job 23:1

וַיֹּאמַֽראִיֹּ֗ובוַיַּ֥עַן
wa-ya-ama-r
aa-ya-wb
wa-ya-'a-n
wayo'mar
'iyowb
waya'an
Then Job
answered:

23-1. Then Job answered and said,

job 23:2

אַנְחָתִֽיעַלכָּבְדָ֥היָ֝דִ֗ישִׂחִ֑ימְרִ֣יהַ֭יֹּוםגַּם
aa-na-cha-tha-ya
'a-l
ka-ba-da-ha
ya-da-ya
sha-cha-ya
ma-ra-ya
ha-ya-wm
ga-m
'anehatiy
'al
kabedah
yadiy
sihiy
meriy
hayowm
gam
my groaning.
despite
is heavy
His hand
my complaint
is bitter.
today
“Even

23-2. Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

job 23:3

תְּכוּנָתֹֽועַדאָ֝בֹ֗ואוְאֶמְצָאֵ֑הוּיָ֭דַעְתִּייִתֵּ֣ןמִֽי
tha-kwna-tha-wa
'a-d
aa-ba-wa
wa-aa-ma-sa-aa-hwa
ya-da-'a-tha-ya
ya-tha-n
ma-ya
tekwnatow
'ad
'abow'
we'emesa'ehw
yada'etiy
yiten
miy
His seat.
to
so that I could go
where to find Him,
I knew
If only

23-3. Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

job 23:4

תֹוכָחֹֽותאֲמַלֵּ֥אוּ֝פִ֗ימִשְׁפָּ֑טלְפָנָ֣יואֶעֶרְכָ֣ה
tha-wka-cha-wtha
aama-la-a
wpa-ya
ma-sha-pa-t
la-pa-na-ywa
aa-'a-ra-ka-ha
towkahowt
'amale'
wpiy
misepat
lepanayw
'e'erekah
arguments.
with
and fill my mouth
my case
before Him
I would plead

23-4. I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

job 23:5

יֹּ֥אמַרמַהוְ֝אָבִ֗ינָהיַעֲנֵ֑נִימִלִּ֣יםאֵ֭דְעָה
ya-ama-r
ma-ha
wa-aa-ba-yna-ha
ya-'ana-na-ya
ma-la-ym
aa-da-'a-ha
yo'mar
mah
we'abiynah
ya'aneniy
miliym
'ede'ah
He would say.
what
and consider
He would answer,
how
I would learn

23-5. I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

job 23:6

יָשִׂ֥םה֝֗וּאאַךְלֹ֥אעִמָּדִ֑ייָרִ֣יבכֹּ֖חַבְּרָבלִֽיהַ
ya-sha-m
hwa
aa-ka
la-a
'a-ma-da-ya
ya-ra-yb
ka-cha
ba-ra-b
la-yha
yasim
hw'
'ake
lo'
'imadiy
yariyb
koha
berab
liyha
take [note]
He
would certainly
No,
with me
Would He contend
power?
in His great

23-6. Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

job 23:7

שֹּׁפְטִֽימִלָ֝נֶ֗צַחוַאֲפַלְּטָ֥העִמֹּ֑ונֹוכָ֣חיָ֭שָׁרבִּֽישָׁ֗ם
sha-pa-ta-ya
ma
la-na-sa-cha
wa-aapa-la-ta-ha
'a-ma-wa
na-wka-cha
ya-sha-r
ba-ysha-m
sopetiy
mi
lanesah
wa'apaletah
'imow
nowkah
yasar
biysam
my Judge.
from
forever
and I would be delivered
with Him,
could reason
an upright man
of me. Then

23-7. There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

job 23:8

אָבִ֥יןוְֽלֹאוְ֝אָחֹ֗ורוְאֵינֶ֑נּוּאֶהֱלֹ֣ךְקֶ֣דֶםהֵ֤ן
aa-ba-yn
wa-la-a
wa-aa-cha-wr
wa-aa-yna-nwa
aa-hu-la-ka
qa-da-m
ha-n
'abiyn
welo'
we'ahowr
we'eynenw
'eheloke
qedem
hen
find
I cannot
and if I go west,
He is not there,
I go
east,
If

23-8. Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

job 23:9

אֶרְאֶֽהוְלֹ֣איָ֝מִ֗יןיַעְטֹ֥ףאָ֑חַזוְלֹאבַּעֲשֹׂתֹ֣ולֹֽושְׂמֹ֣אול
aa-ra-aa-ha
wa-la-a
ya-ma-yn
ya-'a-ta-ph
aa-cha-z
wa-la-a
ba-'asha-tha-wa
la-wsha-ma-awl
'ere'eh
welo'
yamiyn
ya'etop
'ahaz
welo'
ba'asotow
lowsemo'wl
see [Him].
I cannot
to the south,
when He turns
behold [Him];
I cannot
When He is at work
Him. in the north,

23-9. On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

job 23:10

אֵצֵֽאזָּהָ֥בכַּבְּ֝חָנַ֗נִיעִמָּדִ֑ידֶּ֣רֶךְכִּֽייָ֭דַע
aa-sa-a
za-ha-b
ka
ba-cha-na-na-ya
'a-ma-da-ya
da-ra-ka
ka-yya-da-'
'ese'
zahab
ka
behananiy
'imadiy
dereke
kiyyada'
I will come forth
as gold.
when He has tested me,
the way I have taken;
Yet He knows

23-10. But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

job 23:11

אָֽטוְלֹאשָׁמַ֣רְתִּידַּרְכֹּ֖ורַגְלִ֑יאָחֲזָ֣הבַּ֭אֲשֻׁרֹו
aa-t
wa-la-a
sha-ma-ra-tha-ya
da-ra-ka-wa
ra-ga-la-ya
aa-chaza-ha
ba-aashura-wa
'at
welo'
samaretiy
darekow
rageliy
'ahazah
ba'asurow
turning aside.
without
I have kept
His way
My feet
have followed
in His tracks;

23-11. My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

job 23:12

פִֽיואִמְרֵיצָפַ֥נְתִּיחֻקִּ֗ימֵ֝אָמִ֑ישׁוְלֹ֣אשְׂ֭פָתָיומִצְוַ֣ת
pa-ywa
aa-ma-ra-ya
sa-pa-na-tha-ya
chuqa-ya
ma
aa-ma-ysha
wa-la-a
sha-pa-tha-ywa
ma-sa-wa-tha
piyw
'imerey
sapanetiy
huqiy
me
'amiys
welo'
sepatayw
misewat
of His mouth
the words
I have treasured
more than my daily bread.
departed
I have not
of His lips;
from the command

23-12. Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

job 23:13

וַיָּֽעַשׂאִוְּתָ֣הוְנַפְשֹׁ֖ויְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּוּמִ֣יבְ֭אֶחָדוְה֣וּא
wa-ya-'a-sha
aa-wa-tha-ha
wa-na-pa-sha-wa
ya-sha-yba-nwa
wma-ya
ba-aa-cha-d
wa-hwa
waya'as
'iwetah
wenapesow
yesiybenw
wmiy
be'ehad
wehw'
He does
desires.
what He
can oppose Him?
and who
But He is unchangeable,

23-13. But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

job 23:14

עִמֹּֽורַבֹּ֣ותהֵ֖נָּהוְכָחֻקִּ֑יכִּ֭ייַשְׁלִ֣ים
'a-ma-wa
ra-ba-wtha
ha-na-ha
wa-ka
chuqa-ya
ka-yya-sha-la-ym
'imow
rabowt
henah
weka
huqiy
kiyyaseliym
and He has
many
such plans.
His decree against me,
For He carries out

23-14. For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

job 23:15

מִמֶּֽנּוּוְאֶפְחַ֥דאֶ֝תְבֹּונֵ֗ןאֶבָּהֵ֑לפָּנָ֣יומִכֵּ֭ןעַל
ma-ma-nwa
wa-aa-pa-cha-d
aa-tha-ba-wna-n
aa-ba-ha-l
pa-na-ywa
ma
ka-n
'a-l
mimenw
we'epehad
'etebownen
'ebahel
panayw
mi
ken
'al
Him.
I fear
when I consider this,
I am terrified
in His presence;
Therefore

23-15. Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

job 23:16

הִבְהִילָֽנִיוְ֝שַׁדַּ֗ילִבִּ֑יהֵרַ֣ךְוְ֭אֵל
ha-ba-ha-yla-na-ya
wa-sha-da-ya
la-ba-ya
ha-ra-ka
wa-aa-l
hibehiylaniy
wesaday
libiy
herake
we'el
has terrified me.
the Almighty
has made my heart
faint;
God

23-16. For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

job 23:17

אֹֽפֶלכִּסָּהפָּנַ֗יוּ֝מִחֹ֑שֶׁךְפְּנֵימִנִ֭צְמַתִּיכִּֽילֹ֣א
aa-pa-l
ka-sa-ha
pa-na-ya
wma
cha-sha-ka
pa-na-ya
ma
na-sa-ma-tha-ya
ka-yla-a
'opel
kisah
panay
wmi
hoseke
peney
mi
nisematiy
kiylo'
by the thick darkness
that covers
my face.
the darkness,
by
silenced
Yet I am not

23-17. Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.