Job 326 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence.3:1אַחֲרֵי־כֵן פָּתַח אִיּוֹב אֶת־פִּיהוּ וַיְקַלֵּל אֶת־יוֹמֽוֹ׃פAfter this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.3:2וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃And Job spoke, and said:3:3יֹאבַד יוֹםאִוָּלֶד בּוֹ וְהַלַּיְלָה אָמַר הֹרָה גָֽבֶר׃Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night wherein it was said: 'A man-child is brought forth.'3:4הַיּוֹם הַהוּא יְֽהִי חֹשֶׁךְ אַֽל־יִדְרְשֵׁהוּ אֱלוֹהַּ מִמָּעַל וְאַל־תּוֹפַע עָלָיו נְהָרָֽה׃Let that day be darkness; let not God inquire after it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.3:5יִגְאָלֻהוּ חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת תִּשְׁכָּן־עָלָיו עֲנָנָה יְבַעֲתֻהוּ כִּֽמְרִירֵי יֽוֹם׃Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; let a cloud dwell upon it; let all that maketh black the day terrify it.3:6הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא יִקָּחֵהוּ אֹפֶל אַל־יִחַדְּ בִּימֵי שָׁנָה בְּמִסְפַּר יְרָחִים אַל־יָבֹֽא׃As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.3:7הִנֵּה הַלַּיְלָה הַהוּא יְהִי גַלְמוּד אַל־תָּבֹא רְנָנָה בֽוֹ׃Lo, let that night be desolate; let no joyful voice come therein.3:8יִקְּבֻהוּ אֹרְרֵי־יוֹם הָעֲתִידִים עֹרֵר לִוְיָתָֽן׃Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.3:9יֶחְשְׁכוּ כּוֹכְבֵי נִשְׁפּוֹ יְקַו־לְאוֹר וָאַיִן וְאַל־יִרְאֶה בְּעַפְעַפֵּי־שָֽׁחַר׃Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning;3:10כִּי לֹא סָגַר דַּלְתֵי בִטְנִי וַיַּסְתֵּר עָמָל מֵעֵינָֽי׃Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid trouble from mine eyes.3:11לָמָּה לֹּא מֵרֶחֶם אָמוּת מִבֶּטֶן יָצָאתִי וְאֶגְוָֽע׃Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not perish at birth?3:12מַדּוּעַ קִדְּמוּנִי בִרְכָּיִם וּמַה־שָּׁדַיִם כִּי אִינָֽק׃Why did the knees receive me? And wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?3:13כִּֽי־עַתָּה שָׁכַבְתִּי וְאֶשְׁקוֹט יָשַׁנְתִּי אָז ׀ יָנוּחַֽ לִֽי׃For now should I have lain still and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest —3:14עִם־מְלָכִים וְיֹעֲצֵי אָרֶץ הַבֹּנִים חֳרָבוֹת לָֽמוֹ׃With kings and counsellors of the earth, who built up waste places for themselves;3:15אוֹ עִם־שָׂרִים זָהָב לָהֶם הַֽמְמַלְאִים בָּתֵּיהֶם כָּֽסֶף׃Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver;3:16אוֹכְנֵפֶל טָמוּן לֹא אֶהְיֶה כְּעֹלְלִים לֹא־רָאוּ אֽוֹר׃Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants that never saw light.3:17שָׁם רְשָׁעִים חָדְלוּ רֹגֶז וְשָׁם יָנוּחוּ יְגִיעֵי כֹֽחַ׃There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary are at rest.3:18יַחַד אֲסִירִים שַׁאֲנָנוּ לֹא שָׁמְעוּ קוֹל נֹגֵֽשׂ׃There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.3:19קָטֹן וְגָדוֹל שָׁם הוּא וְעֶבֶד חָפְשִׁי מֵאֲדֹנָֽיו׃The small and great are there alike; and the servant is free from his master.3:20לָמָּה יִתֵּן לְעָמֵל אוֹר וְחַיִּים לְמָרֵי נָֽפֶשׁ׃Wherewith is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul —3:21הַֽמְחַכִּים לַמָּוֶת וְאֵינֶנּוּ וַֽיַּחְפְּרֻהוּ מִמַּטְמוֹנִֽים׃Who long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;3:22הַשְּׂמֵחִים אֱלֵי־גִיל יָשִׂישׂוּ כִּי יִמְצְאוּ־קָֽבֶר׃Who rejoice unto exultation, and are glad, when they can find the grave? —3:23לְגֶבֶר אֲשֶׁר־דַּרְכּוֹ נִסְתָּרָה וַיָּסֶךְ אֱלוֹהַּ בַּעֲדֽוֹ׃To a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?3:24כִּֽי־לִפְנֵי לַחְמִי אַנְחָתִי תָבֹא וַֽיִּתְּכוּ כַמַּיִם שַׁאֲגֹתָֽי׃For my sighing cometh instead of my food, and my roarings are poured out like water.3:25כִּי פַחַד פָּחַדְתִּי וַיֶּאֱתָיֵנִי וַאֲשֶׁר יָגֹרְתִּי יָבֹא לִֽי׃For the thing which I did fear is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of hath overtaken me.3:26לֹא שָׁלַוְתִּי ׀ וְלֹא שָׁקַטְתִּי וְֽלֹא־נָחְתִּי וַיָּבֹא רֹֽגֶז׃פI was not at ease, neither was I quiet, neither had I rest; but trouble came.← previousJob 2next →Job 4↑ back to JobThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/3/