Iyov 24 — Hebrew–OJB Interlinear

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מַדּ֗וּעַ SDBH Why מִ֭שַּׁדַּי SDBH does the Almighty לֹא־ SDBH not נִצְפְּנ֣וּ SDBH reserve עִתִּ֑ים SDBH times for judgment וְיֹדְעוֹ SDBH Why may those who know Him לֹא־ SDBH never חָ֥זוּ SDBH see יָמָֽיו׃ SDBH His days

Why are times [for judgment] from Shaddai not kept, and why do those who have da'as of him not see his yamim [days [of assize])?

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גְּבֻל֥וֹת SDBH boundary stones יַשִּׂ֑יגוּ SDBH Men move עֵ֥דֶר SDBH flocks גָּ֝זְל֗וּ SDBH stolen וַיִּרְעֽוּ׃ SDBH they pasture

Some move the boundary stones; they steal edar, and pasture them.

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חֲמ֣וֹר SDBH the donkey יְתוֹמִ֣ים SDBH of the fatherless יִנְהָ֑גוּ SDBH They drive away יַ֝חְבְּל֗וּ SDBH in pledge שׁ֣וֹר SDBH ox אַלְמָנָֽה׃ SDBH and take the widow’s

They drive away the chamor of the yetomim, they take the ox of the almanah for a pledge.

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יַטּ֣וּ SDBH They push אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים SDBH the needy מִדָּ֑רֶךְ SDBH off the road יַ֥חַד SDBH and force all חֻ֝בְּא֗וּ SDBH into hiding עֲנִיֵּי־ SDBH the poor אָֽרֶץ׃ SDBH of the land

They thrust the needy out of the derech; the poor of the eretz needs hide themselves together.

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הֵ֤ן Indeed פְּרָאִ֨ים׀ SDBH [like] wild donkeys בַּֽמִּדְבָּ֗ר SDBH in the desert יָצְא֣וּ SDBH the poor go בְּ֭פָעֳלָם SDBH to work מְשַׁחֲרֵ֣י SDBH foraging לַטָּ֑רֶף SDBH for food עֲרָבָ֥ה SDBH the wasteland ל֥וֹ לֶ֝֗חֶם SDBH is food לַנְּעָרִֽים׃ SDBH for their children

Look, as wild donkeys in the midbar go they forth to their work; foraging for teref (nourishment); the wilderness yieldeth lechem for them and for their na'arim.

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בַּ֭שָּׂדֶה SDBH in the fields בְּלִיל֣וֹ SDBH fodder יַקְצִירוּ SDBH They gather וְכֶ֖רֶם SDBH the vineyards רָשָׁ֣ע SDBH of the wicked יְלַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃ SDBH and glean

They reap every one his fodder in the sadeh, and they glean the kerem of the resha'im.

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עָר֣וֹם SDBH naked יָ֭לִינוּ SDBH they spend the night מִבְּלִ֣י SDBH Without לְב֑וּשׁ SDBH clothing וְאֵ֥ין SDBH they have no כְּ֝ס֗וּת SDBH covering בַּקָּרָֽה׃ SDBH against the cold

They spend the night arom (naked) without levush (clothing), they have no covering in the cold.

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מִזֶּ֣רֶם SDBH rains הָרִ֣ים SDBH by mountain יִרְטָ֑בוּ SDBH Drenched וּֽמִבְּלִ֥י SDBH for want מַ֝חְסֶ֗ה SDBH of shelter חִבְּקוּ־ SDBH they huddle צֽוּר׃ SDBH against the rocks

They are wet with the rain of the harim, and embrace the tzur for want of a shelter.

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יִ֭גְזְלוּ SDBH is snatched מִשֹּׁ֣ד SDBH from the breast יָת֑וֹם SDBH The fatherless infant וְֽעַל־ the nursing child עָנִ֥י SDBH of the poor יַחְבֹּֽלוּ׃ SDBH is seized for a debt

They pluck the yatom from the breast, and seize the oni for debt.

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עָר֣וֹם SDBH naked הִ֭לְּכוּ SDBH they wander about בְּלִ֣י SDBH Without לְב֑וּשׁ SDBH clothing וּ֝רְעֵבִ֗ים SDBH but still go hungry נָ֣שְׂאוּ SDBH They carry עֹֽמֶר׃ SDBH the sheaves

They cause him to go arom without levush, and they take away the omer (sheaf) from the hungry;

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בֵּין־ SDBH within שׁוּרֹתָ֥ם SDBH their walls יַצְהִ֑ירוּ SDBH They crush olives יְקָבִ֥ים SDBH the winepresses דָּ֝רְכ֗וּ SDBH they tread וַיִּצְמָֽאוּ׃ SDBH but go thirsty

Which crush olives within their walls, and tread their winepresses, yet suffer thirst.

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מֵ֘עִ֤יר SDBH From the city מְתִ֨ים׀ SDBH men יִנְאָ֗קוּ SDBH groan וְנֶֽפֶשׁ־ SDBH and the souls חֲלָלִ֥ים SDBH of the wounded תְּשַׁוֵּ֑עַ SDBH cry out וֶ֝אֱל֗וֹהַּ SDBH yet G-d לֹא־ SDBH no one יָשִׂ֥ים SDBH charges תִּפְלָֽה׃ SDBH with wrongdoing

Men groan from out of the Ir, and the nefesh of the chalalim (wounded ones) crieth out, yet Eloah chargeth not tiflah (folly) to them.

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הֵ֤מָּה׀ SDBH Then there הָיוּ֮ are בְּֽמֹרְדֵ֫י־ SDBH those who rebel א֥וֹר SDBH against the light לֹֽא־ SDBH not הִכִּ֥ירוּ SDBH knowing דְרָכָ֑יו SDBH its ways וְלֹ֥א SDBH . . . יָ֝שְׁב֗וּ SDBH or staying בִּנְתִיבֹתָֽיו׃ SDBH on its paths

They are of those that are moredei ohr (rebelling ones against the light); they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

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לָא֡וֹר SDBH When daylight [is gone] יָ֘ק֤וּם SDBH rises רוֹצֵ֗חַ SDBH the murderer יִֽקְטָל־ SDBH to kill עָנִ֥י SDBH the poor וְאֶבְי֑וֹן SDBH and needy וּ֝בַלַּ֗יְלָה SDBH in the night יְהִ֣י he is כַגַּנָּֽב׃ SDBH like a thief

The rotzeach rising with the daylight killeth the oni and needy, and in the lailah is like a ganav.

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וְעֵ֤ין SDBH The eye נֹאֵ֨ף׀ SDBH of the adulterer שָׁ֤מְרָֽה SDBH watches נֶ֣שֶׁף SDBH for twilight לֵ֭אמֹר SDBH Thinking לֹא־ SDBH No תְשׁוּרֵ֣נִי SDBH will see me עָ֑יִן SDBH eye וְסֵ֖תֶר SDBH he covers פָּנִ֣ים his face יָשִֽׂים׃ SDBH . . .

The eye also of the no'ef is shomer, watching for the dusk's twilight, saying, No eye shall see me, and puts something to hide his face.

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חָתַ֥ר SDBH they dig through בַּחֹ֗שֶׁךְ SDBH In the dark בָּ֫תִּ֥ים SDBH houses יוֹמָ֥ם SDBH by day חִתְּמוּ־ SDBH they shut themselves in לָ֗מוֹ לֹא־ SDBH never יָ֥דְעוּ SDBH to experience אֽוֹר׃ SDBH the light

In the choshech they dig through batim (houses); in the daytime they shut themselves in; they have no da'as of the ohr. [

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כִּ֤י For יַחְדָּ֨ו׀ SDBH is their בֹּ֣קֶר SDBH morning לָ֣מוֹ to them צַלְמָ֑וֶת SDBH deep darkness כִּֽי־ surely יַ֝כִּ֗יר SDBH they are friends with בַּלְה֥וֹת SDBH the terrors צַלְמָֽוֶת׃ SDBH of darkness

For the boker is to them even as the tzalmavet; they are friends with the terrors of tzalmavet.

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קַֽל־ SDBH are but foam ה֤וּא׀ SDBH They עַל־ on פְּנֵי־ the surface מַ֗יִם SDBH of the water תְּקֻלַּ֣ל SDBH is cursed חֶלְקָתָ֣ם SDBH their portion בָּאָ֑רֶץ SDBH of the land לֹֽא־ SDBH so that no one יִ֝פְנֶה SDBH turns דֶּ֣רֶךְ SDBH toward כְּרָמִֽים׃ SDBH their vineyards

Swiftly vanishing is he on the surface of the mayim; their chelek is cursed in ha'aretz; he turneth no more in the derech of the kramim (vineyards).

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צִיָּ֤ה SDBH As drought גַם־ SDBH and חֹ֗ם SDBH heat יִגְזְל֥וּ SDBH consume מֵֽימֵי־ SDBH vvv שֶׁ֗לֶג SDBH the melting snow שְׁא֣וֹל SDBH so Sheol חָטָֽאוּ׃ SDBH steals those who have sinned

Drought and heat consume the snow waters; so doth Sheol those which have sinned.

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יִשְׁכָּ֘חֵ֤הוּ SDBH forgets them רֶ֨חֶם׀ SDBH The womb מְתָ֘ק֤וֹ SDBH feeds on them רִמָּ֗ה SDBH the worm ע֥וֹד more לֹֽא־ SDBH no יִזָּכֵ֑ר SDBH they are remembered וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֖ר SDBH is broken כָּעֵ֣ץ SDBH like a tree עַוְלָֽה׃ SDBH So injustice

The rechem (womb) shall forget him; the worm shall feast on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken like an etz.

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רֹעֶ֣ה SDBH They prey עֲ֭קָרָה SDBH on the barren לֹ֣א SDBH and childless תֵלֵ֑ד SDBH . . . וְ֝אַלְמָנָ֗ה SDBH to the widow לֹ֣א SDBH and show no יְיֵטִֽיב׃ SDBH kindness

He plundereth the barren that beareth not; and doeth not good to the almanah.

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וּמָשַׁ֣ךְ SDBH G-d drags away אַבִּירִ֣ים SDBH the mighty בְּכֹח֑וֹ SDBH Yet by His power יָ֝ק֗וּם SDBH though rising up וְֽלֹא־ SDBH they have no יַאֲמִ֥ין SDBH assurance בַּֽחַיִּֽין׃ SDBH of life

He drags away also the mighty with his ko'ach; he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

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יִתֶּן־ He gives ל֣וֹ them לָ֭בֶטַח SDBH a sense of security וְיִשָּׁעֵ֑ן SDBH . . . וְ֝עֵינֵ֗יהוּ SDBH but His eyes עַל־ are on דַּרְכֵיהֶֽם׃ SDBH their ways

Though it be given him to be in safety, and he be sustained, yet His eynayim are upon their ways.

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ר֤וֹמּוּ SDBH They are exalted מְּעַ֨ט׀ SDBH for a moment וְֽאֵינֶ֗נּוּ SDBH then they are gone וְֽהֻמְּכ֗וּ SDBH they are brought low כַּכֹּ֥ל like all others יִקָּפְצ֑וּן SDBH and gathered up וּכְרֹ֖אשׁ SDBH like heads שִׁבֹּ֣לֶת SDBH of grain יִמָּֽלוּ׃ SDBH they are cut off

They are exalted me'at (for a little while), then they are no more and are withered and snatched away like all others, and cut off like the tops of the ears of grain.

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וְאִם־ SDBH If לֹ֣א SDBH this is not so אֵ֭פוֹ SDBH then מִ֣י SDBH who יַכְזִיבֵ֑נִי SDBH can prove me a liar וְיָשֵׂ֥ם SDBH and reduce לְ֝אַ֗ל to nothing מִלָּתִֽי׃ס SDBH my words

And if it be not so, who will charge me with lying, and make my milah (word) worth nothing? [T.N. NOTICE THE QUESTION ANSWERED BY ROMANS, GALATIANS, AND GN 15:6 AS WELL AS CHABAKUK 2:4 IS STATED IN JOB 25:4 BELOW; SEE EPHESIANS 2:8-9 AND RO 3:24,26, 28; 4:2; 5:1,9; GA 2:16,17; 3:11, 24; 5:4; TI 3:7; THIS THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION RAISED IN THE BIBLE: IT IS FOR ETERNITY]