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 have been enticed unto a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbour'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 did despise 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 remembereth, what shall I answer Him?

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

If I have withheld aught that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

וְעֵינֵ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

Or have eaten my morsel myself 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 I have been her guide from my mother's womb.

וּמִבֶּ֖טֶן (וּ) u. “and”

If I have seen any wanderer in want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;

וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not 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 was a terror to me, and by reason of His majesty I could do nothing.

וּ֝מִשְּׂאֵת֗וֹ (וּ֝) u. “and”

If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold: 'Thou art my confidence';

וְ֝לַכֶּ֗תֶם (וְ֝) ve. “and”

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

וְכִֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

וְ֝יָרֵ֗חַ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Yea, I suffered not my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Because I feared the great multitude, and the most contemptible among 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 that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!

וְסֵ֥פֶר (וְ) ve. “and”

If my land cry 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 tillers thereof to be disappointed--

וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and noisome weeds 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”