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וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃
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א
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1
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Then Job answered and said:
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עַד־אָ֭נָה תּוֹגְי֣וּן נַפְשִׁ֑י וּֽתְדַכְּאוּנַ֥נִי בְמִלִּֽים׃
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ב
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2
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How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?
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זֶ֤ה עֶ֣שֶׂר פְּ֭עָמִים תַּכְלִימ֑וּנִי לֹֽא־תֵ֝בֹ֗שׁוּ תַּהְכְּרוּ־לִֽי׃
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ג
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3
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These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed that ye deal harshly with me.
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וְאַף־אָמְנָ֥ם שָׁגִ֑יתִי אִ֝תִּ֗י תָּלִ֥ין מְשׁוּגָתִֽי׃
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ד
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4
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And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
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אִם־אָ֭מְנָם עָלַ֣י תַּגְדִּ֑ילוּ וְתוֹכִ֥יחוּ עָ֝לַ֗י חֶרְפָּתִּֽי׃
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ה
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5
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If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach;
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דְּֽעוּ־אֵ֭פוֹ כִּי־אֱל֣וֹהַּ עִוְּתָ֑נִי וּ֝מְצוּד֗וֹ עָלַ֥י הִקִּֽיף׃
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ו
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6
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Know now that God hath subverted my cause, and hath compassed me with His net.
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הֵ֤ן אֶצְעַ֣ק חָ֭מָס וְלֹ֣א אֵעָנֶ֑ה אֲ֝שַׁוַּ֗ע וְאֵ֣ין מִשְׁפָּֽט׃
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ז
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7
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Behold, I cry out: 'Violence!' but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.
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אָרְחִ֣י גָ֭דַר וְלֹ֣א אֶעֱב֑וֹר וְעַ֥ל נְ֝תִיבוֹתַ֗י חֹ֣שֶׁךְ יָשִֽׂים׃
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ח
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8
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He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.
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כְּ֭בוֹדִי מֵעָלַ֣י הִפְשִׁ֑יט וַ֝יָּ֗סַר עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשִֽׁי׃
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ט
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9
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He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
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יִתְּצֵ֣נִי סָ֭בִיב וָאֵלַ֑ךְ וַיַּסַּ֥ע כָּ֝עֵ֗ץ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃
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י
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10
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He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath He plucked up like a tree.
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וַיַּ֣חַר עָלַ֣י אַפּ֑וֹ וַיַּחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי ל֣וֹ כְצָרָֽיו׃
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יא
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11
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He hath also kindled His wrath against me, and He counteth me unto Him as one of His adversaries.
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יַ֤חַד ׀ יָ֘בֹ֤אוּ גְדוּדָ֗יו וַיָּסֹ֣לּוּ עָלַ֣י דַּרְכָּ֑ם וַיַּחֲנ֖וּ סָבִ֣יב לְאָהֳלִֽי׃
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יב
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12
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His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent.
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אַ֭חַי מֵעָלַ֣י הִרְחִ֑יק וְ֝יֹדְעַ֗י אַךְ־זָ֥רוּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃
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יג
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13
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He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.
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חָדְל֥וּ קְרוֹבָ֑י וּֽמְיֻדָּעַ֥י שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃
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יד
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14
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My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
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גָּ֘רֵ֤י בֵיתִ֣י וְ֭אַמְהֹתַי לְזָ֣ר תַּחְשְׁבֻ֑נִי נָ֝כְרִ֗י הָיִ֥יתִי בְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃
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יה
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15
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They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am become an alien in their sight.
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לְעַבְדִּ֣י קָ֭רָאתִי וְלֹ֣א יַעֲנֶ֑ה בְּמוֹ־פִ֝֗י אֶתְחַנֶּן־לֽוֹ׃
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יו
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16
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I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, though I entreat him with my mouth.
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ר֭וּחִֽי זָ֣רָה לְאִשְׁתִּ֑י וְ֝חַנֹּתִ֗י לִבְנֵ֥י בִטְנִֽי׃
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יז
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17
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My breath is abhorred of my wife, and I am loathsome to the children of my tribe.
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גַּם־עֲ֭וִילִים מָ֣אֲסוּ בִ֑י אָ֝ק֗וּמָה וַיְדַבְּרוּ־בִֽי׃
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יח
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18
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Even urchins despised me; if I arise, they speak against me.
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תִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִי כָּל־מְתֵ֣י סוֹדִ֑י וְזֶֽה־אָ֝הַ֗בְתִּי נֶהְפְּכוּ־בִֽי׃
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יט
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19
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All my intimate friends abhor me; and they whom I loved are turned against me.
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בְּעוֹרִ֣י וּ֭בִבְשָׂרִי דָּבְקָ֣ה עַצְמִ֑י וָ֝אֶתְמַלְּטָ֗ה בְּע֣וֹר שִׁנָּֽי׃
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כ
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20
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My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
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חָנֻּ֬נִי חָנֻּ֣נִי אַתֶּ֣ם רֵעָ֑י כִּ֥י יַד־אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ נָ֣גְעָה בִּֽי׃
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כא
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21
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Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
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לָ֭מָּה תִּרְדְּפֻ֣נִי כְמוֹ־אֵ֑ל וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗י לֹ֣א תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃
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כב
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22
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Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
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מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן אֵ֭פוֹ וְיִכָּתְב֣וּן מִלָּ֑י מִֽי־יִתֵּ֖ן בַּסֵּ֣פֶר וְיֻחָֽקוּ׃
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כג
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23
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Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
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בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶ֥ל וְעֹפָ֑רֶת לָ֝עַ֗ד בַּצּ֥וּר יֵחָצְבֽוּן׃
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כד
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24
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That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
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וַאֲנִ֣י יָ֭דַעְתִּי גֹּ֣אֲלִי חָ֑י וְ֝אַחֲר֗וֹן עַל־עָפָ֥ר יָקֽוּם׃
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כה
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25
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But as for me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He will witness at the last upon the dust;
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וְאַחַ֣ר ע֭וֹרִֽי נִקְּפוּ־זֹ֑את וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗י אֶֽחֱזֶ֥ה אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃
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כו
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26
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And when after my skin this is destroyed, then without my flesh shall I see God;
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אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲנִ֨י ׀ אֶֽחֱזֶה־לִּ֗י וְעֵינַ֣י רָא֣וּ וְלֹא־זָ֑ר כָּל֖וּ כִלְיֹתַ֣י בְּחֵקִֽי׃
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כז
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27
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Whom I, even I, shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another's. My reins are consumed within me.
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כִּ֣י תֹ֭אמְרוּ מַה־נִּרְדָּף־ל֑וֹ וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ דָּ֝בָ֗ר נִמְצָא־בִֽי׃
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כח
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28
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If ye say: 'How we will persecute him!' seeing that the root of the matter is found in me;
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גּ֤וּרוּ לָכֶ֨ם ׀ מִפְּנֵי־חֶ֗רֶב כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה עֲוֺנ֣וֹת חָ֑רֶב לְמַ֖עַן תֵּדְע֣וּן שַׁדּֽוּן שדין׃ ס
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כט
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29
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Be ye afraid of the sword; for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
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