H9001–/וַ–v

So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.

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

He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.

וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ (וַ) va “and”

Then his wife said to him, "Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die."

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?" In all this Job didn't sin with his lips.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

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

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

When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn't recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the sky.

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 on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.

וַיֵּשְׁב֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.

וַיְקַלֵּ֖ל (וַ) va “and”

Job answered:

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

Because it didn't shut up the doors of my mother's womb, Nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.

וַיַּסְתֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

Who long for death, but it doesn't come; Dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

וַֽ֝יַּחְפְּרֻ֗הוּ (וַֽ֝) va “and”

Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, Whom God has hedged in?

וַיָּ֖סֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

For my sighing comes before I eat, My groanings are poured out like water.

וַֽיִּתְּכ֥וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

For the thing which I fear comes on me, That which I am afraid of comes to me.

וַיֶּאֱתָיֵ֑נִי (וַ) va “and”

I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble comes."

וַיָּ֥בֹא (וַ) va “and”

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

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

But now it is come to you, and you faint; It touches you, and you are troubled.

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

"Now a thing was secretly brought to me, My ear received a whisper of it.

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 eats up, And take it even out of the thorns; The snare gapes for their substance.

וְשָׁאַ֖ף (וְ) ve. “and”

But he saves from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

וַיֹּ֣שַׁע (וַ) va “and”

So the poor has hope, And injustice shuts her mouth.

וַתְּהִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.

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

You shall know also that your seed shall be great, Your offspring as the grass of the earth.

וְֽ֭יָדַעְתָּ (וְֽ֭) Ve. “and”

Then Job answered,

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