Job 31:13-22 : 13 {
"verseID": "Job.31.13",
"source": "אִם־אֶמְאַ֗ס מִשְׁפַּ֣ט עַ֭בְדִּי וַאֲמָתִ֑י בְּ֝רִבָ֗ם עִמָּדִֽי׃",
"text": "If-*ʾemʾas mišpaṭ ʿaḇdî wa-ʾămātî* in-*rîḇām ʿimmādî*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾemʾas*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I reject",
"*mišpaṭ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - justice/right of",
"*ʿaḇdî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my servant",
"*wa-ʾămātî*": "conjunction with noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and my maidservant",
"*rîḇām*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their dispute",
"*ʿimmādî*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - with me"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾemʾas*": "reject/despise/refuse",
"*mišpaṭ*": "justice/right/claim",
"*ʿaḇdî*": "my male servant/my slave",
"*ʾămātî*": "my female servant/my maidservant",
"*rîḇām*": "their dispute/their case/their lawsuit"
}
}
14 {
"verseID": "Job.31.14",
"source": "וּמָ֣ה אֶֽ֭עֱשֶׂה כִּֽי־יָק֣וּם אֵ֑ל וְכִֽי־יִ֝פְקֹ֗ד מָ֣ה אֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃",
"text": "And-*mâ ʾeʿĕśeh* when-*yāqûm ʾēl* and-when-*yipqōd mâ ʾăšîḇennû*",
"grammar": {
"*mâ*": "interrogative pronoun - what",
"*ʾeʿĕśeh*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will do",
"*yāqûm*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he rises",
"*ʾēl*": "noun, masculine singular - God",
"*yipqōd*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he visits/examines",
"*ʾăšîḇennû*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - I will answer him"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾeʿĕśeh*": "I will do/I would do/I could do",
"*yāqûm*": "rises/stands up/takes action",
"*ʾēl*": "God/deity",
"*yipqōd*": "visits/inspects/examines",
"*ʾăšîḇennû*": "I will answer him/I would respond to him"
}
}
15 {
"verseID": "Job.31.15",
"source": "הֲֽ֝לֹא־בַ֭בֶּטֶן עֹשֵׂ֣נִי עָשָׂ֑הוּ וַ֝יְכֻנֶ֗נּוּ בָּרֶ֥חֶם אֶחָֽד׃",
"text": "*hălōʾ-ḇabbeṭen ʿōśēnî* *ʿāśāhû* and-*yəḵûnennû bāreḥem ʾeḥād*",
"grammar": {
"*hălōʾ*": "interrogative particle with negative - did not",
"*ḇabbeṭen*": "preposition with definite article and noun, feminine singular - in the womb",
"*ʿōśēnî*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - [one] making me",
"*ʿāśāhû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he made him",
"*yəḵûnennû*": "verb, polel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he formed him",
"*bāreḥem*": "preposition with definite article and noun, masculine singular - in the womb",
"*ʾeḥād*": "adjective, masculine singular - one"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿōśēnî*": "my maker/one making me",
"*ʿāśāhû*": "made him/created him",
"*yəḵûnennû*": "formed him/fashioned him/prepared him",
"*reḥem*": "womb/belly",
"*ʾeḥād*": "one/same"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "Job.31.16",
"source": "אִם־אֶ֭מְנַע מֵחֵ֣פֶץ דַּלִּ֑ים וְעֵינֵ֖י אַלְמָנָ֣ה אֲכַלֶּֽה׃",
"text": "If-*ʾemnaʿ* from-*ḥēpeṣ dallîm* and-*ʿênê ʾalmānâ ʾăkalleh*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾemnaʿ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I withhold",
"*ḥēpeṣ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - desire of",
"*dallîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - poor ones",
"*ʿênê*": "noun, feminine dual construct - eyes of",
"*ʾalmānâ*": "noun, feminine singular - widow",
"*ʾăkalleh*": "verb, piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I cause to fail"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾemnaʿ*": "withhold/keep back/refuse",
"*ḥēpeṣ*": "desire/wish/request",
"*dallîm*": "poor/weak/lowly",
"*ʾăkalleh*": "cause to fail/exhaust/consume"
}
}
17 {
"verseID": "Job.31.17",
"source": "וְאֹכַ֣ל פִּתִּ֣י לְבַדִּ֑י וְלֹא־אָכַ֖ל יָת֣וֹם מִמֶּֽנָּה׃",
"text": "And-*ʾōkal pittî ləḇaddî* and-not-*ʾākal yātôm* from-it",
"grammar": {
"*ʾōkal*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I eat",
"*pittî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my morsel/bread",
"*ləḇaddî*": "preposition with noun and 1st person singular suffix - by myself",
"*ʾākal*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he ate",
"*yātôm*": "noun, masculine singular - orphan/fatherless"
},
"variants": {
"*pittî*": "my morsel/my piece/my bread",
"*ləḇaddî*": "by myself/alone",
"*yātôm*": "orphan/fatherless"
}
}
18 {
"verseID": "Job.31.18",
"source": "כִּ֣י מִ֭נְּעוּרַי גְּדֵלַ֣נִי כְאָ֑ב וּמִבֶּ֖טֶן אִמִּ֣י אַנְחֶֽנָּה׃",
"text": "For from-*nəʿûray gədēlanî* as-*ʾāḇ* and-from-*beṭen ʾimmî ʾanḥennâ*",
"grammar": {
"*nəʿûray*": "noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my youth",
"*gədēlanî*": "verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he raised me",
"*ʾāḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - father",
"*beṭen*": "noun, feminine singular construct - womb of",
"*ʾimmî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my mother",
"*ʾanḥennâ*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - I guided her"
},
"variants": {
"*nəʿûray*": "my youth/my childhood",
"*gədēlanî*": "he raised me/he brought me up",
"*ʾanḥennâ*": "I guided her/I led her/I directed her"
}
}
19 {
"verseID": "Job.31.19",
"source": "אִם־אֶרְאֶ֣ה א֭וֹבֵד מִבְּלִ֣י לְב֑וּשׁ וְאֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃",
"text": "If-*ʾerʾeh ʾôḇēd* from-without *ləḇûš* and-no *kəsût* to-*ʾeḇyôn*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾerʾeh*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I see",
"*ʾôḇēd*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - perishing one",
"*ləḇûš*": "noun, masculine singular - clothing",
"*kəsût*": "noun, feminine singular - covering",
"*ʾeḇyôn*": "adjective, masculine singular - needy/poor"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾôḇēd*": "perishing one/one who is dying/one who is lost",
"*ləḇûš*": "clothing/garment",
"*kəsût*": "covering/garment",
"*ʾeḇyôn*": "needy/poor/destitute"
}
}
20 {
"verseID": "Job.31.20",
"source": "אִם־לֹ֣א בֵרֲכ֣וּנִי *חלצו **חֲלָצָ֑יו וּמִגֵּ֥ז כְּ֝בָשַׂי יִתְחַמָּֽם׃",
"text": "If-not *ḇērăkûnî ḥălāṣāyw* and-from-*gēz kəḇāśay yitḥammām*",
"grammar": {
"*ḇērăkûnî*": "verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - they blessed me",
"*ḥălāṣāyw*": "noun, masculine dual with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his loins",
"*gēz*": "noun, masculine singular construct - fleece/shearing of",
"*kəḇāśay*": "noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my sheep",
"*yitḥammām*": "verb, hithpael imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he warmed himself"
},
"variants": {
"*ḇērăkûnî*": "they blessed me/they thanked me",
"*ḥălāṣāyw*": "his loins/his body/his sides",
"*gēz*": "fleece/shearing/wool",
"*yitḥammām*": "warmed himself/was warmed"
}
}
21 {
"verseID": "Job.31.21",
"source": "אִם־הֲנִיפ֣וֹתִי עַל־יָת֣וֹם יָדִ֑י כִּֽי־אֶרְאֶ֥ה בַ֝שַּׁ֗עַר עֶזְרָתִֽי׃",
"text": "If-*hănîpôtî* upon-*yātôm yādî* when-*ʾerʾeh ḇaššaʿar ʿezrātî*",
"grammar": {
"*hănîpôtî*": "verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - I raised/shook",
"*yātôm*": "noun, masculine singular - orphan/fatherless",
"*yādî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my hand",
"*ʾerʾeh*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I see",
"*ḇaššaʿar*": "preposition with definite article and noun, masculine singular - in the gate",
"*ʿezrātî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my help"
},
"variants": {
"*hănîpôtî*": "I raised/I shook/I brandished [threatening gesture]",
"*yātôm*": "orphan/fatherless",
"*ḇaššaʿar*": "in the gate [place of legal proceedings]",
"*ʿezrātî*": "my help/my support/my backing"
}
}
22 {
"verseID": "Job.31.22",
"source": "כְּ֭תֵפִי מִשִּׁכְמָ֣ה תִפּ֑וֹל וְ֝אֶזְרֹעִ֗י מִקָּנָ֥ה תִשָּׁבֵֽר׃",
"text": "*kətēpî miššikmâ tippôl* and-*ʾezrōʿî miqqānâ tiššāḇēr*",
"grammar": {
"*kətēpî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my shoulder",
"*miššikmâ*": "preposition with noun, feminine singular - from [its] socket",
"*tippôl*": "verb, qal imperfect jussive, 3rd person feminine singular - let it fall",
"*ʾezrōʿî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my arm",
"*miqqānâ*": "preposition with noun, feminine singular - from [its] joint",
"*tiššāḇēr*": "verb, niphal imperfect jussive, 3rd person feminine singular - let it be broken"
},
"variants": {
"*kətēpî*": "my shoulder/my shoulder blade",
"*šikmâ*": "socket/shoulder joint",
"*tippôl*": "fall/drop/be cast down",
"*ʾezrōʿî*": "my arm/my forearm",
"*qānâ*": "reed/joint/bone",
"*tiššāḇēr*": "be broken/be shattered"
}
}