H9001–/וַ–v

So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

וַיֵּצֵא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֤ךְ (וַ) va “and”

And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ (וַ) va “and”

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֞וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּוָּעֲד֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

וַיִּשְׂא֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְכּ֑וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּקְרְעוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּזְרְק֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

וַיֵּשְׁב֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

וַיְקַלֵּ֖ל (וַ) va “and”

And Job spake, and said,

וַיַּ֥עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ (וַ) va “and”

Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

וַיַּסְתֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

וַֽ֝יַּחְפְּרֻ֗הוּ (וַֽ֝) va “and”

Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

וַיָּ֖סֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

וַֽיִּתְּכ֥וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

וַיֶּאֱתָיֵ֑נִי (וַ) va “and”

I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

וַיָּ֥בֹא (וַ) va “and”

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

וַ֭יַּעַן (וַ֭) Va “and”וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ (וַ) va “and”

But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

וַתֵּ֑לֶא (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּבָּהֵֽל׃ (וַ) va. “and”

Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

וַתִּקַּ֥ח (וַ) va. “and”

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

וָאֶקּ֖וֹב (וָ) va. “and”

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

וְשָׁאַ֖ף (וְ) ve. “and”

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

וַיֹּ֣שַׁע (וַ) va “and”

So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

וַתְּהִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ (וְֽ֭) Ve. “and”וּֽפָקַדְתָּ֥ (וּֽ) u. “and”

Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ (וְֽ֭) Ve. “and”

But Job answered and said,

וַיַּ֥עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ (וַ) va “and”