H9001–/וַ–v

And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword.

וָאֱהִ֖י (וָ) va. “and”

For he hath loosed my cord and afflicted me; so they cast off the bridle before me.

וַיְעַנֵּ֑נִי (וַ) va “and”

At [ergänzt: my] right hand rise the young brood; they push away my feet, and raise up against me their pernicious ways;

וַיָּסֹ֥לּוּ (וַ) va “and”

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

וָ֝אֶתְמַשֵּׁ֗ל (וָ֝) va. “and”

I cry unto thee, and thou answerest me not; I stand up, and thou lookest at me.

וַתִּתְבֹּ֥נֶן (וַ) va. “and”

For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness.

וַיָּ֣בֹא (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥בֹא (וַ) va “and”

My harp also is [ergänzt: turned] to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of weepers.

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”

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

וַתַּ֖חַשׁ (וַ) va. “and”

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not One fashion us in the womb?

וַ֝יְכֻנֶ֗נּוּ (וַ֝) va “and”

And my heart have been secretly enticed, so that my mouth kissed my hand:

וַיִּ֣פְתְּ (וַ) va “and”וַתִּשַּׁ֖ק (וַ) va. “and”

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

וְ֝הִתְעֹרַ֗רְתִּי (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door, ...

וָ֝אֶדֹּ֗ם (וָ֝) va. “and”

And these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

וַֽיִּשְׁבְּת֡וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Then was kindled the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his anger kindled, because he justified himself rather than God;

וַיִּ֤חַר (וַ) va “and”

and against his three friends was his anger kindled, because they found no answer, and [ergänzt: yet] condemned Job.

וַ֝יַּרְשִׁ֗יעוּ (וַ֝) va “and”

And Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, and his anger was kindled.

וַיַּ֤רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֥חַר (וַ) va “and”

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are aged; wherefore I was timid, and feared to shew you what I know.

וַיַּ֤עַן׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֫אמַ֥ר (וַ) va “and”וָֽאִירָ֓א׀ (וָֽ) va. “and”

And I waited, for they spoke not, but stood still, and answered no more; --

וְ֭הוֹחַלְתִּי (וְ֭) Ve. “and”

He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and with constant strife in his bones;

וְהוּכַ֣ח (וְ) ve. “and”

And his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty food;

וְזִֽהֲמַ֣תּוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

His flesh is consumed away from view, and his bones that were not seen stick out;

וְשֻׁפּ֥וּ (וְ) u. “and”

And his soul draweth near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

וַתִּקְרַ֣ב (וַ) va. “and”

Then he will be gracious unto him, and say, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

וַיְחֻנֶּ֗נּוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

He shall pray unto +God, and he will receive him with favour; and he shall see his face with shoutings, and he will render unto man his righteousness.

וַיִּרְצֵ֗הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֣רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”