H9002–/וְ–v

Have the doors of death been open to you, or have the door-keepers of the dark ever seen you?

וְשַׁעֲרֵ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;

וְ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

So that you might take it to its limit, guiding it to its house?

וְכִֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

No doubt you have knowledge of it, for then you had come to birth, and the number of your days is great.

וּמִסְפַּ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”

Have you come into the secret place of snow, or have you seen the store-houses of the ice-drops,

וְאֹצְר֖וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

Which I have kept for the time of trouble, for the day of war and fighting?

וּמִלְחָמָֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

By whom has the way been cut for the flowing of the rain, and the flaming of the thunder;

וְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

To give water to the land where there is waste and destruction, and to make the dry land green with young grass?

וּמְשֹׁאָ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”וּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַ (וּ֝) u. “and”

Out of whose body came the ice? and who gave birth to the cold mist of heaven?

וּכְפֹ֥ר (וּ) u. “and”

The waters are joined together, hard as a stone, and the face of the deep is covered.

וּפְנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

Do you make Mazzaroth come out in its right time, or are the Bear and its children guided by you?

וְ֝עַ֗יִשׁ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters?

וְֽשִׁפְעַת־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

Do you send out the thunder-flames, so that they may go, and say to you, Here we are?

וְיֵלֵ֑כוּ (וְ) ve. “so”וְיֹאמְר֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

By whose wisdom are the clouds numbered, or the water-skins of the heavens turned to the earth,

וְנִבְלֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

When the earth becomes hard as metal, and is joined together in masses?

וּרְגָבִ֥ים (וּ) u. “and”

Do you go after food for the she-lion, or get meat so that the young lions may have enough,

וְחַיַּ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

Their young ones are strong, living in the open country; they go out and do not come back again.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Who has let the ass of the fields go free? or made loose the bands of the loud-voiced beast?

וּמֹסְר֥וֹת (וּ) u. “and”

To whom I have given the waste land for a heritage, and the salt land as a living-place.

וּֽמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָ֥יו (וּֽ) u. “and”

He goes looking for his grass-lands in the mountains, searching out every green thing.

וְאַחַ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Will you put your faith in him, because his strength is great? will you give the fruit of your work into his care?

וְתַעֲזֹ֖ב (וְ) ve. “so”

Will you be looking for him to come back, and get in your seed to the crushing-floor?

וְֽגָרְנְךָ֥ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,

וְנֹצָֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

That she puts her eggs on the earth, warming them in the dust,

וְֽעַל־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

Without a thought that they may be crushed by the foot, and broken by the beasts of the field?

וְחַיַּ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”