Job 630 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence.6:1וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃Then Job answered and said:6:2לוּ שָׁקוֹל יִשָּׁקֵל כַּעְשִׂי וְהַוָּתִי בְּֽמֹאזְנַיִם יִשְׂאוּ־יָֽחַד׃Oh that my vexation were but weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances altogether!6:3כִּֽי־עַתָּה מֵחוֹל יַמִּים יִכְבָּד עַל־כֵּן דְּבָרַי לָֽעוּ׃For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore are my words broken.6:4כִּי חִצֵּי שַׁדַּי עִמָּדִי אֲשֶׁר חֲמָתָם שֹׁתָה רוּחִי בִּעוּתֵי אֱלוֹהַּ יַֽעַרְכֽוּנִי׃For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh up; the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.6:5הֲיִֽנְהַק־פֶּרֶא עֲלֵי־דֶשֶׁא אִם יִגְעֶה־שּׁוֹר עַל־בְּלִילֽוֹ׃Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?6:6הֲיֵאָכֵל תָּפֵל מִבְּלִי־מֶלַח אִם־יֶשׁ־טַעַם בְּרִיר חַלָּמֽוּת׃Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the juice of mallows?6:7מֵאֲנָה לִנְגּוֹעַ נַפְשִׁי הֵמָּה כִּדְוֵי לַחְמִֽי׃My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh.6:8מִֽי־יִתֵּן תָּבוֹא שֶֽׁאֱלָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי יִתֵּן אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃Oh that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!6:9וְיֹאֵל אֱלוֹהַּ וִֽידַכְּאֵנִי יַתֵּר יָדוֹ וִֽיבַצְּעֵֽנִי׃Even that it would please God to crush me; that He would let loose His hand, and cut me off!6:10וּתְהִי עוֹד ׀ נֶחָמָתִי וַאֲסַלְּדָה בְחִילָה לֹא יַחְמוֹל כִּי־לֹא כִחַדְתִּי אִמְרֵי קָדֽוֹשׁ׃Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would exult in pain, though He spare not; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.6:11מַה־כֹּחִי כִֽי־אֲיַחֵל וּמַה־קִּצִּי כִּֽי־אַאֲרִיךְ נַפְשִֽׁי׃What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, that I should be patient?6:12אִם־כֹּחַ אֲבָנִים כֹּחִי אִֽם־בְּשָׂרִי נָחֽוּשׁ׃Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?6:13הַאִם אֵין עֶזְרָתִי בִי וְתֻשִׁיָּה נִדְּחָה מִמֶּֽנִּי׃Is it that I have no help in me, and that sound wisdom is driven quite from me?6:14לַמָּס מֵרֵעֵהוּ חָסֶד וְיִרְאַת שַׁדַּי יַעֲזֽוֹב׃To him that is ready to faint kindness is due from his friend, even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.6:15אַחַי בָּגְדוּ כְמוֹ־נָחַל כַּאֲפִיק נְחָלִים יַעֲבֹֽרוּ׃My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that overflow,6:16הַקֹּדְרִים מִנִּי־קָרַח עָלֵימוֹ יִתְעַלֶּם־שָֽׁלֶג׃Which are black by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow hideth itself;6:17בְּעֵת יְזֹרְבוּ נִצְמָתוּ בְּחֻמּוֹ נִדְעֲכוּ מִמְּקוֹמָֽם׃What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.6:18יִלָּפְתוּ אָרְחוֹת דַּרְכָּם יַעֲלוּ בַתֹּהוּ וְיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃The paths of their way do wind, they go up into the waste, and are lost.6:19הִבִּיטוּ אָרְחוֹת תֵּמָא הֲלִיכֹת שְׁבָא קִוּוּ־לָֽמוֹ׃The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them —6:20בֹּשׁוּ כִּֽי־בָטָח בָּאוּעָדֶיהָ וַיֶּחְפָּֽרוּ׃They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came thither, and were confounded.6:21כִּֽי־עַתָּה הֱיִיתֶם לוֹ תִּֽרְאוּ חֲתַת וַתִּירָֽאוּ׃For now ye are become His; ye see a terror, and are afraid.6:22הֲֽכִי־אָמַרְתִּי הָבוּ לִי וּמִכֹּחֲכֶם שִׁחֲדוּ בַעֲדִֽי׃Did I say: 'Give unto me'? or: 'Offer a present for me of your substance'?6:23וּמַלְּטוּנִי מִיַּד־צָר וּמִיַּד עָרִיצִים תִּפְדּֽוּנִי׃or: 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? or: 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors'?6:24הוֹרוּנִי וַאֲנִי אַחֲרִישׁ וּמַה־שָּׁגִיתִי הָבִינוּ לִֽי׃Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.6:25מַה־נִּמְרְצוּ אִמְרֵי־יֹשֶׁר וּמַה־יּוֹכִיחַ הוֹכֵחַ מִכֶּֽם׃How forcible are words of uprightness! But what doth your arguing argue?6:26הַלְהוֹכַח מִלִּים תַּחְשֹׁבוּ וּלְרוּחַ אִמְרֵי נֹאָֽשׁ׃Do ye hold words to be an argument, but the speeches of one that is desperate to be wind?6:27אַף־עַל־יָתוֹם תַּפִּילוּ וְתִכְרוּ עַל־רֵֽיעֲכֶֽם׃Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless, and dig a pit for your friend.6:28וְעַתָּה הוֹאִילוּ פְנוּ־בִי וְעַל־פְּנֵיכֶם אִם־אֲכַזֵּֽב׃Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; for surely I shall not lie to your face.6:29שֻֽׁבוּ־נָא אַל־תְּהִי עַוְלָה וְשׁוּבוּעוֹד צִדְקִי־בָֽהּ׃Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; yea, return again, my cause is righteous.6:30הֲיֵשׁ־בִּלְשׁוֹנִי עַוְלָה אִם־חִכִּי לֹא־יָבִין הַוּֽוֹת׃Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern crafty devices?← previousJob 5next →Job 7↑ back to JobThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/6/