Job 1716 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence.17:1רוּחִי חֻבָּלָה יָמַי נִזְעָכוּ קְבָרִים לִֽי׃My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.17:2אִם־לֹא הֲתֻלִים עִמָּדִי וּבְהַמְּרוֹתָם תָּלַן עֵינִֽי׃Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation.17:3שִֽׂימָה־נָּא עָרְבֵנִי עִמָּךְ מִֽי הוּא לְיָדִי יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃Give now a pledge, be surety for me with Thyself; who else is there that will strike hands with me?17:4כִּֽי־לִבָּם צָפַנְתָּ מִּשָּׂכֶלעַל־כֵּן לֹא תְרֹמֵֽם׃For Thou hast hid their heart from understanding; therefore shalt Thou not exalt them.17:5לְחֵלֶק יַגִּיד רֵעִים וְעֵינֵי בָנָיו תִּכְלֶֽנָה׃He that denounceth his friends for the sake of flattery, even the eyes of his children shall fail.17:6וְֽהִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁל עַמִּים וְתֹפֶת לְפָנִים אֶֽהְיֶֽה׃He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become one in whose face they spit.17:7וַתֵּכַהּ מִכַּעַשׂ עֵינִי וִֽיצֻרַי כַּצֵּל כֻּלָּֽם׃Mine eye also is dimmed by reason of vexation, and all my members are as a shadow.17:8יָשֹׁמּוּ יְשָׁרִים עַל־זֹאת וְנָקִי עַל־חָנֵף יִתְעֹרָֽר׃Upright men are astonished at this, and the innocent stirreth up himself against the godless.17:9וְיֹאחֵז צַדִּיק דַּרְכּוֹ וּֽטֳהָר־יָדַיִם יֹסִיף אֹֽמֶץ׃Yet the righteous holdeth on his way, and he that hath clean hands waxeth stronger and stronger.17:10וְֽאוּלָם כֻּלָּם תָּשֻׁבוּ וּבֹאוּ נָא וְלֹֽא־אֶמְצָא בָכֶם חָכָֽם׃But as for you all, do ye return, and come now; and I shall not find a wise man among you.17:11יָמַי עָבְרוּ זִמֹּתַי נִתְּקוּ מוֹרָשֵׁי לְבָבִֽי׃My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.17:12לַיְלָה לְיוֹם יָשִׂימוּ אוֹר קָרוֹב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃They change the night into day; the light is short because of darkness.17:13אִם־אֲקַוֶּה שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתִי בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי׃If I look for the nether-world as my house; if I have spread my couch in the darkness;17:14לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָתָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָֽרִמָּֽה׃If I have said to corruption: 'Thou art my father', to the worm: 'Thou art my mother, and my sister';17:15וְאַיֵּה אֵפוֹ תִקְוָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי מִי יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?17:16בַּדֵּי שְׁאֹל תֵּרַדְנָה אִם־יַחַד עַל־עָפָר נָֽחַת׃סThey shall go down to the bars of the nether-world, when we are at rest together in the dust.← previousJob 16next →Job 18↑ back to JobThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/17/