H9002–/וְ–v

And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a whole-hearted and an upright man, one that feareth God, and shunneth evil? and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou didst move M

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

And Satan answered the LORD, 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, surely he will blaspheme Thee to Thy face.'

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

So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot even unto his crown.

וְעַ֥ד (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְה֖וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

Then said his wife unto him: 'Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? blaspheme God, and die.'

וָמֻֽת׃ (וָ) va. “and”

But he said unto her: 'Thou speakest as one of the impious women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?' For all this did not Job sin with his lips.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and t

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 threw dust upon their heads toward heaven.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word unto him; for they saw that his grief was very great.

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

Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night wherein it was said: 'A man-child is brought forth.'

וְהַלַּ֥יְלָה (וְ) ve. “and”

Let that day be darkness; let not God inquire after it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; let a cloud dwell upon it; let all that maketh black the day terrify it.

וְ֭צַלְמָוֶת (וְ֭) Ve. “and”

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning;

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

Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not perish at birth?

וְאֶגְוָֽע׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Why did the knees receive me? And wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?

וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”

For now should I have lain still 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 built up waste places for themselves;

וְיֹ֣עֲצֵי (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְשָׁ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

The small and great are there alike; and the servant is free from his master.

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

Wherewith is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul--

וְ֝חַיִּ֗ים (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Who long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

For the thing which I did fear is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of hath overtaken me.

וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

I was not at ease, neither was I quiet, neither had I rest; but trouble came.

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

If one venture a word unto thee, wilt thou be weary? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

וַעְצֹ֥ר (וַ) va “and”