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Job

Chapter 8
1
Phonetic (Hebrew): va֭yּa'an bּiledּa֥d hashshּuchi֗y vayo'maֽr׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

וַ֭יַּעַן בִּלְדַּ֥ד הַשּׁוּחִ֗י וַיֹאמַֽר׃

2
Phonetic (Hebrew): ad-'a֥n tּemalּel-'e֑lּeh ver֥ucha kּa֝bּiyr 'imerey-piֽyka׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind."

עַד־אָ֥ן תְּמַלֶּל־אֵ֑לֶּה וְר֥וּחַ כַּ֝בִּיר אִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃

3
Phonetic (Hebrew): ha֭'el ye'aue֣t mishshepּa֑t ve'im-shsha֝dּa֗y ye'aueֽt-tzeֽdeq׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?"

הַ֭אֵל יְעַוֵּ֣ת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְאִם־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י יְעַוֵּֽת־צֶֽדֶק׃

4
Phonetic (Hebrew): im-bּane֥yka chaֽte'u-l֑o vaֽ֝yeshshalּeche֗m bּeyad-pּishshe'aֽm׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin."

אִם־בָּנֶ֥יךָ חָֽטְאוּ־ל֑וֹ וַֽ֝יְשַׁלְּחֵ֗ם בְּיַד־פִּשְׁעָֽם׃

5
Phonetic (Hebrew): im-'a֭tּah tּeshshache֣r 'el-'e֑l ve'el-shsha֝dּa֗y tּitechanּaֽn׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"But if you will look to God and plead with the Almighty,"

אִם־אַ֭תָּה תְּשַׁחֵ֣ר אֶל־אֵ֑ל וְאֶל־שַׁ֝דַּ֗י תִּתְחַנָּֽן׃

6
Phonetic (Hebrew): im-za֥ke veyashsha֗r 'a֥tּah kּiy-'a֭tּah ya'i֣yr 'ale֑yka ve֝shshilּa֗m neva֣t tzideqeֽka׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your rightful place."

אִם־זַ֥ךְ וְיָשָׁ֗ר אָ֥תָּה כִּי־עַ֭תָּה יָעִ֣יר עָלֶ֑יךָ וְ֝שִׁלַּ֗ם נְוַ֣ת צִדְקֶֽךָ׃

7
Phonetic (Hebrew): vehaya֣h re'shshiyteka֣ mitze'a֑r ve֝'achariyteka֗ yishsegּe֥h me'oֽd׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be."

וְהָיָ֣ה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ֣ מִצְעָ֑ר וְ֝אַחֲרִיתְךָ֗ יִשְׂגֶּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃

8
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּiֽy-shshe'al-na֭ ledo֣r riyshsh֑on ve֝kone֗n leche֣qer 'abotaֽm׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Ask the former generations and find out what their fathers learned,"

כִּֽי־שְׁאַל־נָ֭א לְדֹ֣ר רִישׁ֑וֹן וְ֝כוֹנֵ֗ן לְחֵ֣קֶר אֲבוֹתָֽם׃

9
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּiֽy-tem֣ol 'a֭nachenu velo֣ neda֑ kּi֤y tze֖l yame֣ynu 'aley-'aֽretz׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow."

כִּֽי־תְמ֣וֹל אֲ֭נַחְנוּ וְלֹ֣א נֵדָ֑ע כִּ֤י צֵ֖ל יָמֵ֣ינוּ עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

10
Phonetic (Hebrew): halo'-he֣m y֭oruka yo֣'meru la֑ke u֝milּibּa֗m yotzi֥'u milּiֽym׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?"

הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם י֭וֹרוּךָ יֹ֣אמְרוּ לָ֑ךְ וּ֝מִלִּבָּ֗ם יוֹצִ֥אוּ מִלִּֽים׃

11
Phonetic (Hebrew): hayiֽge'eh-gּo֭me bּelo֣ bitzּa֑h yishsegּeh-'a֥chu beliy-maֽyim׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?"

הֲיִֽגְאֶה־גֹּ֭מֶא בְּלֹ֣א בִצָּ֑ה יִשְׂגֶּה־אָ֥חוּ בְלִי־מָֽיִם׃

12
Phonetic (Hebrew): ode֣nּu be֭'ibּo lo֣ yiqּate֑p velipene֖y kal-chatzi֣yr yiybaֽshsh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass."

עֹדֶ֣נּוּ בְ֭אִבּוֹ לֹ֣א יִקָּטֵ֑ף וְלִפְנֵ֖י כָל־חָצִ֣יר יִיבָֽשׁ׃

13
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּe֗n 'a֭rechot kּal-shsho֣kechey 'e֑l vetiqeva֖t chane֣p tּo'beֽd׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless."

כֵּ֗ן אָ֭רְחוֹת כָּל־שֹׁ֣כְחֵי אֵ֑ל וְתִקְוַ֖ת חָנֵ֣ף תֹּאבֵֽד׃

14
Phonetic (Hebrew): ashsher-yaq֥ot kּisel֑o ube֥yt 'a֝kּabi֗yshsh mibetachֽo׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"What he trusts in is fragile; what he relies on is a spider’s web."

אֲשֶׁר־יָק֥וֹט כִּסְל֑וֹ וּבֵ֥ית עַ֝כָּבִ֗ישׁ מִבְטַחֽוֹ׃

15
Phonetic (Hebrew): yishshּa'e֣n 'al-bּe֭yto velo֣ ya'amo֑d yachazi֥yq bּ֝֗o velo֣ yaqֽum׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"He leans on his web, but it gives way; he clings to it, but it does not hold."

יִשָּׁעֵ֣ן עַל־בֵּ֭יתוֹ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲמֹ֑ד יַחֲזִ֥יק בּ֝֗וֹ וְלֹ֣א יָקֽוּם׃

16
Phonetic (Hebrew): rato֣b h֭u lipeney-shsha֑meshsh ve'a֥l gּa֝nּat֗o yoֽnaqetּ֥o tetzeֽ'׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden;"

רָטֹ֣ב ה֭וּא לִפְנֵי־שָׁ֑מֶשׁ וְעַ֥ל גַּ֝נָּת֗וֹ יֹֽנַקְתּ֥וֹ תֵצֵֽא׃

17
Phonetic (Hebrew): al-gּa֭l shshaֽrashsha֣yv yesubּa֑ku bּe֖yt 'abani֣ym yechezeֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones."

עַל־גַּ֭ל שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יְסֻבָּ֑כוּ בֵּ֖ית אֲבָנִ֣ים יֶחֱזֶֽה׃

18
Phonetic (Hebrew): im-yebalּe'e֥nּu mimּeqom֑o veki֥cheshsh bּ֝֗o lo֣ re'iytiֽyka׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says, 'I never saw you.'"

אִם־יְבַלְּעֶ֥נּוּ מִמְּקוֹמ֑וֹ וְכִ֥חֶשׁ בּ֝֗וֹ לֹ֣א רְאִיתִֽיךָ׃

19
Phonetic (Hebrew): hen-h֭u meshs֣oshs dּarekּ֑o u֝me'apa֗r 'ache֥r yitzemaֽchu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Look, this is the joy of his way, and from the earth others will grow.

הֶן־ה֭וּא מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וּ֝מֵעָפָ֗ר אַחֵ֥ר יִצְמָֽחוּ׃

20
Phonetic (Hebrew): hen-'e֭l lo֣ yime'as-tּa֑m veloֽ'-ya֝chazi֗yq bּeyad-mere'iֽym׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Surely God does not reject a blameless man or strengthen the hands of evildoers."

הֶן־אֵ֭ל לֹ֣א יִמְאַס־תָּ֑ם וְלֹֽא־יַ֝חֲזִ֗יק בְּיַד־מְרֵעִֽים׃

21
Phonetic (Hebrew): ad-yemalּe֣h shsech֣oq pּi֑yka ushsepate֥yka teru'aֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy."

עַד־יְמַלֵּ֣ה שְׂח֣וֹק פִּ֑יךָ וּשְׂפָתֶ֥יךָ תְרוּעָֽה׃

22
Phonetic (Hebrew): shsone'e֥yka yilebּeshshu-bo֑shshet ve'o֖hel reshsha'i֣ym 'eyneֽnּu׃p
Edified Edition (EDE)"Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tents of the wicked will be no more."

שֹׂנְאֶ֥יךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־בֹ֑שֶׁת וְאֹ֖הֶל רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֵינֶֽנּוּ׃פ