H9002–/וְ–v

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, `Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!'

וְיָשָׁ֛ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְסָ֣ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֹדֶ֙נּוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, `A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life.

וְכֹל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Yet, put forth, I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike unto his bone and unto his flesh -- if not: unto Thy face he doth bless Thee!'

וְגַ֥ע (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Adversary goeth forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smiteth Job with a sore ulcer from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

וְעַ֥ד (וְ) ve. “and”

And he taketh to him a potsherd to scrape himself with it, and he is sitting in the midst of the ashes.

וְה֖וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

And his wife saith to him, `Still thou art keeping hold on thine integrity: bless God and die.'

וָמֻֽת׃ (וָ) va. “and”

And he saith unto her, `As one of the foolish women speaketh, thou speakest; yea, the good we receive from God, and the evil we do not receive.' In all this Job hath not sinned with his lips.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And three of the friends of Job hear of all this evil that hath come upon him, and they come in each from his place -- Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite -- and they are met together to come in to bemoan him, and to comfort him;

וּבִלְדַּ֣ד (וּ) u. “and”וְצוֹפַ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”וּֽלְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃ (וּֽ) u. “and”

and they lift up their eyes from afar and have not discerned him, and they lift up their voice and weep, and rend each his robe, and sprinkle dust on their heads -- heavenward.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

And they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking unto him a word when they have seen that the pain hath been very great.

וְשִׁבְעַ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵין־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Let the day perish in which I am born, And the night that hath said: `A man-child hath been conceived.'

וְהַלַּ֥יְלָה (וְ) ve. “and”

That day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.

וְ֭צַלְמָוֶת (וְ֭) Ve. “and”

Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.

וָאַ֑יִן (וָ) va. “and”וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Why from the womb do I not die? From the belly I have come forth and gasp!

וְאֶגְוָֽע׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Wherefore have knees been before me? And what `are' breasts, that I suck?

וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”

For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept -- then there is rest to me,

וְאֶשְׁק֑וֹט (וְ) ve. “and”

With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves.

וְיֹ֣עֲצֵי (וְ) ve. “and”

There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.

וְשָׁ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Small and great `are' there the same. And a servant `is' free from his lord.

וְ֭גָדוֹל (וְ֭) Ve. “and”וְ֝עֶ֗בֶד (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Why giveth He to the miserable light, and life to the bitter soul?

וְ֝חַיִּ֗ים (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.

וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me.

וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

I was not safe -- nor was I quiet -- Nor was I at rest -- and trouble cometh!

וְלֹ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”וְֽלֹא־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

Hath one tried a word with thee? -- Thou art weary! And to keep in words who is able?

וַעְצֹ֥ר (וַ) va “and”