job 9:1

וַיֹּאמַֽראִיֹּ֗ובוַיַּ֥עַן
wayo'marh
'iyowbh
waya'anh
wayo'mar
'iyowb
waya'an
Then Job
answered:

9-1. Then Job answered and said,

job 9:2

אֵֽלעִםאֱנֹ֣ושׁיִּצְדַּ֖קוּמַהכִיכֵ֑ןיָדַ֣עְתִּיאָ֭מְנָם
'elh
'imh
'enowsh
yisedaqh
wmahh
kiykenh
yada'etiyh
'amenamh
'el
'im
'enows
yisedaq
wmah
kiyken
yada'etiy
'amenam
God?
before
can a mortal
be righteous
but how
that [it is] so,
I know
“Yes,

9-2. I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

job 9:3

אָֽלֶףמִנִּיאַחַ֥תיַ֝עֲנֶ֗נּוּלֹֽאעִמֹּ֑ולָרִ֣יבאִםיַ֭חְפֹּץ
'aleph
miniyh
'ahath
ya'anenwh
lo'
'imowh
lariybh
'imyaheposh
'alep
miniy
'ahat
ya'anenw
lo'
'imow
lariyb
'imyahepos
of a thousand.
out
one [time]
answer Him
he could not
with [God],
to contend
If one wished

9-3. If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

job 9:4

אֵ֝לָ֗יווַיִּשְׁלָֽםהִקְשָׁ֥המִֽיכֹּ֑חַוְאַמִּ֣יץלֵ֭בָבחֲכַ֣ם
'elaywwayiselamh
hiqesahh
miyh
koha
we'amiysh
lebabh
hakamh
'elaywwayiselam
hiqesah
miy
koha
we'amiys
lebab
hakam
against Him and prospered?
has hardened [himself]
Who
in strength.
and mighty
in heart
[God is] wise

9-4. He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

job 9:5

בְּאַפֹּֽואֲשֶׁ֖רהֲפָכָ֣םיָדָ֑עוּוְלֹ֣אהָ֭רִיםהַמַּעְתִּ֣יק
be'apowh
'aserhapakamh
yada'wh
welo'
hariymh
hama'etiyqh
be'apow
'aserhapakam
yada'w
welo'
hariym
hama'etiyq
in His anger.
when He overturns them
their knowledge,
without
mountains
He moves

9-5. Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.

job 9:6

יִתְפַלָּצֽוּןוְ֝עַמּוּדֶ֗יהָמְּקֹומָ֑הּמִאֶ֭רֶץהַמַּרְגִּ֣יז
yitepalaswnh
we'amwdeyha
meqowmahh
mi
'eresh
hamaregiyzh
yitepalaswn
we'amwdeyha
meqowmah
mi
'eres
hamaregiyz
tremble.
so that its foundations
its place,
from
the earth
He shakes

9-6. Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.

job 9:7

יַחְתֹּֽםכֹּוכָבִ֣יםוּבְעַ֖דיִזְרָ֑חוְלֹ֣אלַ֭חֶרֶסהָאֹמֵ֣ר
yahetomh
kowkabiymh
wbe'adh
yizerahh
welo'
laheresh
ha'omerh
yahetom
kowkabiym
wbe'ad
yizerah
welo'
laheres
ha'omer
the stars.
and seals off
to shine,
not
the sun
He commands

9-7. Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.

job 9:8

יָֽםבָּ֥מֳתֵיעַלוְ֝דֹורֵ֗ךְלְבַדֹּ֑ושָׁמַ֣יִםנֹטֶ֣ה
yamh
bamoteyh
'alh
wedowreke
lebadowh
samayimh
notehh
yam
bamotey
'al
wedowreke
lebadow
samayim
noteh
of the sea.
the waves
on
and treads
He alone
the heavens,
stretches out

9-8. Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

job 9:9

תֵמָֽןוְחַדְרֵ֥יוְכִימָ֗הכְּסִ֥ילעָ֭שׁעֹֽשֶׂה
temanh
wehadereyh
wekiymahh
kesiylh
'ash
'osehh
teman
wehaderey
wekiymah
kesiyl
'as
'oseh
of the south.
and the constellations
of the Pleiades
[and] Orion,
of the Bear
He is the Maker

9-9. Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

job 9:10

מִסְפָּֽראֵ֥יןעַדוְנִפְלָאֹ֗ותחֵ֑קֶראֵ֣יןעַדגְ֭דֹלֹותעֹשֶׂ֣ה
miseparh
'eynh
'adh
wenipela'owth
heqerh
'eynh
'adh
gedolowth
'osehh
misepar
'eyn
'ad
wenipela'owt
heqer
'eyn
'ad
gedolowt
'oseh
number.
without
wonders
and unfathomable [things],
great
He does

9-10. Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

job 9:11

אָבִ֥יןוְֽלֹאוְ֝יַחֲלֹ֗ףאֶרְאֶ֑הוְלֹ֣אעָ֭לַייַעֲבֹ֣רהֵ֤ן
'abiynh
welo'
weyahaloph
'ere'ehh
welo'
'alayh
ya'aborh
henh
'abiyn
welo'
weyahalop
'ere'eh
welo'
'alay
ya'abor
hen
recognize Him.
I would not
were He to move,
see Him;
I would not
by me,
to pass
Were He

9-11. Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

job 9:12

תַּעֲשֶֽׂהאֵ֝לָ֗יומַֽהיֹאמַ֥רמִֽייְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּמִ֣ייַ֭חְתֹּףלֹֽוהֵ֣ן
ta'asehh
'elaywmahh
yo'marh
miyh
yesiybenwh
miyh
yahetoph
lowhenh
ta'aseh
'elaywmah
yo'mar
miy
yesiybenw
miy
yahetop
lowhen
are You doing?’
to Him, ‘What
can say
Who
can hinder Him?
who
He snatches away,
If

9-12. Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

job 9:13

רָֽהַבעֹ֣זְרֵישָׁ֝חֲח֗וּתַּחְתָּ֥יואַפֹּ֑ויָשִׁ֣יבלֹאאֱ֭לֹוהַּ
rahabh
'ozereyh
sahahwh
tahetaywh
'apowh
yasiybh
lo'
'elowha
rahab
'ozerey
sahahw
tahetayw
'apow
yasiyb
lo'
'elowha
of Rahab
the helpers
cower
beneath Him.
His anger;
restrain
does not
God

9-13. If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.

job 9:14

עִמֹּֽודְבָרַ֣יאֶבְחֲרָ֖האֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּכִּֽיאָנֹכִ֣יאַ֭ף
'imowh
debarayh
'ebeharahh
'e'enenwh
kiy'anokiyh
'aph
'imow
debaray
'ebeharah
'e'enenw
kiy'anokiy
'ap
against Him?
my arguments
or choose
answer Him
then can I
How

9-14. How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?

job 9:15

אֶתְחַנָּֽןלִ֝מְשֹׁפְטִ֗יאֶעֱנֶ֑הלֹ֣אאֲשֶׁ֣ראִםצָ֭דַקְתִּי
'etehananh
limesopetiyh
'e'enehh
lo'
'aser'imsadaqetiyh
'etehanan
limesopetiy
'e'eneh
lo'
'aser'imsadaqetiy
for mercy.
I could only beg my Judge
answer.
I could not
For even if I were right,

9-15. Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

job 9:16

קֹולִֽיכִּֽייַאֲזִ֥יןאַ֝אֲמִ֗יןלֹֽאוַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִיאִםקָרָ֥אתִי
qowliyh
kiyya'aziynh
'a'amiynh
lo'
waya'aneniyh
'imqara'tiyh
qowliy
kiyya'aziyn
'a'amiyn
lo'
waya'aneniy
'imqara'tiy
to my voice.
He would listen
believe
I do not
and He answered me,
If I summoned Him

9-16. If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

job 9:17

חִנָּֽםפְצָעַ֣יוְהִרְבָּ֖היְשׁוּפֵ֑נִיאֲשֶׁרבִּשְׂעָרָ֥ה
hinamh
pesa'ayh
wehirebahh
yeswpeniyh
'aserbise'arahh
hinam
pesa'ay
wehirebah
yeswpeniy
'aserbise'arah
without cause.
my wounds
and multiply
He would crush me
For For with a tempest

9-17. For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

job 9:18

מַמְּרֹרִֽיםכִּ֥ייַ֝שְׂבִּעַ֗נִירוּחִ֑יהָשֵׁ֣ביִ֭תְּנֵנִילֹֽא
mameroriymh
kiyyasebi'aniyh
rwhiyh
hasebh
yiteneniyh
lo'
mameroriym
kiyyasebi'aniy
rwhiy
haseb
yiteneniy
lo'
with bitterness.
but overwhelms me
my breath,
me catch
let
He does not

9-18. He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

job 9:19

יֹועִידֵֽנִימִ֣יוְאִםלְ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗טהִנֵּ֑האַמִּ֣יץאִםלְכֹ֣חַ
yow'iydeniyh
miyh
we'imlemisepath
hinehh
'amiysh
'imlekoha
yow'iydeniy
miy
we'imlemisepat
hineh
'amiys
'imlekoha
can summon Him?
who
If If it is a matter of justice,
He is indeed
mighty!
If If it is a matter of strength,

9-19. If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

job 9:20

וַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִיאָ֝֗נִיתָּֽםיַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִיפִּ֣יאִםאֶ֭צְדָּק
waya'eqeseniyh
'aniyh
tamh
yaresiy'eniyh
piyh
'im'esedaqh
waya'eqeseniy
'aniy
tam
yaresiy'eniy
piy
'im'esedaq
it would declare me guilty.
if I
were blameless,
would condemn me;
my mouth
Even if I were righteous,

9-20. If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

job 9:21

חַיָּֽיאֶמְאַ֥סנַפְשִׁ֗יאֵדַ֥עלֹֽאאָ֭נִיתָּֽם
hayayh
'eme'ash
napesiyh
'eda'
lo'
'aniyh
tamh
hayay
'eme'as
napesiy
'eda'
lo'
'aniy
tam
my life.
I despise
for myself;
concern
I have no
Though I
am blameless,

9-21. Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

job 9:22

מְכַלֶּֽהה֣וּאוְ֝רָשָׁ֗עתָּ֥םאָמַ֑רְתִּיכֵּ֥ןעַלהִ֥יאאַחַ֗ת
mekalehh
hw'
werasa'
tamh
'amaretiyh
kenh
'alh
hiy'
'ahath
mekaleh
hw'
werasa'
tam
'amaretiy
ken
'al
hiy'
'ahat
destroys
‘He
and the wicked.’
both the blameless
I say,
that is why
It
is all the same;

9-22. This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

job 9:23

יִלְעָֽגנְקִיִּ֣םלְמַסַּ֖תפִּתְאֹ֑םיָמִ֣יתאִםשֹׁ֭וט
yile'agh
neqiyimh
lemasath
pite'omh
yamiyth
'imsowth
yile'ag
neqiyim
lemasat
pite'om
yamiyt
'imsowt
He mocks
of the innocent.
the despair
brings sudden
death,
When the scourge

9-23. If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

job 9:24

הֽוּאמִיאֵפֹ֣ואאִםלֹ֖איְכַסֶּ֑השֹׁפְטֶ֥יהָפְּנֵֽירָשָׁ֗עבְֽיַדנִתְּנָ֬האֶ֤רֶץ
hw'
miyh
'epow'
'imlo'
yekasehh
sopeteyha
peneyh
rasa'
beyadh
nitenahh
'eresh
hw'
miy
'epow'
'imlo'
yekaseh
sopeteyha
peney
rasa'
beyad
nitenah
'eres
[is] it?
who
then
If it is not [He],
its judges.
He blindfolds
of the wicked;
into the hand
is given
The earth

9-24. The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

job 9:25

טֹובָֽהרָא֥וּלֹאבָּֽ֝רְח֗וּרָ֑ץמִנִּיקַ֭לּוּוְיָמַ֣י
towbahh
ra'wh
lo'
barehwh
rash
miniyh
qalwh
weyamayh
towbah
ra'w
lo'
barehw
ras
miniy
qalw
weyamay
any good.
seeing
without
they flee
a runner;
than
are swifter
My days

9-25. Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

job 9:26

אֹֽכֶלעֲלֵייָט֥וּשׂנֶ֗שֶׁרכְּ֝אֵבֶ֑האֳנִיֹּ֣ותעִםחָ֭לְפוּ
'okelh
'aleyh
yatwsh
neserh
ke
'ebehh
'oniyowth
'imh
halepwh
'okel
'aley
yatws
neser
ke
'ebeh
'oniyowt
'im
halepw
its prey.
on
swooping down
like an eagle
of papyrus,
boats
like
They sweep by

9-26. They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

job 9:27

וְאַבְלִֽיגָהפָנַ֣יאֶעֶזְבָ֖השִׂיחִ֑יאֶשְׁכְּחָ֣האִםאָ֭מְרִי
we'abeliygahh
panayh
'e'ezebahh
siyhiyh
'esekehahh
'im'ameriyh
we'abeliygah
panay
'e'ezebah
siyhiy
'esekehah
'im'ameriy
and smile,’
my expression,
I will change
my complaint,
‘I will forget
If I say,

9-27. If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

job 9:28

תְנַקֵּֽנִיכִּילֹ֥איָ֝דַ֗עְתִּיעַצְּבֹתָ֑יכָליָגֹ֥רְתִּי
tenaqeniyh
kiylo'
yada'etiyh
'asebotayh
kalh
yagoretiyh
tenaqeniy
kiylo'
yada'etiy
'asebotay
kal
yagoretiy
acquit me.
that You will not
I know
my sufferings;
all
I would still dread

9-28. I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

job 9:29

אִיגָֽעהֶ֣בֶלזֶּ֝֗הלָמָּהאֶרְשָׁ֑עאָנֹכִ֥י
'iyga'
hebelh
zehh
lamahh
'eresa'
'anokiyh
'iyga'
hebel
zeh
lamah
'eresa'
'anokiy
should I labor
in vain?
why
already found guilty,
Since I am

9-29. If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

job 9:30

כַּפָּֽיבְּבֹ֣רוַ֝הֲזִכֹּ֗ותִישָׁ֑לֶגבְמֵיאִםהִתְרָחַ֥צְתִּי
kapayh
beborh
wahazikowtiyh
salegh
bemeyh
'imhiterahasetiyh
kapay
bebor
wahazikowtiy
saleg
bemey
'imhiterahasetiy
my hands
with lye,
and cleanse
with snow
If I should wash myself

9-30. If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

job 9:31

שַׂלְמֹותָֽיוְ֝תִֽעֲב֗וּנִיתִּטְבְּלֵ֑נִיבַּשַּׁ֣חַתאָ֭ז
salemowtayh
weti'abwniyh
titebeleniyh
basahath
'azh
salemowtay
weti'abwniy
titebeleniy
basahat
'az
and even my own clothes
would despise me!
You would plunge me
into the pit,
then

9-31. Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.

job 9:32

בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽטיַ֝חְדָּ֗ונָבֹ֥ואאֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּכָּמֹ֣נִיאִ֣ישׁכִּילֹא
bamisepath
yahedawh
nabow'
'e'enenwh
kamoniyh
'iysh
kiylo'
bamisepat
yahedaw
nabow'
'e'enenw
kamoniy
'iys
kiylo'
to court.
each other
that we can take
that I can answer Him,
like me,
a man
For He is not

9-32. For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

job 9:33

שְׁנֵֽינוּעַליָדֹ֣ויָשֵׁ֖תמֹוכִ֑יחַבֵּינֵ֣ינוּיֵשׁלֹ֣א
seneynwh
'alh
yadowh
yaseth
mowkiyha
beyneynwh
yesh
lo'
seneynw
'al
yadow
yaset
mowkiyha
beyneynw
yes
lo'
us both.
upon
his hand
to lay
a mediator
between us,
is there
Nor

9-33. Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

job 9:34

תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּיאַֽלוְ֝אֵמָתֹ֗ושִׁבְטֹ֑ועָלַ֣ימֵיָסֵ֣ר
teba'ataniyh
'alh
we'ematowh
sibetowh
'alayh
me
yaserh
teba'ataniy
'al
we'ematow
sibetow
'alay
me
yaser
longer frighten me.
will no
so that His terror
His rod
me,
from
Let Him remove

9-34. Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

job 9:35

עִמָּדִֽיאָ֝נֹכִ֗יכֵ֥ןכִּ֥ילֹאאִירָאֶ֑נּוּוְלֹ֣אאַֽ֭דַבְּרָה
'imadiyh
'anokiyh
kenh
kiylo'
'iyra'enwh
welo'
'adaberahh
'imadiy
'anokiy
ken
kiylo'
'iyra'enw
welo'
'adaberah
am on my own.
I
But as it is,
fear of Him.
without
Then I would speak

9-35. Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.