Job 28:28
Job · איוב · Ketuvim · 42 chapters · 1070 verses
Values above are for the complete verse (10 words), calculated on the consonantal written text.
בַּעֲשֹׂתוֹ לַמָּטָר חֹק וְדֶרֶךְ לַחֲזִיז קֹלֽוֹת
When He made a decree for the rain, And a way for the storm of thunders;
אָז רָאָהּ וַֽיְסַפְּרָהּ הֱכִינָהּ וְגַם־חֲקָרָֽהּ
Then did He see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.
וַיֹּאמֶר לָֽאָדָם הֵן יִרְאַת אֲדֹנָי הִיא חָכְמָה וְסוּר מֵרָע בִּינָֽה
And unto man He said: ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.’
וַיֹּסֶף אִיּוֹב שְׂאֵת מְשָׁלוֹ וַיֹּאמַֽר
And Job again took up his parable, and said:
מִֽי־יִתְּנֵנִי כְיַרְחֵי־קֶדֶם כִּימֵי אֱלוֹהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי
Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;