H9002–/וְ–v

If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:

וְאַחַ֣ר (וְ) ve. “and”וּ֝בְכַפַּ֗י (וּ֝) u. “and”

Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

וְאַחֵ֣ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְֽצֶאֱצָאַ֥י (וְֽ) ve. “and”

If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.

וְ֝עָלֶ֗יהָ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

וְ֝ה֗וּא (וְ֝) ve. “and”

For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.

וּֽבְכָל־ (וּֽ) u. “and”

If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

וַאֲמָתִ֑י (וַ) va. “and”

What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

וּמָ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”וְכִֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְעֵינֵ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

וְאֹכַ֣ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);

וּמִבֶּ֖טֶן (וּ) u. “and”

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

וּמִגֵּ֥ז (וּ) u. “and”

Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.

וְ֝אֶזְרֹעִ֗י (וְ֝) ve. “and”

For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.

וּ֝מִשְּׂאֵת֗וֹ (וּ֝) u. “and”

If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, [ergänzt: Thou art] my confidence;

וְ֝לַכֶּ֗תֶם (וְ֝) ve. “and”

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

וְכִֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,

וְ֝יָרֵ֗חַ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

(Yea, I have not suffered by mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);

וְלֹא־ (וְ) 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-

וּבוּז־ (וּ) u. “and”

Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); And [ergänzt: that I had] the indictment which mine adversary hath written!

וְסֵ֥פֶר (וְ) ve. “and”

If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;

וְ֝יַ֗חַד (וְ֝) ve. “and”

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

וְתַֽחַת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

וּבִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (וּ) u. “and”