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	STUDY Hebrew & Greek Study Bible	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃	Then Job answered and said:	Then Job replied:
2	אָ֭מְנָם כִּ֣י אַתֶּם־ עָ֑ם וְ֝עִמָּכֶ֗ם תָּמ֥וּת חָכְמָֽה׃	“No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.	“Doubtless you are the only people who matter, and wisdom will die with you!
3	גַּם־ לִ֤י לֵבָ֨ב ׀ כְּֽמוֹכֶ֗ם לֹא־ נֹפֵ֣ל אָנֹכִ֣י מִכֶּ֑ם וְאֶת־ מִי־ אֵ֥ין כְּמוֹ־ אֵֽלֶּה׃	But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?	But I have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know all these things?
4	שְׂחֹ֤ק לְרֵעֵ֨הוּ ׀ אֶֽהְיֶ֗ה קֹרֵ֣א לֶ֭אֱלוֹהַּ וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑הוּ שְׂ֝ח֗וֹק צַדִּ֥יק תָּמִֽים׃	I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.	“I have become a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God and he answered— a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!
5	לַפִּ֣יד בּ֭וּז לְעַשְׁתּ֣וּת שַׁאֲנָ֑ן נָ֝כ֗וֹן לְמ֣וֹעֲדֵי רָֽגֶל׃	In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; it is ready for those whose feet slip.	Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.
6	יִשְׁלָ֤יוּ אֹֽהָלִ֨ים ׀ לְשֹׁ֥דְדִ֗ים וּֽ֭בַטֻּחוֹת לְמַרְגִּ֣יזֵי אֵ֑ל לַאֲשֶׁ֤ר הֵבִ֖יא אֱל֣וֹהַּ בְּיָדֽוֹ׃	The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hand.	The tents of marauders are undisturbed, and those who provoke God are secure— those God has in his hand.
7	וְֽאוּלָ֗ם שְׁאַל־ נָ֣א בְהֵמ֣וֹת וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ וְע֥וֹף הַ֝שָּׁמַ֗יִם וְיַגֶּד־ לָֽךְ׃	“But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;	“But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;
8	א֤וֹ שִׂ֣יחַ לָאָ֣רֶץ וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּ לְ֝ךָ֗ דְּגֵ֣י הַיָּֽם׃	or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you.	or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you.
9	מִ֭י לֹא־ יָדַ֣ע בְּכָל־ אֵ֑לֶּה כִּ֥י יַד־ יְ֝הוָה עָ֣שְׂתָה זֹּֽאת׃	Who among all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?	Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
10	אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ֭יָדוֹ נֶ֣פֶשׁ כָּל־ חָ֑י וְ֝ר֗וּחַ כָּל־ בְּשַׂר־ אִֽישׁ׃	In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.	In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.
11	הֲלֹא־ אֹ֭זֶן מִלִּ֣ין תִּבְחָ֑ן וְ֝חֵ֗ךְ אֹ֣כֶל יִטְעַם־ לֽוֹ׃	Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes food?	Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food?
12	בִּֽישִׁישִׁ֥ים חָכְמָ֑ה וְאֹ֖רֶךְ יָמִ֣ים תְּבוּנָֽה׃	Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.	Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?
13	עִ֭מּוֹ חָכְמָ֣ה וּגְבוּרָ֑ה ל֝֗וֹ עֵצָ֥ה וּתְבוּנָֽה׃	“With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding.	“To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his.
14	הֵ֣ן יַ֭הֲרוֹס וְלֹ֣א יִבָּנֶ֑ה יִסְגֹּ֥ר עַל־ אִ֝֗ישׁ וְלֹ֣א יִפָּתֵֽחַ׃	If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open.	What he tears down cannot be rebuilt; those he imprisons cannot be released.
15	הֵ֤ן יַעְצֹ֣ר בַּמַּ֣יִם וְיִבָ֑שׁוּ וִֽ֝ישַׁלְּחֵ֗ם וְיַ֖הַפְכוּ אָֽרֶץ׃	If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.	If he holds back the waters, there is drought; if he lets them loose, they devastate the land.
16	עִ֭מּוֹ עֹ֣ז וְתֽוּשִׁיָּ֑ה‪‬ ל֝֗וֹ שֹׁגֵ֥ג וּמַשְׁגֶּֽה׃	With him are strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.	To him belong strength and insight; both deceived and deceiver are his.
17	מוֹלִ֣יךְ יוֹעֲצִ֣ים שׁוֹלָ֑ל וְֽשֹׁפְטִ֥ים יְהוֹלֵֽל׃	He leads counselors away stripped, and judges he makes fools.	He leads rulers away stripped and makes fools of judges.
18	מוּסַ֣ר מְלָכִ֣ים פִּתֵּ֑חַ וַיֶּאְסֹ֥ר אֵ֝ז֗וֹר בְּמָתְנֵיהֶֽם׃	He looses the bonds of kings and binds a waistcloth on their hips.	He takes off the shackles put on by kings and ties a loincloth around their waist.
19	מוֹלִ֣יךְ כֹּהֲנִ֣ים שׁוֹלָ֑ל וְאֵֽתָנִ֣ים יְסַלֵּֽף׃	He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty.	He leads priests away stripped and overthrows officials long established.
20	מֵסִ֣יר שָׂ֭פָה לְנֶאֱמָנִ֑ים וְטַ֖עַם זְקֵנִ֣ים יִקָּֽח׃	He deprives of speech those who are trusted and takes away the discernment of the elders.	He silences the lips of trusted advisers and takes away the discernment of elders.
21	שׁוֹפֵ֣ךְ בּ֭וּז עַל־ נְדִיבִ֑ים וּמְזִ֖יחַ אֲפִיקִ֣ים רִפָּֽה׃	He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong.	He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
22	מְגַלֶּ֣ה עֲ֭מֻקוֹת מִנִּי־ חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וַיֹּצֵ֖א לָא֣וֹר צַלְמָֽוֶת׃	He uncovers the deeps out of darkness and brings deep darkness to light.	He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings utter darkness into the light.
23	מַשְׂגִּ֣יא לַ֭גּוֹיִם וַֽיְאַבְּדֵ֑ם שֹׁטֵ֥חַ לַ֝גּוֹיִ֗ם וַיַּנְחֵֽם׃	He makes nations great, and he destroys them; he enlarges nations, and leads them away.	He makes nations great, and destroys them; he enlarges nations, and disperses them.
24	מֵסִ֗יר לֵ֭ב רָאשֵׁ֣י עַם־ הָאָ֑רֶץ וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם בְּתֹ֣הוּ לֹא־ דָֽרֶךְ׃	He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth and makes them wander in a trackless waste.	He deprives the leaders of the earth of their reason; he makes them wander in a trackless waste.
25	יְמַֽשְׁשׁוּ־ חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וְלֹא־ א֑וֹר וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם כַּשִּׁכּֽוֹר׃	They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them stagger like a drunken man.	They grope in darkness with no light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
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