H9002–/וְ–v

His sons come to honour, and he has no knowledge of it; they are made low, but he is not conscious of it.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְ֝יִצְעֲר֗וּ (וְ֝) ve. “and”וְֽלֹא־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

Only his flesh still has pain, and his soul is sad.

וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Will a wise man make answer with knowledge of no value, or will he give birth to the east wind?

וִֽימַלֵּ֖א (וִֽ) vi. “so”

Will he make arguments with words in which is no profit, and with sayings which have no value?

וּ֝מִלִּ֗ים (וּ֝) u. “and”

Truly, you make the fear of God without effect, so that the time of quiet worship before God is made less by your outcry.

וְתִגְרַ֥ע (וְ) ve. “so”

For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.

וְ֝תִבְחַ֗ר (וְ֝) ve. “so”

It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּ֝שְׂפָתֶ֗יךָ (וּ֝) u. “and”

Were you the first man to come into the world? or did you come into being before the hills?

וְלִפְנֵ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?

וְתִגְרַ֖ע (וְ) ve. “and”

What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?

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

Are the comforts of God not enough for you, and the gentle word which was said to you?

וְ֝דָבָ֗ר (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Why is your heart uncontrolled, and why are your eyes lifted up;

וּֽמַה־ (וּֽ) u. “and”

What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?

וְכִֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Truly, he puts no faith in his holy ones, and the heavens are not clean in his eyes;

וְ֝שָׁמַ֗יִם (וְ֝) ve. “and”

How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!

וְֽנֶאֱלָ֑ח (וְֽ) ve. “and”

Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:

וְזֶֽה־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָה׃ (וַ) va. “and”

(The things which wise men have got from their fathers, and have not kept secret from us;

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

For only to them was the land given, and no strange people were among them:)

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.

וּמִסְפַּ֥ר (וּ) u. “and”

He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;

וְצָפ֖וּי (וְ) ve. “and”

He is greatly in fear of the dark day, trouble and pain overcome him:

וּמְצוּקָ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”

Because his hand is stretched out against God, and his heart is lifted up against the Ruler of all,

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

וְ֝יָס֗וּר (וְ֝) ve. “so”

His branch is cut off before its time, and his leaf is no longer green.

וְ֝כִפָּת֗וֹ (וְ֝) ve. “and”