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Job 4

Hebrew Interlinear
Eliphaz: The Innocent Prosper
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אֱלִיפַ֥ז ’ĕ·lî·p̄az N-proper-ms H464 Then Eliphaz
הַֽתֵּימָנִ֗י hat·tê·mā·nî Art | N-proper-ms H8489 the Temanite
וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ way·yō·mar Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms H559 . . .
וַ֭יַּעַן way·ya·‘an Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms H6030 replied:
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הֲנִסָּ֬ה hă·nis·sāh V-Piel-Perf-3ms H5254 If one ventures
דָבָ֣ר ḏā·ḇār N-ms H1697 a word
אֵלֶ֣יךָ ’ê·le·ḵā Prep | 2ms H413 with you,
תִּלְאֶ֑ה til·’eh V-Qal-Imperf-2ms H3811 will you be wearied?
מִ֣י Interrog H4310 Yet who
יוּכָֽל׃ yū·ḵāl V-Qal-Imperf-3ms H3201 can
וַעְצֹ֥ר wa‘·ṣōr Conj-w | V-Qal-Inf H6113 keep
בְּ֝מִלִּ֗ין bə·mil·lîn Prep-b | N-fp H4405 from speaking?
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הִ֭נֵּה hin·nêh Interjection H2009 Surely
יִסַּ֣רְתָּ yis·sar·tā V-Piel-Perf-2ms H3256 you have instructed
רַבִּ֑ים rab·bîm Adj-mp H7227 many,
תְּחַזֵּֽק׃ tə·ḥaz·zêq V-Piel-Imperf-2ms H2388 and have strengthened
רָפ֣וֹת rā·p̄ō·wṯ Adj-fp H7504 their feeble
וְיָדַ֖יִם wə·yā·ḏa·yim Conj-w | N-fd H3027 hands.
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מִלֶּ֑יךָ mil·le·ḵā N-fpc | 2ms H4405 Your words
יְקִימ֣וּן yə·qî·mūn V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp | Pn H6965 have steadied
כּ֭וֹשֵׁל kō·wō·šêl V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms H3782 those who stumbled;
תְּאַמֵּֽץ׃ tə·’am·mêṣ V-Piel-Imperf-2ms H553 you have braced
וּבִרְכַּ֖יִם ū·ḇir·ka·yim Conj-w | N-fd H1290 the knees
כֹּרְע֣וֹת kō·rə·‘ō·wṯ V-Qal-Prtcpl-fp H3766 that were buckling.
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כִּ֤י Conj H3588 But
עַתָּ֨ה׀ ‘at·tāh Adv H6258 now
תָּב֣וֹא tā·ḇō·w V-Qal-Imperf-3fs H935 [trouble] has come
אֵלֶ֣יךָ ’ê·le·ḵā Prep | 2ms H413 upon you,
וַתֵּ֑לֶא wat·tê·le Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2ms H3811 and you are weary.
תִּגַּ֥ע tig·ga‘ V-Qal-Imperf-3fs H5060 It strikes you,
עָ֝דֶ֗יךָ ‘ā·ḏe·ḵā Prep | 2ms H5704 . . .
וַתִּבָּהֵֽל׃ wat·tib·bā·hêl Conj-w | V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-2ms H926 and you are dismayed.
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יִ֭רְאָתְךָ yir·’ā·ṯə·ḵā N-fsc | 2ms H3374 Is your reverence
הֲלֹ֣א hă·lō Adv-NegPrt H3808 not
כִּסְלָתֶ֑ךָ kis·lā·ṯe·ḵā N-fsc | 2ms H3690 your confidence,
וְתֹ֣ם wə·ṯōm Conj-w | N-msc H8537 and the uprightness
דְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃ də·rā·ḵe·ḵā N-cpc | 2ms H1870 of your ways
תִּ֝קְוָתְךָ֗ tiq·wā·ṯə·ḵā N-fsc | 2ms H8615 your hope?
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זְכָר־ zə·ḵār- V-Qal-Imp-ms H2142 Consider
נָ֗א Interjection H4994 now, I plead:
מִ֤י Interrog H4310 Who,
ה֣וּא Pro-3ms H1931 -
נָקִ֣י nā·qî Adj-ms H5355 being innocent,
אָבָ֑ד ’ā·ḇāḏ V-Qal-Perf-3ms H6 has ever perished?
וְ֝אֵיפֹ֗ה wə·’ê·p̄ōh Conj-w | Interrog H375 Or where
יְשָׁרִ֥ים yə·šā·rîm Adj-mp H3477 have the upright
נִכְחָֽדוּ׃ niḵ·ḥā·ḏū V-Nifal-Perf-3cp H3582 been destroyed?
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כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר ka·’ă·šer Prep-k | Pro-r H834 As
רָ֭אִיתִי rā·’î·ṯî V-Qal-Perf-1cs H7200 I have observed,
חֹ֣רְשֵׁי ḥō·rə·šê V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc H2790 those who plow
אָ֑וֶן ’ā·wen N-ms H205 iniquity
וְזֹרְעֵ֖י wə·zō·rə·‘ê Conj-w | V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc H2232 and those who sow
עָמָ֣ל ‘ā·māl N-ms H5999 trouble
יִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃ yiq·ṣə·ru·hū V-Qal-Imperf-3mp | 3ms H7114 reap the same.
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מִנִּשְׁמַ֣ת min·niš·maṯ Prep-m | N-fsc H5397 By the breath
אֱל֣וֹהַ ’ĕ·lō·w·ha N-ms H433 of God
יֹאבֵ֑דוּ yō·ḇê·ḏū V-Qal-Imperf-3mp H6 they perish,
וּמֵר֖וּחַ ū·mê·rū·aḥ Conj-w, Prep-m | N-csc H7307 and by the blast
אַפּ֣וֹ ’ap·pōw N-msc | 3ms H639 of His anger
יִכְלֽוּ׃ yiḵ·lū V-Qal-Imperf-3mp H3615 they are consumed.
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אַ֭רְיֵה ’ar·yêh N-ms H738 The lion
שַׁאֲגַ֣ת ša·’ă·ḡaṯ N-fsc H7581 may roar,
שָׁ֑חַל šā·ḥal N-ms H7826 and the fierce lion
וְק֣וֹל wə·qō·wl Conj-w | N-msc H6963 may growl,
וְשִׁנֵּ֖י wə·šin·nê Conj-w | N-cdc H8127 yet the teeth
כְפִירִ֣ים ḵə·p̄î·rîm N-mp H3715 of the young lions
נִתָּֽעוּ׃ nit·tā·‘ū V-Nifal-Perf-3cp H5421 are broken.
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לַ֭יִשׁ la·yiš N-ms H3918 The old lion
אֹבֵ֣ד ’ō·ḇêḏ V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms H6 perishes
מִבְּלִי־ mib·bə·lî- Prep-m | Adv H1097 for lack
טָ֑רֶף ṭā·rep̄ N-ms H2964 of prey,
וּבְנֵ֥י ū·ḇə·nê Conj-w | N-mpc H1121 and the cubs
לָ֝בִ֗יא lā·ḇî N-ms H3833 of the lioness
יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃ yiṯ·pā·rā·ḏū V-Hitpael-Imperf-3mp H6504 are scattered.
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דָּבָ֣ר dā·ḇār N-ms H1697 Now a word
וְ֭אֵלַי wə·’ê·lay Conj-w | Prep | 1cs H413 came to me
יְגֻנָּ֑ב yə·ḡun·nāḇ V-Pual-Imperf-3ms H1589 secretly;
אָ֝זְנִ֗י ’ā·zə·nî N-fsc | 1cs H241 my ears
וַתִּקַּ֥ח wat·tiq·qaḥ Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs H3947 caught
שֵׁ֣מֶץ šê·meṣ N-ms H8102 a whisper
מֶֽנְהֽוּ׃ men·hū Prep | 3ms H4480 of it.
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בִּ֭שְׂעִפִּים biś·‘ip·pîm Prep-b | N-mp H5587 In disquieting
מֵחֶזְיֹנ֣וֹת mê·ḥez·yō·nō·wṯ Prep-m | N-mp H2384 visions
לָ֑יְלָה lā·yə·lāh N-ms H3915 in the night,
תַּ֝רְדֵּמָ֗ה tar·dê·māh N-fs H8639 when deep sleep
בִּנְפֹ֥ל bin·p̄ōl Prep-b | V-Qal-Inf H5307 falls
עַל־ ‘al- Prep H5921 on
אֲנָשִֽׁים׃ ’ă·nā·šîm N-mp H582 men,
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פַּ֣חַד pa·ḥaḏ N-ms H6343 fear
וּרְעָדָ֑ה ū·rə·‘ā·ḏāh Conj-w | N-fs H7461 and trembling
קְ֭רָאַנִי qə·rā·’a·nî V-Qal-Perf-3ms | 1cs H7122 came over me
וְרֹ֖ב wə·rōḇ Conj-w | N-msc H7230 and made all
עַצְמוֹתַ֣י ‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯay N-fpc | 1cs H6106 my bones
הִפְחִֽיד׃ hip̄·ḥîḏ V-Hifil-Perf-3ms H6342 shudder.
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וְ֭רוּחַ wə·rū·aḥ Conj-w | N-cs H7307 Then a spirit
יַחֲלֹ֑ף ya·ḥă·lōp̄ V-Qal-Imperf-3ms H2498 glided
עַל־ ‘al- Prep H5921 past
פָּנַ֣י pā·nay N-mpc | 1cs H6440 my face,
שַֽׂעֲרַ֥ת śa·‘ă·raṯ N-fsc H8185 [and] the hair
בְּשָׂרִֽי׃ bə·śā·rî N-msc | 1cs H1320 on my body
תְּ֝סַמֵּ֗ר tə·sam·mêr V-Piel-Imperf-3fs H5568 bristled.
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יַעֲמֹ֤ד׀ ya·‘ă·mōḏ V-Qal-Imperf-3ms H5975 It stood still,
וְֽלֹא־ wə·lō- Conj-w | Adv-NegPrt H3808 but I could not
אַכִּ֬יר ’ak·kîr V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs H5234 discern
מַרְאֵ֗הוּ mar·’ê·hū N-msc | 3ms H4758 its appearance;
תְּ֭מוּנָה tə·mū·nāh N-fs H8544 a form
לְנֶ֣גֶד lə·ne·ḡeḏ Prep-l H5048 loomed before
עֵינָ֑י ‘ê·nāy N-cdc | 1cs H5869 my eyes,
אֶשְׁמָֽע׃ ’eš·mā‘ V-Qal-Imperf-1cs H8085 and I heard
דְּמָמָ֖ה də·mā·māh N-fs H1827 a whispering
וָק֣וֹל wā·qō·wl Conj-w | N-ms H6963 voice:
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הַֽ֭אֱנוֹשׁ ha·’ĕ·nō·wōš Art | N-ms H582 {Can} a mortal
יִצְדָּ֑ק yiṣ·dāq V-Qal-Imperf-3ms H6663 be more righteous
מֵאֱל֣וֹהַ mê·’ĕ·lō·w·ha Prep-m | N-ms H433 than God,
אִ֥ם ’im Conj H518 or
גָּֽבֶר׃ gā·ḇer N-ms H1397 a man
יִטְהַר־ yiṭ·har- V-Qal-Imperf-3ms H2891 more pure
מֵ֝עֹשֵׂ֗הוּ mê·‘ō·śê·hū Prep-m | V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc | 3ms H6213 than his Maker?
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הֵ֣ן hên Interjection H2005 If
לֹ֣א Adv-NegPrt H3808 God puts no
יַאֲמִ֑ין ya·’ă·mîn V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms H539 trust
בַּ֭עֲבָדָיו ba·‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw Prep-b | N-mpc | 3ms H5650 in His servants,
יָשִׂ֥ים yā·śîm V-Qal-Imperf-3ms H7760 and He charges
וּ֝בְמַלְאָכָ֗יו ū·ḇə·mal·’ā·ḵāw Conj-w, Prep-b | N-mpc | 3ms H4397 His angels
תָּהֳלָֽה׃ tā·ho·lāh N-fs H8417 with error,
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אַ֤ף׀ ’ap̄ Conj H637 how much more
שֹׁכְנֵ֬י šō·ḵə·nê V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc H7931 those who dwell
בָֽתֵּי־ ḇāt·tê- N-mpc H1004 in houses
חֹ֗מֶר ḥō·mer N-ms H2563 of clay,
אֲשֶׁר־ ’ă·šer- Pro-r H834 whose
יְסוֹדָ֑ם yə·sō·w·ḏām N-msc | 3mp H3247 foundations
בֶּעָפָ֥ר be·‘ā·p̄ār Prep-b, Art | N-ms H6083 are in the dust,
יְ֝דַכְּא֗וּם yə·ḏak·kə·’ūm V-Piel-Imperf-3mp | 3mp H1792 who can be crushed
לִפְנֵי־ lip̄·nê- Prep-l | N-mpc H6440 . . .
עָֽשׁ׃ ‘āš N-ms H6211 like a moth!
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יֻכַּ֑תּוּ yuk·kat·tū V-Hofal-Imperf-3mp H3807 They are smashed to pieces
מִבֹּ֣קֶר mib·bō·qer Prep-m | N-ms H1242 from dawn
לָעֶ֣רֶב lā·‘e·reḇ Prep-l, Art | N-ms H6153 to dusk;
מִבְּלִ֥י mib·bə·lî Prep-m | Adv H1097 unnoticed
מֵ֝שִׂ֗ים mê·śîm V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms H7760 . . .,
יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃ yō·ḇê·ḏū V-Qal-Imperf-3mp H6 they perish
לָנֶ֥צַח lā·ne·ṣaḥ Prep-l | N-ms H5331 forever.
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יִתְרָ֣ם yiṯ·rām N-msc | 3mp H3499 Are not their tent cords
בָּ֑ם bām Prep | 3mp
הֲלֹא־ hă·lō- Adv-NegPrt H3808 -
נִסַּ֣ע nis·sa‘ V-Nifal-Perf-3ms H5265 pulled up,
יָ֝מ֗וּתוּ yā·mū·ṯū V-Qal-Imperf-3mp H4191 so that they die
וְלֹ֣א wə·lō Conj-w | Adv-NegPrt H3808 without
בְחָכְמָֽה׃ ḇə·ḥā·ḵə·māh Prep-b | N-fs H2451 wisdom?

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