H0518A–אִם–im

Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,

אִם־ 'im- “though”

(If a man die, shall he live [ergänzt: again]?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come:

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and if I forbear, what am I eased?

אִֽם־ 'im- “if”

If I wait, Sheol is my house; I spread my bed in the darkness:

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and prove against me my reproach,

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds,

אִם־ 'im- “though”

Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth [ergänzt: and] he hide it under his tongue,

אִם־ 'im- “though”

Even when I think [ergänzt: thereon], I am affrighted, and trembling taketh hold of my flesh.

וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “if”

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain [ergänzt: to him] that thou makest thy ways perfect?

וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “or?”

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up. If thou remove unrighteousness far from thy tents,

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “if”

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword, and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread;

אִם־ 'im- “if”

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

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot hath hasted to deceit,

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If my step have turned out of the way, and my heart followed mine eyes, and if any blot cleaveth to my hands;

אִ֥ם 'im “if”

If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, so that I laid wait at my neighbour's door,

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If I have withheld the poor from [ergänzt: their] desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If I have seen any perishing for want of clothing, or any needy without covering;

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, because I saw my help in the gate:

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If I beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,

אִם־ 'im- “if”

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him;

אִם־ 'im- “if”