H9002–/וְ–v

Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?

וְשַׁעֲרֵ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

"What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is the place of it,

וְ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

That you should take it to the bound of it, That you should discern the paths to the house of it?

וְכִֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Surely you know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great!

וּמִסְפַּ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”

Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, Or have you seen the treasures of the hail,

וְאֹצְר֖וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, Against the day of battle and war?

וּמִלְחָמָֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Who has cut a channel for the flood water, Or the path for the thunderstorm;

וְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

To satisfy the waste and desolate ground, To cause the tender grass to spring forth?

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

Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?

וּכְפֹ֥ר (וּ) u. “and”

The waters become hard like stone, When the surface of the deep is frozen.

וּפְנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

Can you lead forth the constellations in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?

וְ֝עַ֗יִשׁ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?

וְֽשִׁפְעַת־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, 'Here we are?'

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

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky,

וְנִבְלֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

When the dust runs into a mass, And the clods of earth stick together?

וּרְגָבִ֥ים (וּ) u. “and”

"Can you hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

וְחַיַּ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go forth, and don't return again.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

"Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,

וּמֹסְר֥וֹת (וּ) u. “and”

Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?

וּֽמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָ֥יו (וּֽ) u. “and”

The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing.

וְאַחַ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?

וְתַעֲזֹ֖ב (וְ) ve. “so”

Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, And gather the grain of your threshing floor?

וְֽגָרְנְךָ֥ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the feathers and plumage of love?

וְנֹצָֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

For she leaves her eggs on the earth, Warms them in the dust,

וְֽעַל־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

And forgets that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild animal may trample them.

וְחַיַּ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”