1
וַיַּ֥עַן
c/6030 b
HC/Vqw3ms
וַיֹּאמַֽר
c/559
HC/Vqw3ms
Then Job answered and said,
2
I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
3
יַ֝עֲנֶ֗נּוּ
6030 b
HVqi3ms/Sp3ms
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
4
וְאַמִּ֣יץ
c/533
HC/Aamsc
וַיִּשְׁלָֽם
c/7999 a
HC/Vqw3ms
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
5
הַמַּעְתִּ֣יק
d/6275
HTd/Vhrmsa
הֲפָכָ֣ם
2015
HVqp3ms/Sp3mp
בְּאַפּֽוֹ
b/639
HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
6
הַמַּרְגִּ֣יז
d/7264
HTd/Vhrmsa
מִמְּקוֹמָ֑הּ
m/4725
HR/Ncmsc/Sp3fs
וְ֝עַמּוּדֶ֗יהָ
c/5982
HC/Ncmpc/Sp3fs
יִתְפַלָּצֽוּן
6426
HVti3mp/Sn
Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
7
הָאֹמֵ֣ר
d/559
HTd/Vqrmsa
לַ֭חֶרֶס
l/2775 a
HRd/Ncmsa
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
8
לְבַדּ֑וֹ
l/905
HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
וְ֝דוֹרֵ֗ךְ
c/1869
HC/Vqrmsa
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
9
וְכִימָ֗ה
c/3598
HC/Ncfsa
וְחַדְרֵ֥י
c/2315
HC/Ncmpc
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
10
וְנִפְלָא֗וֹת
c/6381
HC/VNrfpa
Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
11
וְ֝יַחֲלֹ֗ף
c/2498
HC/Vqi3ms
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
12
יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ
7725
HVhi3ms/Sp3ms
תַּעֲשֶֽׂה
6213 a
HVqi2ms
Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
13
If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
14
אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ
6030 b
HVqi1cs/Sp3ms
דְבָרַ֣י
1697
HNcmpc/Sp1cs
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
15
לִ֝מְשֹׁפְטִ֗י
l/8199
HR/Vmrmsc/Sp1cs
אֶתְחַנָּֽן
2603 a
HVti1cs
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
16
וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִי
c/6030 b
HC/Vqw3ms/Sp1cs
קוֹלִֽי
6963 a
HNcmsc/Sp1cs
If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
17
בִּשְׂעָרָ֥ה
b/8183
HR/Ncfsa
יְשׁוּפֵ֑נִי
7779
HVqi3ms/Sp1cs
וְהִרְבָּ֖ה
c/7235 a
HC/Vhq3ms
פְצָעַ֣י
6482
HNcmpc/Sp1cs
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
18
יִ֭תְּנֵנִי
5414
HVqi3ms/Sp1cs
רוּחִ֑י
7307
HNcbsc/Sp1cs
יַ֝שְׂבִּעַ֗נִי
7646
HVhi3ms/Sp1cs
He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
19
לְכֹ֣חַ
l/3581 b
HR/Ncmsa
לְ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗ט
l/4941
HR/Ncmsa
יוֹעִידֵֽנִי
3259
HVhi3ms/Sp1cs
If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
20
יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי
7561
HVhi3ms/Sp1cs
וַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִי
c/6140
HC/Vhw3ms/Sp1cs
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
21
נַפְשִׁ֗י
5315
HNcbsc/Sp1cs
חַיָּֽי
2416 e
HNcmpc/Sp1cs
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
22
וְ֝רָשָׁ֗ע
c/7563
HC/Aamsa
This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
23
לְמַסַּ֖ת
l/4531 a
HR/Ncfsc
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
24
שֹׁפְטֶ֥יהָ
8199
HVqrmpc/Sp3fs
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?
25
וְיָמַ֣י
c/3117
HC/Ncmpc/Sp1cs
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
26
כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר
k/5404
HR/Ncmsa
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
27
אֶשְׁכְּחָ֣ה
7911
HVqh1cs
שִׂיחִ֑י
7879
HNcmsc/Sp1cs
אֶעֶזְבָ֖ה
5800 a
HVqh1cs
וְאַבְלִֽיגָה
c/1082
HC/Vhh1cs
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
28
עַצְּבֹתָ֑י
6094
HNcfpc/Sp1cs
יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי
3045
HVqp1cs
תְנַקֵּֽנִי
5352
HVpi2ms/Sp1cs
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
29
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
30
הִתְרָחַ֥צְתִּי
7364
HVtp1cs
וַ֝הֲזִכּ֗וֹתִי
c/2141
HC/Vhq1cs
כַּפָּֽי
3709
HNcfdc/Sp1cs
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
31
בַּשַּׁ֣חַת
b/7845
HRd/Ncfsa
תִּטְבְּלֵ֑נִי
2881
HVqi2ms/Sp1cs
וְ֝תִֽעֲב֗וּנִי
c/8581
HC/Vpq3cp/Sp1cs
שַׂלְמוֹתָֽי
8008
HNcfpc/Sp1cs
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
32
אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ
6030 b
HVqi1cs/Sp3ms
בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט
b/4941
HRd/Ncmsa
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
33
שְׁנֵֽינוּ
8147
HAcmdc/Sp1cp
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
34
מֵעָלַ֣י
m/5921 a
HR/R/Sp1cs
שִׁבְט֑וֹ
7626
HNcmsc/Sp3ms
וְ֝אֵמָת֗וֹ
c/367
HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי
1204
HVpj3fs/Sp1cs
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
35
אַֽ֭דַבְּרָה
1696
HVph1cs
אִירָאֶ֑נּוּ
3372
HVqi1cs/Sp3ms
Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.