H9004–/כ–k

Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;

כֶּעָפָ֣ר (כֶּ) ke. “like <the>”וְ֝כַחֹ֗מֶר (כַ) kha. “like <the>”

He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.

כָעָ֣שׁ (כָ) kha. “like <the>”וּ֝כְסֻכָּ֗ה (כְ) khe. “like”

Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.

כַ֭מַּיִם (כַ֭) Kha. “like <the>”

Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;

כְיַרְחֵי־ (כְ) khe. “like”כִּ֝ימֵ֗י (כִּ֝) ki. “like”

As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;

כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

כִּֽמְעִ֥יל (כִּֽ) ki “[was] like”

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:

וְ֝כַח֗וֹל (כַ) kha. “like <the>”

And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide [ergänzt: as] for the latter rain.

כַמָּטָ֣ר (כַ) kha. “like the”

I chose out their way, and sat [ergänzt: as] chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners.

כְּמֶ֣לֶךְ (כְּ) ke. “like”כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר (כַּ) ka. “just”

They are driven forth from the midst [ergänzt: of men]; They cry after them as after a thief;

כַּגַּנָּֽב׃ (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves [ergänzt: upon me].

כְּפֶ֣רֶץ (כְּ) ke. “like”

Terrors are turned upon me; They chase mine honor as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.

כָּ֭רוּחַ (כָּ֭) Ka. “like the”וּ֝כְעָ֗ב (כְ) khe. “like”

By [ergänzt: God's] great force is my garment disfigured; It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

כְּפִ֖י (כְּ) ke. “like”

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

כֶּעָפָ֥ר (כֶּ) ke. “like <the>”

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

כְאָ֑ב (כְ) khe. “like”

If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

כְאָדָ֣ם (כְ) khe. “like”

Behold, my breast is as wine which hath no vent; Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst.

כְּיַ֥יִן (כְּ) ke. “[is] like”כְּאֹב֥וֹת (כְּ) ke. “like”

For I know not to give flattering titles; [ergänzt: Else] would my Maker soon take me away.

כִּ֝מְעַ֗ט (כִּ֝) ki “like”

Behold, I am toward God even as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay.

כְפִ֣יךָ (כְ) khe. “[am] like”

What man is like Job, Who drinketh up scoffing like water,

כְּאִיּ֑וֹב (כְּ) ke. “like”כַּמָּֽיִם׃ (כַּ) ka. “like <the>”

For the work of a man will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.

וּֽכְאֹ֥רַח (כְ) khe. “according to”

But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, And they shall die without knowledge.

כִּבְלִי־ (כִּ) ki “like”

Canst thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong as a molten mirror?

כִּרְאִ֥י (כִּ) ki “like”

Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

כְגֶ֣בֶר (כְ) khe. “like”

It is changed as clay under the seal; And [ergänzt: all things] stand forth as a garment:

כְּחֹ֣מֶר (כְּ) ke. “like”