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Job

Chapter 23
1
Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּa֥'an 'iyּ֗ob vayּo'maֽr׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Then Job replied:

וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

2
Phonetic (Hebrew): gּam-ha֭yּom meri֣y shsichi֑y ya֝di֗y kּabeda֥h 'al-'anechatiֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning."

גַּם־הַ֭יּוֹם מְרִ֣י שִׂחִ֑י יָ֝דִ֗י כָּבְדָ֥ה עַל־אַנְחָתִֽי׃

3
Phonetic (Hebrew): miֽy-yitּe֣n ya֭da'etּiy ve'emetza'e֑hu 'a֝b֗o 'ad-tּekunatֽo׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!"

מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵ֑הוּ אָ֝ב֗וֹא עַד־תְּכוּנָתֽוֹ׃

4
Phonetic (Hebrew): e'ereka֣h lepana֣yv mishshepּa֑t u֝pi֗y 'amalּe֥ tokachֽot׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments."

אֶעֶרְכָ֣ה לְפָנָ֣יו מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝פִ֗י אֲמַלֵּ֥א תוֹכָחֽוֹת׃

5
Phonetic (Hebrew): e֭de'ah milּi֣ym ya'ane֑niy ve֝'abi֗ynah mah-yּo֥'mar liֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"I would find out what he would answer me, and consider what he would say."

אֵ֭דְעָה מִלִּ֣ים יַעֲנֵ֑נִי וְ֝אָבִ֗ינָה מַה־יֹּ֥אמַר לִֽי׃

6
Phonetic (Hebrew): habּerab-kּo֭cha yari֣yb 'imּadi֑y lo֥ 'ake-h֝֗u yashsi֥m bּiֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Would he oppose me with great power? No, he would not press charges against me."

הַבְּרָב־כֹּ֭חַ יָרִ֣יב עִמָּדִ֑י לֹ֥א אַךְ־ה֝֗וּא יָשִׂ֥ם בִּֽי׃

7
Phonetic (Hebrew): shsha֗m ya֭shshar noka֣ch 'imּ֑o va'apalּeta֥h la֝ne֗tzach mishshּopetiֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"There an upright man could present his case before him, and I would be delivered for ever from my Judge."

שָׁ֗ם יָ֭שָׁר נוֹכָ֣ח עִמּ֑וֹ וַאֲפַלְּטָ֥ה לָ֝נֶ֗צַח מִשֹּׁפְטִֽי׃

8
Phonetic (Hebrew): he֤n qe֣dem 'ehelo֣ke ve'eyne֑nּu ve֝'ach֗or veֽlo'-'abi֥yn lֽo׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him."

הֵ֤ן קֶ֣דֶם אֶהֱלֹ֣ךְ וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וְ֝אָח֗וֹר וְֽלֹא־אָבִ֥ין לֽוֹ׃

9
Phonetic (Hebrew): shsemo֣'vl bּa'ashsot֣o velo'-'a֑chaz ya'eto֥p ya֝mi֗yn velo֣ 'ere'eֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him."

שְׂמֹ֣אול בַּעֲשֹׂת֣וֹ וְלֹא־אָ֑חַז יַעְטֹ֥ף יָ֝מִ֗ין וְלֹ֣א אֶרְאֶֽה׃

10
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּiֽy-ya֭da dּe֣reke 'imּadi֑y bּe֝chana֗niy kּazּaha֥b 'etzeֽ'׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold."

כִּֽי־יָ֭דַע דֶּ֣רֶךְ עִמָּדִ֑י בְּ֝חָנַ֗נִי כַּזָּהָ֥ב אֵצֵֽא׃

11
Phonetic (Hebrew): bּa֭'ashshuro 'achaza֣h rageli֑y dּarekּ֖o shshama֣retּiy velo'-'aֽt׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside."

בַּ֭אֲשֻׁרוֹ אָחֲזָ֣ה רַגְלִ֑י דַּרְכּ֖וֹ שָׁמַ֣רְתִּי וְלֹא־אָֽט׃

12
Phonetic (Hebrew): mitzeva֣t shse֭patayv velo֣ 'ami֑yshsh me֝chuqּi֗y tzapa֥netּiy 'imerey-piֽyv׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread."

מִצְוַ֣ת שְׂ֭פָתָיו וְלֹ֣א אָמִ֑ישׁ מֵ֝חֻקִּ֗י צָפַ֥נְתִּי אִמְרֵי־פִֽיו׃

13
Phonetic (Hebrew): veh֣u be֭'echad umi֣y yeshshiybe֑nּu venapeshsh֖o 'iueta֣h vayּaֽ'ashs׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases."

וְה֣וּא בְ֭אֶחָד וּמִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹ אִוְּתָ֣ה וַיָּֽעַשׂ׃

14
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּi֭y yashsheli֣ym chuqּi֑y vekahe֖nּah rabּ֣ot 'imּֽo׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"He carries out his decree against me, and many such plans he still has in store."

כִּ֭י יַשְׁלִ֣ים חֻקִּ֑י וְכָהֵ֖נָּה רַבּ֣וֹת עִמּֽוֹ׃

15
Phonetic (Hebrew): al-kּe֭n mipּana֣yv 'ebּahe֑l 'e֝tebּone֗n ve'epecha֥d mimּeֽnּu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"That is why I am terrified before him; when I think of all this, I fear him."

עַל־כֵּ֭ן מִפָּנָ֣יו אֶבָּהֵ֑ל אֶ֝תְבּוֹנֵ֗ן וְאֶפְחַ֥ד מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

16
Phonetic (Hebrew): ve֭'el hera֣ke libּi֑y ve֝shshadּa֗y hibehiylaֽniy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me."

וְ֭אֵל הֵרַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י הִבְהִילָֽנִי׃

17
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּiֽy-lo֣ ni֭tzematּiy mipּeney-cho֑shsheke u֝mipּana֗y kּisּah-'oֽpel׃
Edified Edition (EDE)yet I am not silenced by the darkness, nor by the thick darkness that covers my face.

כִּֽי־לֹ֣א נִ֭צְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י כִּסָּה־אֹֽפֶל׃