H9004–/כ–k

Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare clothing as the clay;

כֶּעָפָ֣ר (כֶּ) ke. “like <the>”וְ֝כַחֹ֗מֶר (כַ) kha. “like <the>”

He builds his house as the moth, As a booth which the watchman makes.

כָעָ֣שׁ (כָ) kha. “like <the>”וּ֝כְסֻכָּ֗ה (כְ) khe. “like”

Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest steals him away in the night.

כַ֭מַּיִם (כַ֭) Kha. “like <the>”

"Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;

כְיַרְחֵי־ (כְ) khe. “like”כִּ֝ימֵ֗י (כִּ֝) ki. “like”

As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was in my tent;

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

כִּֽמְעִ֥יל (כִּֽ) ki “[was] like”

Then I said, 'I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand.

וְ֝כַח֗וֹל (כַ) kha. “like <the>”

They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

כַמָּטָ֣ר (כַ) kha. “like the”

I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, As one who comforts the mourners.

כְּמֶ֣לֶךְ (כְּ) ke. “like”כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

They are driven forth from the midst of men; They cry after them as after a thief;

כַּגַּנָּֽב׃ (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

As through a wide breach they come, In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves in.

כְּפֶ֣רֶץ (כְּ) ke. “like”

Terrors are turned on me. They chase my honor as the wind. My welfare has passed away as a cloud.

כָּ֭רוּחַ (כָּ֭) Ka. “like the”וּ֝כְעָ֗ב (כְ) khe. “like”

By great force is my garment disfigured. It binds me about as the collar of my coat.

כְּפִ֖י (כְּ) ke. “like”

He has cast me into the mire. I have become like dust and ashes.

כֶּעָפָ֥ר (כֶּ) ke. “like <the>”

(No, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, Her have I guided from my mother's womb);

כְאָ֑ב (כְ) khe. “like”

If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding my iniquity in my heart,

כְאָדָ֣ם (כְ) khe. “like”

Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; Like new wineskins it is ready to burst.

כְּיַ֥יִן (כְּ) ke. “[is] like”כְּאֹב֥וֹת (כְּ) ke. “like”

For I don't know how to give flattering titles; Or else my Maker would soon take me away.

כִּ֝מְעַ֗ט (כִּ֝) ki “like”

Behold, I am toward God even as you are: I am also formed out of the clay.

כְפִ֣יךָ (כְ) khe. “[am] like”

What man is like Job, Who drinks scorn like water,

כְּאִיּ֑וֹב (כְּ) ke. “like”כַּמָּֽיִם׃ (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

For the work of a man will he render to him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.

וּֽכְאֹ֥רַח (כְ) khe. “according to”

But if they don't listen, they shall perish by the sword; They shall die without knowledge.

כִּבְלִי־ (כִּ) ki “like”

Can you, with him, spread out the sky, Which is strong as a cast metal mirror?

כִּרְאִ֥י (כִּ) ki “like”

Brace yourself like a man, For I will question you, then you answer me!

כְגֶ֣בֶר (כְ) khe. “like”

It is changed as clay under the seal, And stands forth as a garment.

כְּחֹ֣מֶר (כְּ) ke. “like”