H9001–/וַ–v

That, if I was an evil-doer, the curse would come on me; and if I was upright, my head would not be lifted up, being full of shame and overcome with trouble.

וְ֭צָדַקְתִּי (וְ֭) Ve. “and”

A land of thick dark, without order, where the very light is dark.

וַתֹּ֥פַע (וַ) va. “and”

Then Zophar the Naamathite made answer and said,

וַ֭יַּעַן (וַ֭) Va “and”וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ (וַ) va “and”

Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?

וַ֝תִּלְעַ֗ג (וַ֝) va. “and”

You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.

וַ֭תֹּאמֶר (וַ֭) Va. “and”

For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.

וַיַּרְא־ (וַ) va “and”

But if you put your heart right, stretching out your hands to him;

וּפָרַשְׂתָּ֖ (וּ) u. “and”

Then truly your face will be lifted up, with no mark of sin, and you will be fixed in your place without fear:

וְהָיִ֥יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

And you will be safe because there is hope; after looking round, you will take your rest in quiet;

וּֽ֭בָטַחְתָּ (וּֽ֭) U. “and”וְ֝חָפַרְתָּ֗ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Sleeping with no fear of danger; and men will be desiring to have grace in your eyes;

וְֽ֭רָבַצְתָּ (וְֽ֭) Ve. “and”וְחִלּ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Job made answer and said,

וַיַּ֥עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ (וַ) va “and”

It seems that I am to be as one who is a cause of laughing to his neighbour, one who makes his prayer to God and is answered! the upright man who has done no wrong is to be made sport of!

וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑הוּ (וַֽ) va “and”

He undoes the chains of kings, and puts his band on them;

וַיֶּאְסֹ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

Uncovering deep things out of the dark, and making the deep shade bright;

וַיֹּצֵ֖א (וַ) va “and”

Increasing nations, and sending destruction on them; making wide the lands of peoples, and then giving them up.

וַֽיְאַבְּדֵ֑ם (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּנְחֵֽם׃ (וַ) va “and”

He takes away the wisdom of the rulers of the earth, and sends them wandering in a waste where there is no way.

וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם (וַ֝) va “and”

They go feeling about in the dark without light, wandering without help like those overcome with wine.

וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם (וַ֝) va “and”

Truly, my eye has seen all this, word of it has come to my ear, and I have knowledge of it.

וַתָּ֥בֶן (וַ) va. “and”

He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.

וַיִּמָּ֑ל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְרַ֥ח (וַ) va “and”

Still, at the smell of water, it will make buds, and put out branches like a young plant.

וְעָשָׂ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?

וַֽיֶּחֱלָ֑שׁ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּגְוַ֖ע (וַ) va “and”

The waters go from a pool, and a river becomes waste and dry;

וְיָבֵֽשׁ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

My wrongdoing is corded up in a bag, and my sin is shut up safe.

וַ֝תִּטְפֹּ֗ל (וַ֝) va. “and”

You overcome him for ever, and he is gone; his face is changed in death, and you send him away.

וַֽיַּהֲלֹ֑ךְ (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃ (וַֽ) Va. “and”

And Eliphaz the Temanite made answer and said,

וַ֭יַּעַן (וַ֭) Va “and”וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ (וַ) va “and”