1 { "verseID": "Job.19.1", "source": "‫וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃‬", "text": "*wə-yaʿan* *ʾiyyōb* *wə-yōʾmar*", "grammar": { "*wə-yaʿan*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and answered", "*ʾiyyōb*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Job", "*wə-yōʾmar*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and said" }, "variants": { "*yaʿan*": "to answer/respond", "*ʾiyyōb*": "Job (name meaning possibly 'persecuted')", "*yōʾmar*": "to say/speak" } }

2 { "verseID": "Job.19.2", "source": "‫עַד־אָ֭נָה תּוֹגְי֣וּן נַפְשִׁ֑י וּֽתְדַכּאוּנַ֥נִי בְמִלִּֽים׃‬", "text": "*ʿad-ʾānāh* *tōgyūn* *napšî* *ū-tədakkəʾūnanî* *bə-millîm*", "grammar": { "*ʿad-ʾānāh*": "preposition + interrogative - until when/how long", "*tōgyūn*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you afflict/cause grief", "*napšî*": "noun common feminine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my soul/self", "*ū-tədakkəʾūnanî*": "waw conjunction + piel imperfect, 2nd masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - and you crush me", "*bə-millîm*": "preposition + noun common feminine plural - with words" }, "variants": { "*tōgyūn*": "to afflict/grieve/cause sorrow", "*nepeš*": "soul/life/self/person/desire", "*dākāʾ*": "to crush/break/bruise", "*millîm*": "words/speech" } }

3 { "verseID": "Job.19.3", "source": "‫זֶ֤ה עֶ֣שֶׂר פְּ֭עָמִים תַּכְלִימ֑וּנִי לֹֽא־תֵ֝בֹ֗שׁוּ תַּהְכְּרוּ־לִֽי׃‬", "text": "*zeh* *ʿeśer* *pəʿāmîm* *taklîmūnî* *lō-tēbōšū* *tahkərū-lî*", "grammar": { "*zeh*": "demonstrative pronoun - this", "*ʿeśer*": "numeral - ten", "*pəʿāmîm*": "noun common feminine plural - times", "*taklîmūnî*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - you insult/shame me", "*lō-tēbōšū*": "negative particle + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you are not ashamed", "*tahkərū-lî*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine plural + preposition + 1st person singular suffix - you mistreat/wrong to me" }, "variants": { "*kālam*": "to shame/humiliate/insult", "*būš*": "to be ashamed/disappointed/confused", "*nākar*": "to treat as foreign/strange/act wrongly toward" } }

4 { "verseID": "Job.19.4", "source": "‫וְאַף־אָמְנָ֥ם שָׁגִ֑יתִי אִ֝תִּ֗י תָּלִ֥ין מְשׁוּגָתִֽי׃‬", "text": "*wə-ʾap-ʾomnām* *šāgîtî* *ʾittî* *tālîn* *məšūgātî*", "grammar": { "*wə-ʾap-ʾomnām*": "waw conjunction + conjunction + adverb - and even truly/indeed", "*šāgîtî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have erred", "*ʾittî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - with me", "*tālîn*": "qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it lodges/remains", "*məšūgātî*": "noun common feminine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my error" }, "variants": { "*šāgāh*": "to err/go astray/wander", "*lūn*": "to lodge/stay overnight/remain", "*məšūgāh*": "error/mistake" } }

5 { "verseID": "Job.19.5", "source": "‫אִם־אָ֭מְנָם עָלַ֣י תַּגְדִּ֑ילוּ וְתוֹכִ֥יחוּ עָ֝לַ֗י חֶרְפָּתִּֽי׃‬", "text": "*ʾim-ʾomnām* *ʿālay* *tagdîlū* *wə-tôkîḥū* *ʿālay* *ḥerpātî*", "grammar": { "*ʾim-ʾomnām*": "conjunction + adverb - if truly/indeed", "*ʿālay*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - against me", "*tagdîlū*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you magnify yourselves", "*wə-tôkîḥū*": "waw conjunction + hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - and you argue/prove", "*ʿālay*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - against me", "*ḥerpātî*": "noun common feminine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my reproach" }, "variants": { "*gādal*": "to magnify/exalt/make great", "*yākaḥ*": "to argue/prove/rebuke/reproach", "*ḥerpāh*": "reproach/disgrace/shame" } }

6 { "verseID": "Job.19.6", "source": "‫דְּֽעוּ־אֵ֭פוֹ כִּי־אֱל֣וֹהַּ עִוְּתָ֑נִי וּ֝מְצוּד֗וֹ עָלַ֥י הִקִּֽיף׃‬", "text": "*dəʿū-ʾēpô* *kî-ʾĕlôah* *ʿiwwətānî* *ū-məṣūdô* *ʿālay* *hiqqîp*", "grammar": { "*dəʿū-ʾēpô*": "qal imperative, masculine plural + particle - know then", "*kî-ʾĕlôah*": "conjunction + noun common masculine singular - that God", "*ʿiwwətānî*": "piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - he has bent/twisted me", "*ū-məṣūdô*": "waw conjunction + noun common feminine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his net", "*ʿālay*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - around me", "*hiqqîp*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has encompassed" }, "variants": { "*yādaʿ*": "to know/understand", "*ʾēpô*": "then/now (emphatic particle)", "*ʾĕlôah*": "God/deity", "*ʿāwat*": "to bend/twist/distort/pervert", "*māṣôd*": "net/snare/hunting implement", "*nāqap*": "to encompass/encircle/surround" } }

7 { "verseID": "Job.19.7", "source": "‫הֵ֤ן אֶצְעַ֣ק חָ֭מָס וְלֹ֣א אֵעָנֶ֑ה אֲ֝שַׁוַּ֗ע וְאֵ֣ין מִשְׁפָּֽט׃‬", "text": "*hēn* *ʾeṣʿaq* *ḥāmās* *wə-lō* *ʾēʿāneh* *ʾăšawwaʿ* *wə-ʾên* *mišpāṭ*", "grammar": { "*hēn*": "interjection - behold", "*ʾeṣʿaq*": "qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I cry out", "*ḥāmās*": "noun common masculine singular - violence/wrong", "*wə-lō*": "waw conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*ʾēʿāneh*": "niphal imperfect, 1st person singular - I am answered", "*ʾăšawwaʿ*": "piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I cry for help", "*wə-ʾên*": "waw conjunction + particle of negation - and there is no", "*mišpāṭ*": "noun common masculine singular - justice/judgment" }, "variants": { "*ṣāʿaq*": "to cry/call out", "*ḥāmās*": "violence/wrong/injustice", "*ʿānāh*": "to answer/respond", "*šāwaʿ*": "to cry out for help", "*mišpāṭ*": "justice/judgment/legal process" } }

8 { "verseID": "Job.19.8", "source": "‫אָרְחִ֣י גָ֭דַר וְלֹ֣א אֶעֱב֑וֹר וְעַ֥ל נְ֝תִיבוֹתַ֗י חֹ֣שֶׁךְ יָשִֽׂים׃‬", "text": "*ʾorḥî* *gādar* *wə-lō* *ʾeʿĕbôr* *wə-ʿal* *nətîbôtay* *ḥōšek* *yāśîm*", "grammar": { "*ʾorḥî*": "noun common feminine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my path", "*gādar*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has walled up", "*wə-lō*": "waw conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*ʾeʿĕbôr*": "qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I pass over", "*wə-ʿal*": "waw conjunction + preposition - and upon", "*nətîbôtay*": "noun common feminine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - my paths", "*ḥōšek*": "noun common masculine singular - darkness", "*yāśîm*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he places" }, "variants": { "*ʾōraḥ*": "path/way/road", "*gādar*": "to wall up/fence in/enclose", "*ʿābar*": "to pass over/through/by", "*nātîb*": "path/pathway/way", "*ḥōšek*": "darkness/obscurity", "*śîm*": "to put/place/set" } }

9 { "verseID": "Job.19.9", "source": "‫כְּ֭בוֹדִי מֵעָלַ֣י הִפְשִׁ֑יט וַ֝יָּ֗סַר עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשִֽׁי׃‬", "text": "*kəbôdî* *mēʿālay* *hipšîṭ* *wayyāsar* *ʿăṭeret* *rōʾšî*", "grammar": { "*kəbôdî*": "noun common masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my honor", "*mēʿālay*": "preposition + preposition + 1st person singular suffix - from upon me", "*hipšîṭ*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has stripped", "*wayyāsar*": "waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he removed", "*ʿăṭeret*": "noun common feminine singular construct - crown of", "*rōʾšî*": "noun common masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my head" }, "variants": { "*kābôd*": "honor/glory/dignity", "*pāšaṭ*": "to strip/remove/spread out", "*sūr*": "to turn aside/remove/take away", "*ʿăṭārāh*": "crown/wreath/diadem", "*rōʾš*": "head/top/beginning" } }

10 { "verseID": "Job.19.10", "source": "‫יִתְּצֵ֣נִי סָ֭בִיב וָאֵלַ֑ךְ וַיַּסַּ֥ע כָּ֝עֵ֗ץ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃‬", "text": "*yittəṣēnî* *sābîb* *wā-ʾēlak* *wayyassaʿ* *kāʿēṣ* *tiqwātî*", "grammar": { "*yittəṣēnî*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - he breaks me down", "*sābîb*": "adverb - around/surrounding", "*wā-ʾēlak*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I go/depart", "*wayyassaʿ*": "waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he uproots", "*kāʿēṣ*": "preposition + noun common masculine singular - like a tree", "*tiqwātî*": "noun common feminine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my hope" }, "variants": { "*nātaṣ*": "to pull down/break down/demolish", "*hālak*": "to go/walk/depart", "*nāsaʿ*": "to pull up/pluck up/uproot", "*ʿēṣ*": "tree/wood/timber", "*tiqwāh*": "hope/expectation" } }

11 { "verseID": "Job.19.11", "source": "‫וַיַּ֣חַר עָלַ֣י אַפּ֑וֹ וַיַּחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי ל֣וֹ כְצָרָֽיו׃‬", "text": "*wayyaḥar* *ʿālay* *ʾappô* *wayyaḥšəbēnî* *lô* *kə-ṣārāyw*", "grammar": { "*wayyaḥar*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and kindled", "*ʿālay*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - against me", "*ʾappô*": "noun common masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his anger", "*wayyaḥšəbēnî*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and he counts me", "*lô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him", "*kə-ṣārāyw*": "preposition + noun common masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - as his adversaries" }, "variants": { "*ḥārāh*": "to burn/be kindled (of anger)", "*ʾap*": "nose/face/anger", "*ḥāšab*": "to think/plan/count/consider", "*ṣar*": "adversary/enemy/foe" } }

12 { "verseID": "Job.19.12", "source": "‫יַ֤חַד ׀ יָ֘בֹ֤אוּ גְדוּדָ֗יו וַיָּסֹ֣לּוּ עָלַ֣י דַּרְכָּ֑ם וַיַּחֲנ֖וּ סָבִ֣יב לְאָהֳלִֽי׃‬", "text": "*yaḥad* *yābōʾū* *gədūdāyw* *wayyāsōllū* *ʿālay* *darkām* *wayyaḥănū* *sābîb* *lə-ʾohŏlî*", "grammar": { "*yaḥad*": "adverb - together", "*yābōʾū*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they come", "*gədūdāyw*": "noun common masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his troops", "*wayyāsōllū*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they raise up", "*ʿālay*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - against me", "*darkām*": "noun common masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their way", "*wayyaḥănū*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they encamp", "*sābîb*": "adverb - around", "*lə-ʾohŏlî*": "preposition + noun common masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - around my tent" }, "variants": { "*bôʾ*": "to come/go/enter", "*gədūd*": "troop/band/raiders", "*sālal*": "to lift up/cast up/exalt", "*derek*": "way/road/journey/manner", "*ḥānāh*": "to encamp/camp/settle", "*ʾōhel*": "tent/dwelling/tabernacle" } }

13 { "verseID": "Job.19.13", "source": "‫אַ֭חַי מֵעָלַ֣י הִרְחִ֑יק וְ֝יֹדְעַ֗י אַךְ־זָ֥רוּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃‬", "text": "*ʾaḥay* *mēʿālay* *hirḥîq* *wə-yōdəʿay* *ʾak-zārū* *mimmennî*", "grammar": { "*ʾaḥay*": "noun common masculine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - my brothers", "*mēʿālay*": "preposition + preposition + 1st person singular suffix - from me", "*hirḥîq*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has removed far", "*wə-yōdəʿay*": "waw conjunction + qal participle, masculine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - and my acquaintances", "*ʾak-zārū*": "adverb + qal perfect, 3rd common plural - surely have become estranged", "*mimmennî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - from me" }, "variants": { "*ʾāḥ*": "brother/relative/kinsman", "*rāḥaq*": "to be far/distant/remove", "*yādaʿ*": "to know/perceive/be acquainted with", "*zūr*": "to be strange/estranged/foreign" } }

14 { "verseID": "Job.19.14", "source": "‫חָדְל֥וּ קְרוֹבָ֑י וּֽמְיֻדָּעַ֥י שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃‬", "text": "*ḥādəlū* *qərôbāy* *ū-məyuddāʿay* *šəkēḥūnî*", "grammar": { "*ḥādəlū*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they have ceased", "*qərôbāy*": "adjective masculine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - my relatives", "*ū-məyuddāʿay*": "waw conjunction + pual participle, masculine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - and my close friends", "*šəkēḥūnî*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural + 1st person singular suffix - they have forgotten me" }, "variants": { "*ḥādal*": "to cease/stop/leave off", "*qārôb*": "near/close/relative", "*yādaʿ*": "to know/be acquainted with (pual form: close friend/intimate)", "*šākaḥ*": "to forget/ignore" } }

15 { "verseID": "Job.19.15", "source": "‫גָּ֘רֵ֤י בֵיתִ֣י וְ֭אַמְהֹתַי לְזָ֣ר תַּחְשְׁבֻ֑נִי נָ֝כְרִ֗י הָיִ֥יתִי בְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃‬", "text": "*gārê* *bêtî* *wə-ʾamhōtay* *lə-zār* *taḥšəbunî* *nokrî* *hāyîtî* *bə-ʿênêhem*", "grammar": { "*gārê*": "qal participle, masculine plural construct - sojourners of", "*bêtî*": "noun common masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my house", "*wə-ʾamhōtay*": "waw conjunction + noun common feminine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - and my maidservants", "*lə-zār*": "preposition + adjective masculine singular - as a stranger", "*taḥšəbunî*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - they regard me", "*nokrî*": "adjective masculine singular - a foreigner", "*hāyîtî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have become", "*bə-ʿênêhem*": "preposition + noun common feminine dual construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - in their eyes" }, "variants": { "*gūr*": "to sojourn/dwell as alien", "*bayit*": "house/household/home", "*ʾāmāh*": "maidservant/female slave", "*zār*": "strange/foreign/unauthorized", "*ḥāšab*": "to think/regard/account", "*nokrî*": "foreign/strange/alien", "*hāyāh*": "to be/become/happen", "*ʿayin*": "eye/sight/appearance" } }

16 { "verseID": "Job.19.16", "source": "‫לְעַבְדִּ֣י קָּ֭רָאתִי וְלֹ֣א יַעֲנֶ֑ה בְּמוֹ־פִ֝֗י אֶתְחַנֶּן־לֽוֹ׃‬", "text": "*lə-ʿabdî* *qārāʾtî* *wə-lō* *yaʿăneh* *bəmô-pî* *ʾetḥannen-lô*", "grammar": { "*lə-ʿabdî*": "preposition + noun common masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - to my servant", "*qārāʾtî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I call", "*wə-lō*": "waw conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*yaʿăneh*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he answers", "*bəmô-pî*": "preposition + noun common masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - with my mouth", "*ʾetḥannen-lô*": "hithpael imperfect, 1st person singular + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - I must plead with him" }, "variants": { "*ʿebed*": "servant/slave", "*qārāʾ*": "to call/proclaim/summon", "*ʿānāh*": "to answer/respond", "*peh*": "mouth/speech", "*ḥānan*": "to be gracious/show favor/plead for mercy" } }

17 { "verseID": "Job.19.17", "source": "‫ר֭וּחִֽי זָ֣רָה לְאִשְׁתִּ֑י וְ֝חַנֹּתִ֗י לִבְנֵ֥י בִטְנִֽי׃‬", "text": "*rūḥî* *zārāh* *lə-ʾištî* *wə-ḥannōtî* *li-bnê* *biṭnî*", "grammar": { "*rūḥî*": "noun common feminine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my breath", "*zārāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - is strange", "*lə-ʾištî*": "preposition + noun common feminine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - to my wife", "*wə-ḥannōtî*": "waw conjunction + qal infinitive construct + 1st person singular suffix - and my plea", "*li-bnê*": "preposition + noun common masculine plural construct - to sons of", "*biṭnî*": "noun common feminine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my body/womb" }, "variants": { "*rūaḥ*": "breath/wind/spirit", "*zūr*": "to be strange/repulsive/loathsome", "*ʾiššāh*": "woman/wife/female", "*ḥānan*": "to plead/beg/entreat for grace", "*bēn*": "son/male child", "*beṭen*": "womb/belly/body" } }

18 { "verseID": "Job.19.18", "source": "‫גַּם־עֲ֭וִילִים מָ֣אֲסוּ בִ֑י אָ֝ק֗וּמָה וַיְדַבְּרוּ־בִֽי׃‬", "text": "*gam-ʿăwîlîm* *māʾăsū* *bî* *ʾāqūmāh* *waydabbərū-bî*", "grammar": { "*gam-ʿăwîlîm*": "conjunction + noun common masculine plural - even children", "*māʾăsū*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - despise", "*bî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - me", "*ʾāqūmāh*": "qal imperfect, 1st person singular + cohortative he - I would rise up", "*waydabbərū-bî*": "waw consecutive + piel imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + preposition + 1st person singular suffix - and they speak against me" }, "variants": { "*ʿăwîl*": "child/boy/young person", "*māʾas*": "to reject/despise/refuse", "*qūm*": "to arise/stand up", "*dābar*": "to speak/talk/declare" } }

19 { "verseID": "Job.19.19", "source": "‫תִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִי כָּל־מְתֵ֣י סוֹדִ֑י וְזֶֽה־אָ֝הַ֗בְתִּי נֶהְפְּכוּ־בִֽי׃‬", "text": "*tiʿăbūnî* *kol-mətê* *sôdî* *wə-zeh-ʾāhabtî* *nehpəkū-bî*", "grammar": { "*tiʿăbūnî*": "piel perfect, 3rd common plural + 1st person singular suffix - they abhor me", "*kol-mətê*": "noun common masculine singular construct + noun common masculine plural construct - all men of", "*sôdî*": "noun common masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my counsel/intimate circle", "*wə-zeh-ʾāhabtî*": "waw conjunction + demonstrative pronoun + qal perfect, 1st person singular - and those whom I loved", "*nehpəkū-bî*": "niphal perfect, 3rd common plural + preposition + 1st person singular suffix - have turned against me" }, "variants": { "*tāʿab*": "to abhor/loathe/detest", "*kol*": "all/every/whole", "*mat*": "man/male/person", "*sôd*": "council/circle/intimate conversation", "*ʾāhab*": "to love/like", "*hāpak*": "to turn/overturn/transform" } }

20 { "verseID": "Job.19.20", "source": "‫בְּעוֹרִ֣י וּ֭בִבְשָׂרִי דָּבְקָ֣ה עַצְמִ֑י וָ֝אֶתְמַלְּטָ֗ה בְּע֣וֹר שִׁנָּֽי׃‬", "text": "*bə-ʿôrî* *ū-bibśārî* *dābəqāh* *ʿaṣmî* *wā-ʾetmalləṭāh* *bə-ʿôr* *šinnāy*", "grammar": { "*bə-ʿôrî*": "preposition + noun common masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - to my skin", "*ū-bibśārî*": "waw conjunction + preposition + noun common masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - and to my flesh", "*dābəqāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - clings", "*ʿaṣmî*": "noun common feminine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my bone", "*wā-ʾetmalləṭāh*": "waw consecutive + hithpael imperfect, 1st person singular - and I escape", "*bə-ʿôr*": "preposition + noun common masculine singular construct - with skin of", "*šinnāy*": "noun common feminine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - my teeth" }, "variants": { "*ʿôr*": "skin/hide", "*bāśār*": "flesh/body/meat", "*dābaq*": "to cling/stick/adhere to", "*ʿeṣem*": "bone/skeleton/substance", "*mālaṭ*": "to escape/deliver/slip away", "*šēn*": "tooth" } }

21 { "verseID": "Job.19.21", "source": "‫חָנֻּ֬נִי חָנֻּ֣נִי אַתֶּ֣ם רֵעָ֑י כִּ֥י יַד־אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ נָ֣גְעָה בִּֽי׃‬", "text": "*ḥonnūnî* *ḥonnūnî* *ʾattem* *rēʿāy* *kî* *yad-ʾĕlôah* *nāgəʿāh* *bî*", "grammar": { "*ḥonnūnî*": "qal imperative, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - have pity on me (repeated)", "*ʾattem*": "pronoun, 2nd masculine plural - you", "*rēʿāy*": "noun common masculine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - my friends", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*yad-ʾĕlôah*": "noun common feminine singular construct + noun common masculine singular - hand of God", "*nāgəʿāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - has touched", "*bî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - me" }, "variants": { "*ḥānan*": "to be gracious/have mercy/pity", "*rēaʿ*": "friend/companion/fellow", "*yād*": "hand/power/authority", "*ʾĕlôah*": "God/deity", "*nāgaʿ*": "to touch/strike/reach" } }

22 { "verseID": "Job.19.22", "source": "‫לָ֭מָּה תִּרְדְּפֻ֣נִי כְמוֹ־אֵ֑ל וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗י לֹ֣א תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃‬", "text": "*lāmmāh* *tirdəpūnî* *kəmô-ʾēl* *ū-mibbəśārî* *lō* *tiśbāʿū*", "grammar": { "*lāmmāh*": "interrogative + preposition - why", "*tirdəpūnî*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - you pursue me", "*kəmô-ʾēl*": "preposition + noun common masculine singular - like God", "*ū-mibbəśārî*": "waw conjunction + preposition + noun common masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - and with my flesh", "*lō*": "negative particle - not", "*tiśbāʿū*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you are satisfied" }, "variants": { "*rādap*": "to pursue/chase/persecute", "*ʾēl*": "God/deity/mighty one", "*bāśār*": "flesh/body/meat", "*śābaʿ*": "to be satisfied/sated/filled" } }

23 { "verseID": "Job.19.23", "source": "‫מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן אֵ֭פוֹ וְיִכָּתְב֣וּן מִלָּ֑י מִֽי־יִתֵּ֖ן בַּסֵּ֣פֶר וְיֻחָֽקוּ׃‬", "text": "*mî-yittēn* *ʾēpô* *wə-yikkātəbūn* *millāy* *mî-yittēn* *bassēper* *wə-yuḥāqū*", "grammar": { "*mî-yittēn*": "interrogative + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - who will give (idiomatic: would that)", "*ʾēpô*": "particle - now/then", "*wə-yikkātəbūn*": "waw conjunction + niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + paragogic nun - that they would be written", "*millāy*": "noun common feminine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - my words", "*mî-yittēn*": "interrogative + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - who will give (idiomatic: would that)", "*bassēper*": "preposition + definite article + noun common masculine singular - in the book", "*wə-yuḥāqū*": "waw conjunction + hophal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - that they would be inscribed" }, "variants": { "*nātan*": "to give/put/set", "*kātab*": "to write/inscribe/record", "*millāh*": "word/speech/utterance", "*sēper*": "book/document/scroll", "*ḥāqaq*": "to inscribe/decree/engrave" } }

24 { "verseID": "Job.19.24", "source": "‫בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶ֥ל וְעֹפָ֑רֶת לָ֝עַ֗ד בַּצּ֥וּר יֵחָצְבֽוּן׃‬", "text": "*bə-ʿēṭ-barzel* *wə-ʿōpāret* *lāʿad* *baṣṣūr* *yēḥāṣəbūn*", "grammar": { "*bə-ʿēṭ-barzel*": "preposition + noun common masculine singular construct + noun common masculine singular - with an iron stylus", "*wə-ʿōpāret*": "waw conjunction + noun common feminine singular - and lead", "*lāʿad*": "preposition + noun common masculine singular - forever", "*baṣṣūr*": "preposition + definite article + noun common masculine singular - in the rock", "*yēḥāṣəbūn*": "niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + paragogic nun - they would be engraved" }, "variants": { "*ʿēṭ*": "stylus/pen", "*barzel*": "iron/iron tool", "*ʿōperet*": "lead (metal)", "*ʿad*": "perpetuity/forever/eternity", "*ṣūr*": "rock/cliff/stone", "*ḥāṣab*": "to hew/cut/carve" } }

25 { "verseID": "Job.19.25", "source": "‫וַאֲנִ֣י יָ֭דַעְתִּי גֹּ֣אֲלִי חָ֑י וְ֝אַחֲר֗וֹן עַל־עָפָ֥ר יָקֽוּם׃‬", "text": "*wa-ʾănî* *yādaʿtî* *gōʾălî* *ḥāy* *wə-ʾaḥărôn* *ʿal-ʿāpār* *yāqūm*", "grammar": { "*wa-ʾănî*": "waw conjunction + pronoun, 1st person singular - and I", "*yādaʿtî*": "qal perfect, 1st person singular - I know", "*gōʾălî*": "qal participle, masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my redeemer", "*ḥāy*": "adjective masculine singular - living", "*wə-ʾaḥărôn*": "waw conjunction + adjective masculine singular - and at last", "*ʿal-ʿāpār*": "preposition + noun common masculine singular - upon dust", "*yāqūm*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will stand" }, "variants": { "*yādaʿ*": "to know/understand/perceive", "*gāʾal*": "to redeem/act as kinsman/avenge", "*ḥāyāh*": "to live/exist/sustain life", "*ʾaḥărôn*": "last/final/latter", "*ʿāpār*": "dust/powder/earth", "*qūm*": "to arise/stand/establish" } }

26 { "verseID": "Job.19.26", "source": "‫וְאַחַ֣ר ע֭וֹרִֽי נִקְּפוּ־זֹ֑את וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗י אֶֽחֱזֶ֥ה אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃‬", "text": "*wə-ʾaḥar* *ʿôrî* *niqqəpū-zōʾt* *ū-mibbəśārî* *ʾeḥĕzeh* *ʾĕlôah*", "grammar": { "*wə-ʾaḥar*": "waw conjunction + preposition - and after", "*ʿôrî*": "noun common masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my skin", "*niqqəpū-zōʾt*": "pual perfect, 3rd common plural + demonstrative pronoun feminine singular - is/has been struck off this", "*ū-mibbəśārî*": "waw conjunction + preposition + noun common masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - yet from my flesh", "*ʾeḥĕzeh*": "qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I shall see", "*ʾĕlôah*": "noun common masculine singular - God" }, "variants": { "*ʾaḥar*": "after/behind/following", "*ʿôr*": "skin/hide", "*nāqap*": "to strike off/destroy/go around", "*bāśār*": "flesh/body/skin", "*ḥāzāh*": "to see/perceive/behold", "*ʾĕlôah*": "God/deity" } }

27 { "verseID": "Job.19.27", "source": "‫אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲנִ֨י ׀ אֶֽחֱזֶה־לִּ֗י וְעֵינַ֣י רָא֣וּ וְלֹא־זָ֑ר כָּל֖וּ כִלְיֹתַ֣י בְּחֵקִֽי׃‬", "text": "*ʾăšer* *ʾănî* *ʾeḥĕzeh-lî* *wə-ʿênay* *rāʾū* *wə-lō-zār* *kālū* *kilyōtay* *bə-ḥēqî*", "grammar": { "*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - whom", "*ʾănî*": "pronoun, 1st person singular - I", "*ʾeḥĕzeh-lî*": "qal imperfect, 1st person singular + preposition + 1st person singular suffix - I shall see for myself", "*wə-ʿênay*": "waw conjunction + noun common feminine dual construct + 1st person singular suffix - and my eyes", "*rāʾū*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - have seen", "*wə-lō-zār*": "waw conjunction + negative particle + adjective masculine singular - and not a stranger", "*kālū*": "qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they are consumed", "*kilyōtay*": "noun common feminine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - my kidneys/inner self", "*bə-ḥēqî*": "preposition + noun common masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - in my bosom" }, "variants": { "*ḥāzāh*": "to see/behold/perceive", "*ʿayin*": "eye/sight/spring", "*rāʾāh*": "to see/look/perceive", "*zār*": "stranger/foreigner/estranged", "*kālāh*": "to be complete/finished/consumed", "*kilyāh*": "kidney/inner self/mind", "*ḥēq*": "bosom/lap/chest" } }

28 { "verseID": "Job.19.28", "source": "‫כִּ֣י תֹ֭אמְרוּ מַה־נִּרְדָּף־ל֑וֹ וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ דָּ֝בָ֗ר נִמְצָא־בִֽי׃‬", "text": "*kî* *tōʾmərū* *mah-nirdāp-lô* *wə-šōreš* *dābār* *nimṣāʾ-bî*", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because/when", "*tōʾmərū*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you say", "*mah-nirdāp-lô*": "interrogative + niphal imperfect, 1st person plural + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - how shall we pursue him", "*wə-šōreš*": "waw conjunction + noun common masculine singular construct - and root of", "*dābār*": "noun common masculine singular - matter", "*nimṣāʾ-bî*": "niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular + preposition + 1st person singular suffix - is found in me" }, "variants": { "*ʾāmar*": "to say/speak/command", "*rādap*": "to pursue/chase/persecute", "*šōreš*": "root/base", "*dābār*": "word/matter/thing", "*māṣāʾ*": "to find/discover/meet" } }

29 { "verseID": "Job.19.29", "source": "‫גּ֤וּרוּ לָכֶ֨ם ׀ מִפְּנֵי־חֶ֗רֶב כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה עֲוֺנ֣וֹת חָ֑רֶב לְמַ֖עַן תֵּדְע֣וּן שַׁדּֽוּן׃‬", "text": "*gūrū* *lākem* *mippənê-ḥereb* *kî-ḥēmāh* *ʿăwōnôt* *ḥāreb* *ləmaʿan* *tēdəʿūn* *šaddūn*", "grammar": { "*gūrū*": "qal imperative, masculine plural - fear/be afraid", "*lākem*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - for yourselves", "*mippənê-ḥereb*": "preposition + noun common masculine plural construct + noun common feminine singular - from before the sword", "*kî-ḥēmāh*": "conjunction + noun common feminine singular - for wrath", "*ʿăwōnôt*": "noun common masculine plural construct - punishments of iniquities of", "*ḥāreb*": "noun common feminine singular - the sword", "*ləmaʿan*": "conjunction - so that", "*tēdəʿūn*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural + paragogic nun - you may know", "*šaddūn*": "qal infinitive construct + paragogic nun - [there is] judgment" }, "variants": { "*gūr*": "to fear/be afraid/dread", "*pānîm*": "face/presence/before", "*ḥereb*": "sword/cutting instrument", "*ḥēmāh*": "wrath/heat/anger", "*ʿāwōn*": "iniquity/guilt/punishment", "*yādaʿ*": "to know/understand", "*šaddūn*": "judgment/verdict (alternative reading: *šaddîn* - Almighty)" } }