H9002–/וְ–v

And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil? and still he remaineth firm in his integrity, though thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause.

וְיָשָׁ֛ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְסָ֣ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֹדֶ֙נּוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life;

וְכֹל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

but put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, [ergänzt: and see] if he will not curse thee to thy face!

וְגַ֥ע (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah; and he smote Job with a grievous botch from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

וְעַ֥ד (וְ) ve. “and”

And he took a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat among the ashes.

וְה֖וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

And his wife said to him, Dost thou still remain firm in thine integrity? curse God and die.

וָמֻֽת׃ (וָ) va. “and”

But he said to her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. We have also received good from God, and should we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And three friends of Job heard of all this evil that was come upon him. And they came each one from his place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to condole with him and to comfort him.

וּבִלְדַּ֣ד (וּ) u. “and”וְצוֹפַ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”וּֽלְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃ (וּֽ) u. “and”

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice and wept. And they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward the heavens.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

And they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights; and none spoke a word to him; for they saw that [ergänzt: his] anguish was very great.

וְשִׁבְעַ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵין־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night that said, There is a man child conceived.

וְהַלַּ֥יְלָה (וְ) ve. “and”

That day -- let it be darkness, let not +God care for it from above, neither let light shine upon it:

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let clouds dwell upon it; let darkeners of the day terrify it.

וְ֭צַלְמָוֶת (וְ֭) Ve. “and”

Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:

וָאַ֑יִן (וָ) va. “and”וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Wherefore did I not die from the womb, -- come forth from the belly and expire?

וְאֶגְוָֽע׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Why did the knees meet me? and wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?

וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”

For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

וְאֶשְׁק֑וֹט (וְ) ve. “and”

With kings and counsellors of the earth, who build desolate places for themselves,

וְיֹ֣עֲצֵי (וְ) ve. “and”

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the wearied are at rest.

וְשָׁ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

The small and great are there, and the bondman freed from his master.

וְ֭גָדוֹל (וְ֭) Ve. “and”וְ֝עֶ֗בֶד (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Wherefore is light given to him that is in trouble, and life to those bitter of soul,

וְ֝חַיִּ֗ים (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Who long for death, and it [ergänzt: cometh] not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;

וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

For I feared a fear, and it hath come upon me, and that which I dreaded hath come to me.

וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

I was not in safety, neither had I quietness, neither was I at rest, and trouble came.

וְלֹ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”וְֽלֹא־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking?

וַעְצֹ֥ר (וַ) va “and”