1 { "verseID": "Job.23.1", "source": "וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃", "text": "*wə-yaʿan* *ʾIyyôb* *wə-yōʾmar*", "grammar": { "*wə-yaʿan*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he answered", "*ʾIyyôb*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Job", "*wə-yōʾmar*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said" }, "variants": { "*yaʿan*": "to answer, respond, reply", "*ʾamar*": "to speak, say, declare" } }

2 { "verseID": "Job.23.2", "source": "גַּם־הַ֭יּוֹם מְרִ֣י שִׂחִ֑י יָ֝דִ֗י כָּבְדָ֥ה עַל־אַנְחָתִֽי׃", "text": "*gam-hayyôm* *mərî* *śîḥî* *yādî* *kābədâ* *ʿal-ʾanḥātî*", "grammar": { "*gam-hayyôm*": "adverb + definite article + noun, masculine singular - even today/still today", "*mərî*": "noun, masculine singular construct - rebellion of/bitterness of", "*śîḥî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my complaint/meditation", "*yādî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my hand", "*kābədâ*": "Qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - is heavy", "*ʿal-ʾanḥātî*": "preposition + noun, feminine plural + 1st person singular suffix - upon my groanings/sighs" }, "variants": { "*mərî*": "bitterness, rebellion, disobedience", "*śîaḥ*": "complaint, meditation, anxiety, concern", "*kābəd*": "to be heavy, weighty, burdensome, severe", "*ʾanḥâ*": "sigh, groaning, moaning" } }

3 { "verseID": "Job.23.3", "source": "מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵ֑הוּ אָ֝ב֗וֹא עַד־תְּכוּנָתֽוֹ׃", "text": "*mî-yittēn* *yādaʿtî* *wə-ʾemṣāʾēhû* *ʾābôʾ* *ʿad-təkûnātô*", "grammar": { "*mî-yittēn*": "interrogative pronoun + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - who will give/would that/if only", "*yādaʿtî*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I knew", "*wə-ʾemṣāʾēhû*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 1st person singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and I would find him", "*ʾābôʾ*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I would come/I might come", "*ʿad-təkûnātô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - unto his dwelling place/seat/abode" }, "variants": { "*mî-yittēn*": "idiomatic expression for 'if only/would that'", "*yādaʿ*": "to know, perceive, discern, understand", "*māṣāʾ*": "to find, attain, acquire, meet", "*bôʾ*": "to come, enter, arrive", "*təkûnâ*": "place, seat, arrangement, dwelling place, foundation" } }

4 { "verseID": "Job.23.4", "source": "אֶעֶרְכָ֣ה לְפָנָ֣יו מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝פִ֗י אֲמַלֵּ֥א תוֹכָחֽוֹת׃", "text": "*ʾeʿerəkâ* *ləpānāyw* *mišpāṭ* *û-pî* *ʾămallēʾ* *tôkāḥôt*", "grammar": { "*ʾeʿerəkâ*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person singular (cohortative) - I would set in order/arrange", "*ləpānāyw*": "preposition + noun, plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - before him/in his presence", "*mišpāṭ*": "noun, masculine singular - judgment/case/cause/legal claim", "*û-pî*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and my mouth", "*ʾămallēʾ*": "Piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I would fill", "*tôkāḥôt*": "noun, feminine plural - arguments/reproofs/rebuke" }, "variants": { "*ʿārak*": "to arrange, set in order, prepare, organize", "*pānîm*": "face, presence, countenance", "*mišpāṭ*": "judgment, justice, legal case, legal claim, court proceeding", "*māleʾ*": "to fill, be full, be satisfied", "*tôkāḥâ*": "argument, reproof, rebuke, correction, reasoned case" } }

5 { "verseID": "Job.23.5", "source": "אֵ֭דְעָה מִלִּ֣ים יַעֲנֵ֑נִי וְ֝אָבִ֗ינָה מַה־יֹּ֥אמַר לִֽי׃", "text": "*ʾēdəʿâ* *millîm* *yaʿănēnî* *wə-ʾābînâ* *mah-yōʾmar* *lî*", "grammar": { "*ʾēdəʿâ*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person singular (cohortative) - I would know", "*millîm*": "noun, feminine plural - words", "*yaʿănēnî*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - he would answer me", "*wə-ʾābînâ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 1st person singular (cohortative) - and I would understand", "*mah-yōʾmar*": "interrogative + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - what he would say", "*lî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me" }, "variants": { "*yādaʿ*": "to know, learn, perceive", "*millâ*": "word, speech, saying, utterance", "*ʿānâ*": "to answer, respond, reply", "*bîn*": "to understand, discern, perceive, consider", "*ʾāmar*": "to say, speak, command, promise" } }

6 { "verseID": "Job.23.6", "source": "הַבְּרָב־כֹּ֭חַ יָרִ֣יב עִמָּדִ֑י לֹ֥א אַךְ־ה֝֗וּא יָשִׂ֥ם בִּֽי׃", "text": "*hă-bərāb-kōaḥ* *yārîb* *ʿimmādî* *lōʾ* *ʾak-hûʾ* *yāśîm* *bî*", "grammar": { "*hă-bərāb-kōaḥ*": "interrogative particle + preposition + noun, masculine singular - with greatness of strength/in his great power", "*yārîb*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - would he contend/strive", "*ʿimmādî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - with me", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*ʾak-hûʾ*": "adverb + 3rd masculine singular pronoun - but/surely he", "*yāśîm*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - would set/place/put", "*bî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - in me/on me" }, "variants": { "*rōb*": "abundance, greatness, multitude", "*kōaḥ*": "strength, power, ability, might", "*rîb*": "to strive, contend, dispute, plead", "*śîm*": "to put, place, set, appoint, establish, direct attention to" } }

7 { "verseID": "Job.23.7", "source": "שָׁ֗ם יָ֭שָׁר נוֹכָ֣ח עִמּ֑וֹ וַאֲפַלְּטָ֥ה לָ֝נֶ֗צַח מִשֹּׁפְטִֽי׃", "text": "*šām* *yāšār* *nôkāḥ* *ʿimmô* *wa-ʾăpallĕṭâ* *lāneṣaḥ* *miššōpĕṭî*", "grammar": { "*šām*": "adverb - there", "*yāšār*": "adjective, masculine singular - upright/righteous", "*nôkāḥ*": "preposition - before/in the presence of", "*ʿimmô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him", "*wa-ʾăpallĕṭâ*": "waw consecutive + Piel imperfect, 1st person singular (cohortative) - and I would escape/be delivered", "*lāneṣaḥ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - forever/completely", "*miššōpĕṭî*": "preposition + Qal participle, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - from my judge" }, "variants": { "*yāšār*": "upright, straight, righteous, just", "*nôkāḥ*": "in front of, opposite to, before, in the presence of", "*pālaṭ*": "to escape, deliver, save, rescue", "*neṣaḥ*": "forever, perpetuity, completely, entirely", "*šāpaṭ*": "to judge, govern, vindicate, decide" } }

8 { "verseID": "Job.23.8", "source": "הֵ֤ן קֶ֣דֶם אֶהֱלֹ֣ךְ וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וְ֝אָח֗וֹר וְֽלֹא־אָבִ֥ין לֽוֹ׃", "text": "*hēn* *qedem* *ʾehĕlōk* *wə-ʾênennu* *wə-ʾāḥôr* *wə-lōʾ-ʾābîn* *lô*", "grammar": { "*hēn*": "interjection - behold/look", "*qedem*": "noun, masculine singular - east/forward", "*ʾehĕlōk*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I go", "*wə-ʾênennu*": "conjunction + particle of negation + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he is not", "*wə-ʾāḥôr*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and backward/west", "*wə-lōʾ-ʾābîn*": "conjunction + negative particle + Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I do not perceive", "*lô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - for him/to him" }, "variants": { "*qedem*": "east, forward, former time, ancient time", "*hālak*": "to go, walk, come, depart", "*ʾayin*": "nothing, non-existence, absence", "*ʾāḥôr*": "behind, backward, west", "*bîn*": "to discern, understand, consider, perceive" } }

9 { "verseID": "Job.23.9", "source": "שְׂמֹ֣אול בַּעֲשֹׂת֣וֹ וְלֹא־אָ֑חַז יַעְטֹ֥ף יָ֝מִ֗ין וְלֹ֣א אֶרְאֶֽה׃", "text": "*śəmōʾwl* *baʿăśōtô* *wə-lōʾ-ʾāḥaz* *yaʿṭōp* *yāmîn* *wə-lōʾ* *ʾerʾeh*", "grammar": { "*śəmōʾwl*": "noun, feminine singular - left/north", "*baʿăśōtô*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his working/when he acts", "*wə-lōʾ-ʾāḥaz*": "conjunction + negative particle + Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I do not grasp/perceive", "*yaʿṭōp*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he covers/veils himself", "*yāmîn*": "noun, feminine singular - right/south", "*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*ʾerʾeh*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I see" }, "variants": { "*śəmōʾwl*": "left, left hand, north", "*ʿāśâ*": "to do, make, accomplish, work", "*ʾāḥaz*": "to grasp, seize, hold, perceive", "*ʿāṭap*": "to cover, enwrap, veil, hide, turn aside", "*yāmîn*": "right, right hand, south", "*rāʾâ*": "to see, perceive, look, observe" } }

10 { "verseID": "Job.23.10", "source": "כִּֽי־יָ֭דַע דֶּ֣רֶךְ עִמָּדִ֑י בְּ֝חָנַ֗נִי כַּזָּהָ֥ב אֵצֵֽא׃", "text": "*kî-yādaʿ* *derek* *ʿimmādî* *bəḥānanî* *kazzāhāb* *ʾēṣēʾ*", "grammar": { "*kî-yādaʿ*": "conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - for he knows", "*derek*": "noun, masculine singular construct - way of", "*ʿimmādî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - with me", "*bəḥānanî*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - he has tested me", "*kazzāhāb*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - like the gold", "*ʾēṣēʾ*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I shall come forth" }, "variants": { "*yādaʿ*": "to know, perceive, recognize, understand", "*derek*": "way, road, journey, manner, path, direction", "*bāḥan*": "to examine, try, test, prove", "*zāhāb*": "gold", "*yāṣāʾ*": "to go out, come forth, proceed, emerge" } }

11 { "verseID": "Job.23.11", "source": "בַּ֭אֲשֻׁרוֹ אָחֲזָ֣ה רַגְלִ֑י דַּרְכּ֖וֹ שָׁמַ֣רְתִּי וְלֹא־אָֽט׃", "text": "*baʾăšurô* *ʾāḥăzâ* *raglî* *darkô* *šāmartî* *wə-lōʾ-ʾāṭ*", "grammar": { "*baʾăšurô*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his step/path", "*ʾāḥăzâ*": "Qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - has held", "*raglî*": "noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my foot", "*darkô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his way", "*šāmartî*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have kept", "*wə-lōʾ-ʾāṭ*": "conjunction + negative particle + Qal perfect, 1st person singular - and I have not turned aside" }, "variants": { "*ʾāšur*": "step, going, pace, path", "*ʾāḥaz*": "to take, seize, hold, grasp", "*regel*": "foot, leg", "*derek*": "way, path, journey, conduct", "*šāmar*": "to keep, watch, preserve, guard", "*nāṭâ*": "to turn aside, incline, stretch out, deviate" } }

12 { "verseID": "Job.23.12", "source": "מִצְוַ֣ת שְׂ֭פָתָיו וְלֹ֣א אָמִ֑ישׁ מֵ֝חֻקִּ֗י צָפַ֥נְתִּי אִמְרֵי־פִֽיו׃", "text": "*miṣwat* *śəpātāyw* *wə-lōʾ* *ʾāmîš* *mēḥuqqî* *ṣāpantî* *ʾimrê-pîw*", "grammar": { "*miṣwat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - commandment of", "*śəpātāyw*": "noun, feminine dual + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his lips", "*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - and not", "*ʾāmîš*": "Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I depart", "*mēḥuqqî*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - from my prescribed portion/statute", "*ṣāpantî*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have treasured up/hidden", "*ʾimrê-pîw*": "noun, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - words of his mouth" }, "variants": { "*miṣwâ*": "commandment, precept, ordinance", "*śāpâ*": "lip, speech, edge, border", "*mûš*": "to depart, remove, withdraw", "*ḥōq*": "statute, prescribed portion, decree, boundary", "*ṣāpan*": "to hide, treasure up, store, lay up", "*ʾēmer*": "word, speech, command", "*peh*": "mouth, opening, orifice" } }

13 { "verseID": "Job.23.13", "source": "וְה֣וּא בְ֭אֶחָד וּמִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹ אִוְּתָ֣ה וַיָּֽעַשׂ׃", "text": "*wə-hûʾ* *bəʾeḥād* *û-mî* *yəšîbennu* *wə-napšô* *ʾiwwətâ* *wayyāʿaś*", "grammar": { "*wə-hûʾ*": "conjunction + 3rd masculine singular pronoun - and he", "*bəʾeḥād*": "preposition + adjective/number, masculine singular - in one/alone", "*û-mî*": "conjunction + interrogative pronoun - and who", "*yəšîbennu*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - can turn him back", "*wə-napšô*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his soul", "*ʾiwwətâ*": "Piel perfect, 3rd feminine singular - desires", "*wayyāʿaś*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he does" }, "variants": { "*ʾeḥād*": "one, single, united, alone, unique", "*šûb*": "to turn back, return, restore", "*nepeš*": "soul, self, life, person, desire, appetite", "*ʾāwâ*": "to desire, crave, long for, wish", "*ʿāśâ*": "to do, make, accomplish, perform" } }

14 { "verseID": "Job.23.14", "source": "כִּ֭י יַשְׁלִ֣ים חֻקִּ֑י וְכָהֵ֖נָּה רַבּ֣וֹת עִמּֽוֹ׃", "text": "*kî* *yašlîm* *ḥuqqî* *wə-kāhēnnâ* *rabbôt* *ʿimmô*", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*yašlîm*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will complete/perform", "*ḥuqqî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my portion/decree", "*wə-kāhēnnâ*": "conjunction + preposition + 3rd feminine plural suffix - and like these", "*rabbôt*": "adjective, feminine plural - many", "*ʿimmô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him" }, "variants": { "*šālam*": "to be complete, be finished, be at peace", "*ḥōq*": "statute, prescribed portion, decree, boundary, limit", "*kāhēnnâ*": "like these, like those", "*rab*": "many, much, great, abundant" } }

15 { "verseID": "Job.23.15", "source": "עַל־כֵּ֭ן מִפָּנָ֣יו אֶבָּהֵ֑ל אֶ֝תְבּוֹנֵ֗ן וְאֶפְחַ֥ד מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃", "text": "*ʿal-kēn* *mippānāyw* *ʾebbāhēl* *ʾetbônēn* *wə-ʾepḥad* *mimmennu*", "grammar": { "*ʿal-kēn*": "preposition + adverb - therefore", "*mippānāyw*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from his presence/face", "*ʾebbāhēl*": "Niphal imperfect, 1st person singular - I am terrified", "*ʾetbônēn*": "Hithpael imperfect, 1st person singular - I consider/contemplate", "*wə-ʾepḥad*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I dread/fear", "*mimmennu*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from him" }, "variants": { "*bāhal*": "to disturb, alarm, terrify, dismay", "*pānîm*": "face, presence, countenance", "*bîn*": "to understand, consider, discern, perceive", "*pāḥad*": "to dread, be in awe, be in fear" } }

16 { "verseID": "Job.23.16", "source": "וְ֭אֵל הֵרַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י הִבְהִילָֽנִי׃", "text": "*wə-ʾĒl* *hērak* *libbî* *wə-Šadday* *hibhîlānî*", "grammar": { "*wə-ʾĒl*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and God", "*hērak*": "Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has made soft/weakened", "*libbî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my heart", "*wə-Šadday*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and the Almighty", "*hibhîlānî*": "Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - has terrified me" }, "variants": { "*ʾĒl*": "God, mighty one, deity", "*rākak*": "to be soft, tender, weak", "*lēb*": "heart, mind, inner person, will", "*Šadday*": "Almighty, All-sufficient (divine name)", "*bāhal*": "to disturb, terrify, dismay, be anxious" } }

17 { "verseID": "Job.23.17", "source": "כִּֽי־לֹ֣א נִ֭צְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י כִּסָּה־אֹֽפֶל׃", "text": "*kî-lōʾ* *niṣmattî* *mippənê-ḥōšek* *û-mippānay* *kissâ-ʾōpel*", "grammar": { "*kî-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - for not", "*niṣmattî*": "Niphal perfect, 1st person singular - I was cut off", "*mippənê-ḥōšek*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular - from before darkness", "*û-mippānay*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - and from my face", "*kissâ-ʾōpel*": "Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular + noun, masculine singular - covered thick darkness" }, "variants": { "*ṣāmat*": "to put an end to, silence, destroy, cut off", "*pānîm*": "face, presence, surface", "*ḥōšek*": "darkness, obscurity", "*kāsâ*": "to cover, conceal, hide", "*ʾōpel*": "darkness, gloom, thick darkness" } }