TBESH · H9001
/וַ · v · &
Verbal vav: joined to verb with no intervening prefix (usually conversive) (futurepast)
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/וַ (v) means “&” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: v STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
/וַ · v · &
Verbal vav: joined to verb with no intervening prefix (usually conversive) (futurepast)
STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
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Page 166 of 227. 11323 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
Read word by wordThen Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
Read word by word“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
Read word by wordNow when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
Read word by wordWhen they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.
Read word by wordThen they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
Read word by wordAfter this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
Read word by wordAnd this is what he said:
Read word by wordFor that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
Read word by wordwho long for death that does not come, and search for it like hidden treasure,
Read word by wordWhy is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
Read word by wordI sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
Read word by wordFor the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
Read word by wordI am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”
Read word by wordThen Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Read word by wordBut now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.
Read word by wordNow a word came to me secretly; my ears caught a whisper of it.
Read word by wordI have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
Read word by wordThe hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
Read word by wordHe saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
Read word by wordSo the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
Read word by wordYou will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
Read word by wordYou will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
Read word by wordThen Job replied:
Read word by wordThey are confounded because they had hoped; their arrival brings disappointment.
Read word by wordFor now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid.
Read word by wordWhen I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
Read word by wordMy flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
Read word by wordMy days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
Read word by wordAs a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
Read word by wordthen You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
Read word by wordso that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.
Read word by wordthat You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?
Read word by wordIf I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?
Read word by wordWhy do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
Read word by wordThen Bildad the Shuhite replied:
Read word by wordWhen your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
Read word by wordif you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
Read word by wordThough your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
Read word by wordIf he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
Read word by wordThen Job answered:
Read word by wordGod is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
Read word by wordIf I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
Read word by wordFor He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
Read word by wordEven if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
Read word by wordIf I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
Read word by wordthen You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
Read word by wordYour hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?
Read word by wordIf I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
Read word by wordIf I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.
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