma-' | au-la-wha | ba-sa-wd | ha | |
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'eleykahakemah | wetigera' | tisema' | 'elowha | besowd | ha |
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to yourself? wisdom | or limit | Do you listen in | on God's | council | |
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15-8. Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
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| הֽוּא | עִמָּ֥נוּ | וְֽלֹא | תָּ֝בִ֗ין | נֵדָ֑ע | וְלֹ֣א | יָּ֭דַעְתָּ | מַה |
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hwa | 'a-ma-nwa | wa-la-a | tha-ba-yn | na-da-' | wa-la-a | ya-da-'a-tha | ma-ha | |
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hw' | 'imanw | welo' | tabiyn | neda' | welo' | yada'eta | mah |
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clear to us? | that is not | What do you understand | that we do not? | do you know | What | |
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15-9. What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
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| יָמִֽים | אָבִ֣יךָ | מֵ | בָּ֑נוּכַּבִּ֖יר | יָשִׁ֣ישׁ | גַּם | שָׂ֣ב | גַּם |
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ya-ma-ym | aa-ba-yka | ma | ba-nwka-ba-yr | ya-sha-ysha | ga-m | sha-b | ga-m | |
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yamiym | 'abiyka | me | banwkabiyr | yasiys | gam | sab | gam |
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than your father. | are on our side— men much older | the aged | and | the gray-haired | Both | |
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15-10. With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
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| עִמָּֽךְ | לָאַ֥ט | וְ֝דָבָ֗ר | אֵ֑ל | תַּנְחֻמֹ֣ות | מִ֭מְּךָ | מְעַ֣ט | הַ |
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'a-ma-ka | la-aa-t | wa-da-ba-r | aa-l | tha-na-chuma-wtha | ma-ma-ka | ma-'a-t | ha | |
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'imake | la'at | wedabar | 'el | tanehumowt | mimeka | me'at | ha |
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to you? | [spoken] gently | even words | of God | Are the consolations | for you, | not enough | |
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15-11. Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
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| עֵינֶֽיךָ | יִּרְזְמ֥וּן | וּֽמַה | לִבֶּ֑ךָ | יִּקָּחֲךָ֥ | מַה |
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'a-yna-yka | ya-ra-za-mwn | wma-ha | la-ba-ka | ya-qa-chaka | ma-ha | |
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'eyneyka | yirezemwn | wmah | libeka | yiqahaka | mah |
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do your eyes | flash, | and why | has your heart | carried you away, | Why | |
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15-12. Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
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| מִלִּֽין | פִּ֣יךָ | מִ | וְהֹצֵ֖אתָ | רוּחֶ֑ךָ | אֶלאֵ֣ל | כִּֽיתָשִׁ֣יב |
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ma-la-yn | pa-yka | ma | wa-ha-sa-atha | rwcha-ka | aa-laa-l | ka-ytha-sha-yb | |
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miliyn | piyka | mi | wehose'ta | rwheka | 'el'el | kiytasiyb |
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and pour such words | your mouth? | out of | your spirit | against God | as you turn | |
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15-13. That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
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| אִשָּֽׁה | יְל֣וּד | וְכִֽייִ֝צְדַּ֗ק | כִּֽייִזְכֶּ֑ה | אֱנֹ֥ושׁ | מָֽה |
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aa-sha-ha | ya-lwd | wa-ka-yya-sa-da-qh | ka-yya-za-ka-ha | au-na-wsha | ma-ha | |
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'isah | yelwd | wekiyyisedaq | kiyyizekeh | 'enows | mah |
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of woman, | or one born | that he should be righteous? | that he should be pure, | is man, | What | |
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15-14. What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
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| בְעֵינָֽיו | זַכּ֥וּ | לֹא | וְ֝שָׁמַ֗יִם | יַאֲמִ֑ין | לֹ֣א | בִּ֭קְדֹשָׁיו | הֵ֣ן |
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ba-'a-yna-ywa | za-kwa | la-a | wa-sha-ma-ya-m | ya-aama-yn | la-a | ba-qa-da-שׁa-ywa | ha-n | |
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be'eynayw | zakw | lo' | wesamayim | ya'amiyn | lo' | biqedoשׁayw | hen |
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in His eyes, | pure | are not | if even the heavens | trust | God puts no | in His holy ones, | If | |
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15-15. Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
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| עַוְלָֽה | מַּ֣יִם | כַ | שֹׁתֶ֖ה | אִישׁ | וְֽנֶאֱלָ֑ח | כִּֽינִתְעָ֥ב | אַ֭ף |
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'a-wa-la-ha | ma-ya-m | ka | sha-tha-ha | aa-ysha | wa-na-au-la-cha | ka-yna-tha-'a-b | aa-ph | |
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'awelah | mayim | ka | soteh | 'iys | wene'elah | kiynite'ab | 'ap |
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injustice | like water? | who drinks | man, | and corrupt, | who is vile | how much less | |
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15-16. How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
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| וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה | חָ֝זִ֗יתִי | לִ֑יוְזֶֽה | שְֽׁמַֽע | אֲחַוְךָ֥ |
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wa-aasa-pa-ra-ha | cha-za-ytha-ya | la-ywa-za-ha | sha-ma-' | aacha-wa-ka | |
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wa'asaperah | haziytiy | liywezeh | sema' | 'ahaweka |
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I will describe | I have seen, | to me to me what | Listen | and I will inform you. | |
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15-17. I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
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| אֲבֹותָֽם | מֵ | כִֽ֝חֲד֗וּ | וְלֹ֥א | יַגִּ֑ידוּ | אֲשֶׁרחֲכָמִ֥ים |
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aaba-wtha-m | ma | ka-chadwa | wa-la-a | ya-ga-ydwa | aasha-rchaka-ma-ym | |
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'abowtam | me | kihadw | welo' | yagiydw | 'aserhakamiym |
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their fathers, | from | concealed | and was not | was declared | what by wise men | |
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15-18. Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
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| בְּתֹוכָֽם | זָ֣ר | עָ֖בַר | וְלֹא | הָאָ֑רֶץ | נִתְּנָ֣ה | לָהֶ֣םלְ֭בַדָּם |
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ba-tha-wka-m | za-r | 'a-ba-r | wa-la-a | ha-aa-ra-tz | na-tha-na-ha | la-ha-mla-ba-da-m | |
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betowkam | zar | 'abar | welo' | ha'ares | nitenah | lahemlebadam |
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among them: | foreigner | passed | when no | the land | was given | to whom alone | |
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15-19. Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
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| לֶעָרִֽיץ | נִצְפְּנ֥וּ | שָׁ֝נִ֗ים | וּמִסְפַּ֥ר | מִתְחֹולֵ֑ל | ה֣וּא | רָ֭שָׁע | יְמֵ֣י | כָּל |
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la-'a-ra-ytz | na-sa-pa-nwa | sha-na-ym | wma-sa-pa-r | ma-tha-cha-wla-l | hwa | ra-sha-' | ya-ma-ya | ka-l | |
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le'ariys | nisepenw | saniym | wmisepar | mitehowlel | hw' | rasa' | yemey | kal |
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for the ruthless. | are reserved | years | only a few | man writhes in pain | his | A wicked | days; | all | |
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15-20. The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
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| יְבֹואֶֽנּוּ | שֹׁודֵ֥ד | בַּ֝שָּׁלֹ֗ום | בְּאָזְנָ֑יו | פְּחָדִ֥ים | קֹול |
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ya-ba-waa-nwa | sha-wda-d | ba-sha-la-wm | ba-aa-za-na-ywa | pa-cha-da-ym | qa-wl | |
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yebow'enw | sowded | basalowm | be'azenayw | pehadiym | qowl |
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attacks him. | the destroyer | in his prosperity | fill his ears; | of terror | Sounds | |
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15-21. A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
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| אֱלֵיחָֽרֶב | ה֣וּא | וְצָפ֖וּי | חֹ֑שֶׁךְ | מִנִּי | שׁ֭וּב | יַאֲמִ֣ין | לֹא |
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au-la-ycha-ra-b | hwa | wa-sa-pwya | cha-sha-ka | ma-na-ya | shwb | ya-aama-yn | la-a | |
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'eleyhareb | hw' | wesapwy | hoseke | miniy | swb | ya'amiyn | lo' |
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for the sword. | he | is marked | darkness; | from | his return | He despairs of | |
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15-22. He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
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| חֹֽשֶׁךְ | יֹֽום | בְּיָדֹ֣ו | כִּֽינָכֹ֖ון | יָדַ֓ע | אַיֵּ֑ה | לַלֶּ֣חֶם | ה֣וּא | נֹ֘דֵ֤ד |
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cha-sha-ka | ya-wm | ba-ya-da-wa | ka-yna-ka-wn | ya-da-' | aa-ya-ha | la-la-cha-m | hwa | na-da-d | |
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hoseke | yowm | beyadow | kiynakown | yada' | 'ayeh | lalehem | hw' | noded |
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of darkness | the day | is at hand. | he knows | for vultures; | as food | He | wanders about | |
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15-23. He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
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| לַכִּידֹֽור | עָתִ֬יד | מֶ֤לֶךְ | כְּ | תִּ֝תְקְפֵ֗הוּ | וּמְצוּקָ֑ה | צַ֣ר | יְֽ֭בַעֲתֻהוּ |
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la-ka-yda-wr | 'a-tha-yd | ma-la-ka | ka | tha-tha-qa-pa-hwa | wma-swqa-ha | sa-r | ya-ba-'athuhwa | |
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lakiydowr | 'atiyd | meleke | ke | titeqepehw | wmeswqah | sar | yeba'atuhw |
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to attack. | poised | like a king | overwhelming him | and anguish | Distress | terrify him, | |
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15-24. Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
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| יִתְגַּבָּֽר | וְאֶלשַׁ֝דַּ֗י | יָדֹ֑ו | אֶלאֵ֣ל | כִּֽינָטָ֣ה |
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ya-tha-ga-ba-r | wa-aa-lsha-da-ya | ya-da-wa | aa-laa-l | ka-yna-ta-ha | |
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yitegabar | we'elsaday | yadow | 'el'el | kiynatah |
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and has vaunted himself | against the Almighty, | his hand | against God | For he has stretched out | |
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15-25. For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
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| מָֽגִנָּֽיו | גַּבֵּ֥י | בַּ֝עֲבִ֗י | אֵלָ֣יובְּצַוָּ֑אר | יָר֣וּץ |
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ma-ga-na-ywa | ga-ba-ya | ba-'aba-ya | aa-la-ywba-sa-wa-ar | ya-rwtz | |
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maginayw | gabey | ba'abiy | 'elaywbesawa'r | yarws |
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shield. | studded | with his thick, | at Him at Him headlong | rushing | |
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15-26. He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:
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| כָֽסֶל | עֲלֵי | פִּימָ֣ה | וַיַּ֖עַשׂ | בְּחֶלְבֹּ֑ו | פָנָ֣יו | כִּֽיכִסָּ֣ה |
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ka-sa-l | 'ala-ya | pa-yma-ha | wa-ya-'a-sha | ba-cha-la-ba-wa | pa-na-ywa | ka-yka-sa-ha | |
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kasel | 'aley | piymah | waya'as | behelebow | panayw | kiykisah |
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and his waistline | with flesh, | bulges | with fat | his face | Though is covered | |
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15-27. Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
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| לְגַלִּֽים | לָ֑מֹואֲשֶׁ֖רהִתְעַתְּד֣וּ | יֵ֣שְׁבוּ | לֹא | בָּ֭תִּים | נִכְחָדֹ֗ות | עָ֘רִ֤ים | וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֤ון |
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la-ga-la-ym | la-ma-waasha-rha-tha-'a-tha-dwa | ya-sha-bwa | la-a | ba-tha-ym | na-ka-cha-da-wtha | 'a-ra-ym | wa-ya-sha-ka-wn | |
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legaliym | lamow'aserhite'atedw | yesebw | lo' | batiym | nikehadowt | 'ariym | wayisekown |
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to crumble. | destined | in abandoned | houses | in ruined | cities, | he will dwell | |
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15-28. And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
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| מִנְלָֽם | לָאָ֣רֶץ | יִטֶּ֖ה | וְלֹֽא | חֵילֹ֑ו | יָק֣וּם | וְלֹא | יֶ֖עְשַׁר | לֹֽא |
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ma-na-la-m | la-aa-ra-tz | ya-ta-ha | wa-la-a | cha-yla-wa | ya-qwm | wa-la-a | ya-'a-sha-r | la-a | |
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minelam | la'ares | yiteh | welo' | heylow | yaqwm | welo' | ye'esar | lo' |
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His possessions | the land. | spread over | will not | his wealth | endure. | will not | longer be rich; | He will no | |
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15-29. He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
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| פִּֽיו | בְּר֣וּחַ | וְ֝יָס֗וּר | שַׁלְהָ֑בֶת | תְּיַבֵּ֣שׁ | יֹֽ֭נַקְתֹּו | חֹ֗שֶׁךְ | מִנִּי | יָס֨וּר | לֹֽא |
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pa-ywa | ba-rwcha | wa-ya-swr | sha-la-ha-ba-tha | tha-ya-ba-sha | ya-na-qa-tha-wa | cha-sha-ka | ma-na-ya | ya-swr | la-a | |
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piyw | berwha | weyaswr | salehabet | teyabes | yonaqetow | hoseke | miniy | yaswr | lo' |
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of God’s mouth | and the breath | will carry him away. | the flame | will wither | his shoots, | the darkness; | from | escape | He will not | |
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15-30. He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
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| תְמוּרָתֹֽו | תִּהְיֶ֥ה | כִּישָׁ֝֗וְא | נִתְעָ֑ה | בַּשָּׁ֣יו | יַאֲמֵ֣ן | אַל |
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tha-mwra-tha-wa | tha-ha-ya-ha | ka-ysha-wa-a | na-tha-'a-ha | ba-שׁa-ywa | ya-aama-n | aa-l | |
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temwratow | tiheyeh | kiysawe' | nite'ah | baשׁayw | ya'amen | 'al |
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his reward. | will be | for emptiness | deceive himself | in emptiness, | with trust | Let him not | |
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15-31. Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
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| רַעֲנָֽנָה | לֹ֣א | וְ֝כִפָּתֹ֗ו | תִּמָּלֵ֑א | יֹ֭ומֹו | בְּֽלֹא |
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ra-'ana-na-ha | la-a | wa-ka-pa-tha-wa | tha-ma-la-a | ya-wma-wa | ba-la-a | |
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ra'ananah | lo' | wekipatow | timale' | yowmow | belo' |
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flourish. | will not | and his branch | It will be paid in full | his time, | before | |
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15-32. It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
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| נִצָּתֹֽו | זַּ֗יִת | כַּ֝ | וְיַשְׁלֵ֥ךְ | בִּסְרֹ֑ו | גֶּ֣פֶן | כַּ | יַחְמֹ֣ס |
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na-sa-tha-wa | za-ya-tha | ka | wa-ya-sha-la-ka | ba-sa-ra-wa | ga-pa-n | ka | ya-cha-ma-sh | |
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nisatow | zayit | ka | weyaseleke | biserow | gepen | ka | yahemos |
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its blossoms. | and like an olive tree | that sheds | its unripe grapes, | He will be like a vine | stripped of | |
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15-33. He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
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| שֹֽׁחַד | אָֽהֳלֵי | אָכְלָ֥ה | וְ֝אֵ֗שׁ | גַּלְמ֑וּד | חָנֵ֣ף | כִּֽיעֲדַ֣ת |
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sha-cha-d | aa-hola-ya | aa-ka-la-ha | wa-aa-sha | ga-la-mwd | cha-na-ph | ka-y'ada-tha | |
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sohad | 'aholey | 'akelah | we'es | galemwd | hanep | kiy'adat |
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of bribery. | the tents | will consume | and fire | [will be] barren, | of the godless | For the company | |
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15-34. For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
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| מִרְמָֽה | תָּכִ֥ין | וּ֝בִטְנָ֗ם | אָ֑וֶן | וְיָלֹ֣ד | עָ֭מָל | הָרֹ֣ה |
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ma-ra-ma-ha | tha-ka-yn | wba-ta-na-m | aa-wa-n | wa-ya-la-d | 'a-ma-l | ha-ra-ha | |
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miremah | takiyn | wbitenam | 'awen | weyalod | 'amal | haroh |
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deceit.” | prepares | their womb | evil; | and give birth to | trouble | They conceive | |
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15-35. They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
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