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Job

Chapter 27
1
Phonetic (Hebrew): vayּo֣sep 'i֭yּob shse'e֥t meshshal֗o vayּo'maֽr׃
Edified Edition (EDE)And Job continued his discourse:

וַיֹּ֣סֶף אִ֭יּוֹב שְׂאֵ֥ת מְשָׁל֗וֹ וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

2
Phonetic (Hebrew): chay-'e֭l hesi֣yr mishshepּati֑y ve֝shshadּa֗y hema֥r napeshshiֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,"

חַי־אֵ֭ל הֵסִ֣יר מִשְׁפָּטִ֑י וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י הֵמַ֥ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

3
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּiֽy-kal-'֣od nishshemati֣y bi֑y ver֖ucha 'el֣ohּa bּe'apּiֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"as long as I have life within me, the breath of God in my nostrils,"

כִּֽי־כָל־ע֣וֹד נִשְׁמָתִ֣י בִ֑י וְר֖וּחַ אֱל֣וֹהַּ בְּאַפִּֽי׃

4
Phonetic (Hebrew): im-tּedabּe֣renah shsepata֣y 'avela֑h u֝leshshoni֗y 'im-yehegּe֥h remiyּaֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will utter no deceit."

אִם־תְּדַבֵּ֣רְנָה שְׂפָתַ֣י עַוְלָ֑ה וּ֝לְשׁוֹנִ֗י אִם־יֶהְגֶּ֥ה רְמִיָּֽה׃

5
Phonetic (Hebrew): chali֣ylah lּiy֮ 'im-'atzedּi֪yq 'e֫teke֥m 'ad-'egeva֑ lo'-'asi֖yr tּumּati֣y mimּeֽnּiy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity."

חָלִ֣ילָה לִּי֮ אִם־אַצְדִּ֪יק אֶ֫תְכֶ֥ם עַד־אֶגְוָ֑ע לֹא־אָסִ֖יר תֻּמָּתִ֣י מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

6
Phonetic (Hebrew): bּetzideqati֣y he֭chezaqetּiy velo֣ 'arepּe֑ha loֽ'-yechera֥p le֝babi֗y miyּamaֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live."

בְּצִדְקָתִ֣י הֶ֭חֱזַקְתִּי וְלֹ֣א אַרְפֶּ֑הָ לֹֽא־יֶחֱרַ֥ף לְ֝בָבִ֗י מִיָּמָֽי׃

7
Phonetic (Hebrew): yehi֣y ke֭rashsha 'o֣yebi֑y umiteqomemi֥y ke'auaֽl׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"May my enemies be like the wicked, his adversaries like the unjust!"

יְהִ֣י כְ֭רָשָׁע אֹ֣יְבִ֑י וּמִתְקוֹמְמִ֥י כְעַוָּֽל׃

8
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּi֤y mah-tּiqeva֣t cha֭nep kּi֣y yibetza֑ kּi֤y ye֖shshel 'el֣ohּa napeshshֽo׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life?"

כִּ֤י מַה־תִּקְוַ֣ת חָ֭נֵף כִּ֣י יִבְצָ֑ע כִּ֤י יֵ֖שֶׁל אֱל֣וֹהַּ נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

9
Phonetic (Hebrew): haֽ֭tza'aqato yishshema֥ ׀ 'e֑l kּiֽy-tab֖o 'ala֣yv tzaraֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Does God listen to their cry when distress comes upon them?"

הַֽ֭צַעֲקָתוֹ יִשְׁמַ֥ע ׀ אֵ֑ל כִּֽי־תָב֖וֹא עָלָ֣יו צָרָֽה׃

10
Phonetic (Hebrew): im-'al-shshadּa֥y yite'anּa֑g yiqera֖ 'el֣ohּa bּekal-'eֽt׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Will they find delight in the Almighty? Will they call on God at all times?"

אִם־עַל־שַׁדַּ֥י יִתְעַנָּ֑ג יִקְרָ֖א אֱל֣וֹהַּ בְּכָל־עֵֽת׃

11
Phonetic (Hebrew): ore֣h 'eteke֣m bּeyad-'e֑l 'ashshe֥r 'im-shsha֝dּa֗y lo֣ 'akacheֽd׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"I will teach you about the power of God; the ways of the Almighty I will not conceal."

אוֹרֶ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֣ם בְּיַד־אֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר עִם־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י לֹ֣א אֲכַחֵֽד׃

12
Phonetic (Hebrew): hen-'atּe֣m kּulּeke֣m chaziyte֑m velamּah-zּe֝֗h he֣bel tּehebּaֽlu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"You have all seen these things yourselves. Why then this meaningless talk?"

הֵן־אַתֶּ֣ם כֻּלְּכֶ֣ם חֲזִיתֶ֑ם וְלָמָּה־זֶּ֝֗ה הֶ֣בֶל תֶּהְבָּֽלוּ׃

13
Phonetic (Hebrew): ze֤h ׀ cheֽleq-'ada֖m rashsha֥ ׀ 'im-'e֑l veֽnachala֥t 'a֝riytzi֗ym mishshּadּa֥y yiqּaֽchu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:"

זֶ֤ה ׀ חֵֽלֶק־אָדָ֖ם רָשָׁ֥ע ׀ עִם־אֵ֑ל וְֽנַחֲלַ֥ת עָ֝רִיצִ֗ים מִשַּׁדַּ֥י יִקָּֽחוּ׃

14
Phonetic (Hebrew): im-yirebּ֣u bana֣yv lemo-cha֑reb ve֝tze'etza'a֗yv lo֣ yishsebּe'u-laֽchem׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"However many his children, their fate is the sword; his offspring will never have enough to eat."

אִם־יִרְבּ֣וּ בָנָ֣יו לְמוֹ־חָ֑רֶב וְ֝צֶאֱצָאָ֗יו לֹ֣א יִשְׂבְּעוּ־לָֽחֶם׃

15
Phonetic (Hebrew): shrydv shse֭riydayv bּamּa֣vet yiqּabe֑ru ve֝'alemenota֗yv lo֣ tibekּeֽynah׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"The plague will bury those who survive him, and their widows will not weep for them."

שרידו שְׂ֭רִידָיו בַּמָּ֣וֶת יִקָּבֵ֑רוּ וְ֝אַלְמְנֹתָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִבְכֶּֽינָה׃

16
Phonetic (Hebrew): im-yitzebּo֣r kּe'apa֣r kּa֑sep ve֝kacho֗mer yaki֥yn malebּֽushsh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up clothing like clay,"

אִם־יִצְבֹּ֣ר כֶּעָפָ֣ר כָּ֑סֶף וְ֝כַחֹ֗מֶר יָכִ֥ין מַלְבּֽוּשׁ׃

17
Phonetic (Hebrew): ya֭kiyn vetzadּi֣yq yilebּa֑shsh ve֝ke֗sep naqi֥y yachaloֽq׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"what he lays up the righteous will wear, and the innocent will divide his silver."

יָ֭כִין וְצַדִּ֣יק יִלְבָּ֑שׁ וְ֝כֶ֗סֶף נָקִ֥י יַחֲלֹֽק׃

18
Phonetic (Hebrew): bּana֣h ka'a֣shsh bּeyt֑o u֝kesukּa֗h 'ashsa֥h notzeֽr׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"The house he builds is like a moth’s cocoon, like a hut made by a watchman."

בָּנָ֣ה כָעָ֣שׁ בֵּית֑וֹ וּ֝כְסֻכָּ֗ה עָשָׂ֥ה נֹצֵֽר׃

19
Phonetic (Hebrew): ashshi֣yr yi֭shshekּab velo֣ ye'ase֑p 'eyna֖yv pּaqa֣ch ve'eyneֽnּu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone."

עָשִׁ֣יר יִ֭שְׁכַּב וְלֹ֣א יֵאָסֵ֑ף עֵינָ֖יו פָּקַ֣ח וְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃

20
Phonetic (Hebrew): tּashsּiyge֣hu ka֭mּayim bּalּah֑ot la֝֗yelah gּenaba֥tּu supaֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest snatches him away in the night."

תַּשִּׂיגֵ֣הוּ כַ֭מַּיִם בַּלָּה֑וֹת לַ֝֗יְלָה גְּנָבַ֥תּוּ סוּפָֽה׃

21
Phonetic (Hebrew): yishsּa'e֣hu qadi֣ym veyela֑ke viֽ֝yshsa'are֗hu mimּeqomֽo׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"The east wind carries him off, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place."

יִשָּׂאֵ֣הוּ קָדִ֣ים וְיֵלַ֑ךְ וִֽ֝ישָׂעֲרֵ֗הוּ מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃

22
Phonetic (Hebrew): veyashshele֣ke 'a֭layv velo֣ yachemo֑l mi֝yּad֗o bּar֥ocha yiberaֽch׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power."

וְיַשְׁלֵ֣ךְ עָ֭לָיו וְלֹ֣א יַחְמֹ֑ל מִ֝יָּד֗וֹ בָּר֥וֹחַ יִבְרָֽח׃

23
Phonetic (Hebrew): yishsepּo֣q 'ale֣ymo kapּe֑ymo veyishshero֥q 'a֝la֗yv mimּeqomֽo׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"It claps its hands in derision and hisses him out of his place."

יִשְׂפֹּ֣ק עָלֵ֣ימוֹ כַפֵּ֑ימוֹ וְיִשְׁרֹ֥ק עָ֝לָ֗יו מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃