H0176A–אוֹ–o

Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or some such place; and it will come to pass, when some of them fall at the first, whoever heareth it will say, There has been slaughter among the people that follow Absalom,

א֖וֹ 'o “or”

Or I should have acted falsely against mine own life, for there is no matter concealed from the king, and thou wouldest have set thyself against [supplied: me].

אֽוֹ־ 'o- “or”

If they have sinned against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and give them up to the enemy, and they have carried them away captives unto the enemy's land, far or near;

א֥וֹ 'o “or”

And as the king passed by, he cried to the king and said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me and said, Keep this man; if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

א֥וֹ 'o “or”

And he said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the Jizreelite and said to him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee a vineyard for it; and he said, I will not give thee my vineyard.

א֚וֹ 'o “or”

and said to him, Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty valiant men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master, lest perhaps the Spirit of Jehovah have taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some ravine. And he said, Ye shall not send.

א֖וֹ 'o “or”

And he said to him, Say now to her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she said, I dwell among mine own people.

א֖וֹ 'o “or?”

And he said, If Jehovah do not help thee, whence should I help thee? Out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress?

א֥וֹ 'o “or?”

And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then wouldest thou have smitten the Syrians till thou hadst consumed [supplied: them]; whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.

אוֹ־ 'ov- “or”

If they have sinned against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and give them up to the enemy, and they have carried them away captives unto a land far off or near;

א֥וֹ 'o “or”

Or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver;

א֣וֹ 'o “or”

Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that have not seen the light.

א֤וֹ 'o “or”

Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

א֤וֹ 'o “or”

Then call, and I will answer; or I will speak, and answer thou me.

אֽוֹ־ 'ov- “or”

Shall words of wind have an end? or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?

א֥וֹ 'o “or”

Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.

אוֹ־ 'ov- “or”

If thou be righteous, what givest thou to him? or what doth he receive of thy hand?

א֥וֹ 'o “or”

Who set the measures thereof -- if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?

א֤וֹ 'o “or”

Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,

א֥וֹ 'o “or”

Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?

א֥וֹ 'o “or”

Canst thou fasten the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?

אֽוֹ־ 'ov- “or?”

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind?

א֤וֹ 'o “or”

a [supplied: horse] girt in the loins; or the he-goat; and a king, against whom none can rise up.

אוֹ־ 'ov- “or”

And who knoweth whether he will be a wise [supplied: man] or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

א֣וֹ 'o “or?”

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

אוֹ־ 'ov- “or?”