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Job

Chapter 14
1
Phonetic (Hebrew): a֭dam yel֣ud 'ishshּa֑h qetza֥r ya֝mi֗ym uֽshsebaֽ'-roֽgez׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Man born of woman is of few days and full of trouble."

אָ֭דָם יְל֣וּד אִשָּׁ֑ה קְצַ֥ר יָ֝מִ֗ים וּֽשְׂבַֽע־רֹֽגֶז׃

2
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּetzi֣ytz ya֭tza vayּimּa֑l vayּibera֥ch kּa֝tzּe֗l velo֣ ya'amֽod׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"He springs up like a flower and withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure."

כְּצִ֣יץ יָ֭צָא וַיִּמָּ֑ל וַיִּבְרַ֥ח כַּ֝צֵּ֗ל וְלֹ֣א יַעֲמֽוֹד׃

3
Phonetic (Hebrew): ap-'al-ze֭h pּaqa֣chetּa 'eyne֑ka ve'o֘ti֤y tabi֖y bemishshepּa֣t 'imּaֽke׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Do you fix your eye on such a one? Will you bring him before you for judgement?"

אַף־עַל־זֶ֭ה פָּקַ֣חְתָּ עֵינֶ֑ךָ וְאֹ֘תִ֤י תָבִ֖יא בְמִשְׁפָּ֣ט עִמָּֽךְ׃

4
Phonetic (Hebrew): miֽy-yitּe֣n ta֭hor mitּame֗ lo֣ 'echaֽd׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one!"

מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן טָ֭הוֹר מִטָּמֵ֗א לֹ֣א אֶחָֽד׃

5
Phonetic (Hebrew): i֥m charutzi֨ym ׀ yama֗yv miֽsepּar-chodashsha֥yv 'itּa֑ke chqv chuqּa֥yv 'a֝shsi֗yta velo֣ ya'abֽor׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"A man’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed."

אִ֥ם חֲרוּצִ֨ים ׀ יָמָ֗יו מִֽסְפַּר־חֳדָשָׁ֥יו אִתָּ֑ךְ חקו חֻקָּ֥יו עָ֝שִׂ֗יתָ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲבֽוֹר׃

6
Phonetic (Hebrew): shshe'e֣h me'ala֣yv veyechedּa֑l 'ad-yi֝retze֗h kּeshsaki֥yr yomֽo׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"So look away from him and let him alone, till he has finished his time like a hired labourer."

שְׁעֵ֣ה מֵעָלָ֣יו וְיֶחְדָּ֑ל עַד־יִ֝רְצֶ֗ה כְּשָׂכִ֥יר יוֹמֽוֹ׃

7
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּi֤y ye֥shsh la'e֗tz tּi֫qeva֥h 'iֽm-yi֭kּaret ve'֣od yachali֑yp ve֝yoֽnaqetּ֗o lo֣ techedּaֽl׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail."

כִּ֤י יֵ֥שׁ לָעֵ֗ץ תִּ֫קְוָ֥ה אִֽם־יִ֭כָּרֵת וְע֣וֹד יַחֲלִ֑יף וְ֝יֹֽנַקְתּ֗וֹ לֹ֣א תֶחְדָּֽל׃

8
Phonetic (Hebrew): im-yazeqi֣yn bּa'a֣retz shshareshsh֑o u֝be'apa֗r yam֥ut gּize'ֽo׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil,"

אִם־יַזְקִ֣ין בָּאָ֣רֶץ שָׁרְשׁ֑וֹ וּ֝בֶעָפָ֗ר יָמ֥וּת גִּזְעֽוֹ׃

9
Phonetic (Hebrew): mere֣ycha ma֣yim yaperi֑cha ve'ashsa֖h qatzi֣yr kּemo-naֽta'׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant."

מֵרֵ֣יחַ מַ֣יִם יַפְרִ֑חַ וְעָשָׂ֖ה קָצִ֣יר כְּמוֹ־נָֽטַע׃

10
Phonetic (Hebrew): vege֣ber ya֭mut vaֽyּechela֑shsh vayּigeva֖ 'ada֣m ve'ayּֽo׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"But man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and is no more."

וְגֶ֣בֶר יָ֭מוּת וַֽיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ וַיִּגְוַ֖ע אָדָ֣ם וְאַיּֽוֹ׃

11
Phonetic (Hebrew): aֽzelu-ma֭yim minּiy-ya֑m ve֝naha֗r yechera֥b veyabeֽshsh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"As water disappears from the sea and a riverbed becomes parched and dry,"

אָֽזְלוּ־מַ֭יִם מִנִּי־יָ֑ם וְ֝נָהָ֗ר יֶחֱרַ֥ב וְיָבֵֽשׁ׃

12
Phonetic (Hebrew): ve'i֥yshsh shshaka֗b veֽlo'-ya֫q֥um 'ad-bּiletּi֣y shsha֭mayim lo֣ yaqi֑ytzu veloֽ'-ye֝'o֗ru mishshּenataֽm׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"so man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, men will not awake or be roused from their sleep."

וְאִ֥ישׁ שָׁכַ֗ב וְֽלֹא־יָ֫ק֥וּם עַד־בִּלְתִּ֣י שָׁ֭מַיִם לֹ֣א יָקִ֑יצוּ וְלֹֽא־יֵ֝עֹ֗רוּ מִשְּׁנָתָֽם׃

13
Phonetic (Hebrew): mi֤y yitּe֨n ׀ bּishshe'֬ol tּatzepּine֗niy tּa֭setּiyreniy 'ad-shsh֣ub 'apּe֑ka tּa֤shshi֥yt li֖y cho֣q vetizekּereֽniy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set me a time and then remember me!"

מִ֤י יִתֵּ֨ן ׀ בִּשְׁא֬וֹל תַּצְפִּנֵ֗נִי תַּ֭סְתִּירֵנִי עַד־שׁ֣וּב אַפֶּ֑ךָ תָּ֤שִׁ֥ית לִ֖י חֹ֣ק וְתִזְכְּרֵֽנִי׃

14
Phonetic (Hebrew): im-yam֥ut gּe֗ber hayi֫cheye֥h kּal-yeme֣y tzeba'i֣y 'ayache֑l 'ad-bּ֝֗o chaliypatiֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come."

אִם־יָמ֥וּת גֶּ֗בֶר הֲיִ֫חְיֶ֥ה כָּל־יְמֵ֣י צְבָאִ֣י אֲיַחֵ֑ל עַד־בּ֝֗וֹא חֲלִיפָתִֽי׃

15
Phonetic (Hebrew): tּi֭qera ve'anoki֣y 'eֽ'ene֑kּa leֽma'ashse֖h yade֣yka tikesoֽp׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made."

תִּ֭קְרָא וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ךָּ לְֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדֶ֣יךָ תִכְסֹֽף׃

16
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּiֽy-'a֭tּah tze'ada֣y tּisepּ֑or loֽ'-ti֝shshem֗or 'al-chatּa'tiֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin."

כִּֽי־עַ֭תָּה צְעָדַ֣י תִּסְפּ֑וֹר לֹֽא־תִ֝שְׁמ֗וֹר עַל־חַטָּאתִֽי׃

17
Phonetic (Hebrew): chatu֣m bּitzer֣or pּishshe'i֑y va֝tּitepּo֗l 'al-'avoniֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"My offences will be sealed up in a bag; you will cover over my iniquity."

חָתֻ֣ם בִּצְר֣וֹר פִּשְׁעִ֑י וַ֝תִּטְפֹּ֗ל עַל־עֲוֺנִֽי׃

18
Phonetic (Hebrew): ve֭'ulam har-nope֣l yibּ֑ol ve֝tz֗ur ye'etּa֥q mimּeqomֽo׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and as a rock is moved from its place,"

וְ֭אוּלָם הַר־נוֹפֵ֣ל יִבּ֑וֹל וְ֝צ֗וּר יֶעְתַּ֥ק מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃

19
Phonetic (Hebrew): abani֤ym ׀ shsha֥chaqu ma֗yim tּishshetoֽp-sepiyche֥yha 'apar-'a֑retz vetiqeva֖t 'en֣oshsh he'ebaֽdetּa׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy a man’s hope."

אֲבָנִ֤ים ׀ שָׁ֥חֲקוּ מַ֗יִם תִּשְׁטֹֽף־סְפִיחֶ֥יהָ עֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ וְתִקְוַ֖ת אֱנ֣וֹשׁ הֶאֱבַֽדְתָּ׃

20
Phonetic (Hebrew): tּiteqepe֣hu la֭netzach vaֽyּahalo֑ke meshshanּe֥h pa֝na֗yv vaֽtּeshshalּecheֽhu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"You overpower him once for all, and he is gone; you change his expression and send him away."

תִּתְקְפֵ֣הוּ לָ֭נֶצַח וַֽיַּהֲלֹ֑ךְ מְשַׁנֶּ֥ה פָ֝נָ֗יו וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃

21
Phonetic (Hebrew): yikebּed֣u ba֭nayv velo֣ yeda֑ ve֝yitze'ar֗u veֽlo'-yabi֥yn laֽmo׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"If his children are honoured, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not see it."

יִכְבְּד֣וּ בָ֭נָיו וְלֹ֣א יֵדָ֑ע וְ֝יִצְעֲר֗וּ וְֽלֹא־יָבִ֥ין לָֽמוֹ׃

22
Phonetic (Hebrew): ake-bּe֭shsaro 'ala֣yv yike'a֑b ve֝napeshsh֗o 'ala֥yv tּe'ebaֽl׃p
Edified Edition (EDE)"He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself."

אַךְ־בְּ֭שָׂרוֹ עָלָ֣יו יִכְאָ֑ב וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹ עָלָ֥יו תֶּאֱבָֽל׃פ