Job 3031 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence.30:1וְעַתָּה ׀ שָֽׂחֲקוּ עָלַי צְעִירִים מִמֶּנִּי לְיָמִים אֲשֶׁר־מָאַסְתִּי אֲבוֹתָם לָשִׁית עִם־כַּלְבֵי צֹאנִֽי׃But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.30:2גַּם־כֹּחַ יְדֵיהֶם לָמָּה לִּי עָלֵימוֹ אָבַד כָּֽלַח׃Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? men in whom ripe age is perished.30:3בְּחֶסֶר וּבְכָפָן גַּלְמוּד הַֽעֹרְקִים צִיָּה אֶמֶשׁ שׁוֹאָה וּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃They are gaunt with want and famine; they gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.30:4הַקֹּטְפִים מַלּוּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂיחַ וְשֹׁרֶשׁ רְתָמִים לַחְמָֽם׃They pluck salt-wort with wormwood; and the roots of the broom are their food.30:5מִן־גֵּו יְגֹרָשׁוּ יָרִיעוּ עָלֵימוֹ כַּגַּנָּֽב׃They are driven forth from the midst of men; they cry after them as after a thief.30:6בַּעֲרוּץ נְחָלִים לִשְׁכֹּן חֹרֵי עָפָר וְכֵפִֽים׃In the clefts of the valleys must they dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.30:7בֵּין־שִׂיחִים יִנְהָקוּ תַּחַת חָרוּל יְסֻפָּֽחוּ׃Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they are gathered together.30:8בְּֽנֵי־נָבָל גַּם־בְּנֵי בְלִי־שֵׁם נִכְּאוּ מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃They are children of churls, yea, children of ignoble men; they were scourged out of the land.30:9וְעַתָּה נְגִינָתָם הָיִיתִי וָאֱהִי לָהֶם לְמִלָּֽה׃And now I am become their song, yea, I am a byword unto them.30:10תִּֽעֲבוּנִי רָחֲקוּ מֶנִּי וּמִפָּנַי לֹא־חָשְׂכוּ רֹֽק׃They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.30:11כִּֽי־יִתְרִי פִתַּח וַיְעַנֵּנִי וְרֶסֶן מִפָּנַי שִׁלֵּֽחוּ׃For He hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, and they have cast off the bridle before me.30:12עַל־יָמִין פִּרְחַח יָקוּמוּ רַגְלַי שִׁלֵּחוּ וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי אָרְחוֹת אֵידָֽם׃Upon my right hand rise the brood; they entangle my feet, and they cast up against me their ways of destruction.30:13נָתְסוּ נְֽתִיבָתִי לְהַוָּתִי יֹעִילוּ לֹא עֹזֵר לָֽמוֹ׃They break up my path, they further my calamity, even men that have no helper.30:14כְּפֶרֶץ רָחָב יֶאֱתָיוּ תַּחַת שֹׁאָה הִתְגַּלְגָּֽלוּ׃As through a wide breach they come; in the midst of the ruin they roll themselves upon me.30:15הָהְפַּךְ עָלַי בַּלָּהוֹת תִּרְדֹּף כָּרוּחַ נְדִבָתִי וּכְעָב עָבְרָה יְשֻׁעָתִֽי׃Terrors are turned upon me, they chase mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away as a cloud.30:16וְעַתָּה עָלַי תִּשְׁתַּפֵּךְ נַפְשִׁי יֹאחֲזוּנִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me.30:17לַיְלָה עֲצָמַי נִקַּר מֵעָלָי וְעֹרְקַי לֹא יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃In the night my bones are pierced, and fall from me, and my sinews take no rest.30:18בְּרָב־כֹּחַיִתְחַפֵּשׂ לְבוּשִׁי כְּפִי כֻתָּנְתִּי יַֽאַזְרֵֽנִי׃By the great force of my disease is my garment disfigured; it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.30:19הֹרָנִי לַחֹמֶר וָאֶתְמַשֵּׁל כֶּעָפָר וָאֵֽפֶר׃He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.30:20אֲשַׁוַּע אֵלֶיךָ וְלֹא תַעֲנֵנִי עָמַדְתִּי וַתִּתְבֹּנֶן בִּֽי׃I cry unto Thee, and Thou dost not answer me; I stand up, and Thou lookest at me.30:21תֵּהָפֵךְ לְאַכְזָר לִי בְּעֹצֶם יָדְךָ תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי׃Thou art turned to be cruel to me; with the might of Thy hand Thou hatest me.30:22תִּשָּׂאֵנִי אֶל־רוּחַתַּרְכִּיבֵנִי וּתְמֹגְגֵנִי תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃Thou liftest me up to the wind, Thou causest me to ride upon it; and Thou dissolvest my substance.30:23כִּֽי־יָדַעְתִּי מָוֶת תְּשִׁיבֵנִי וּבֵית מוֹעֵד לְכָל־חָֽי׃For I know that Thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.30:24אַךְ לֹא־בְעִי יִשְׁלַח־יָד אִם־בְּפִידוֹ לָהֶן שֽׁוּעַ׃Surely none shall put forth his hand to a ruinous heap, neither because of these things shall help come in one's calamity,30:25אִם־לֹא בָכִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־יוֹם עָֽגְמָה נַפְשִׁי לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃If I have not wept for him that was in trouble, and if my soul grieved not for the needy.30:26כִּי טוֹב קִוִּיתִי וַיָּבֹא רָע וַֽאֲיַחֲלָה לְאוֹר וַיָּבֹא אֹֽפֶל׃Yet, when I looked for good, there came evil; and when I waited for light, there came darkness.30:27מֵעַי רֻתְּחוּ וְלֹא־דָמּוּ קִדְּמֻנִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃Mine inwards boil, and rest not; days of affliction are come upon me.30:28קֹדֵר הִלַּכְתִּי בְּלֹא חַמָּה קַמְתִּי בַקָּהָל אֲשַׁוֵּֽעַ׃I go mourning without the sun; I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.30:29אָח הָיִיתִי לְתַנִּים וְרֵעַ לִבְנוֹת יַעֲנָֽה׃I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.30:30עוֹרִישָׁחַר מֵעָלָי וְעַצְמִי־חָרָה מִנִּי־חֹֽרֶב׃My skin is black, and falleth from me, and my bones are burned with heat.30:31וַיְהִי לְאֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִי וְעֻגָבִי לְקוֹל בֹּכִֽים׃Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of them that weep.← previousJob 29next →Job 31↑ back to JobThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/30/