Job 31:5-9 : 5 {
"verseID": "Job.31.5",
"source": "אִם־הָלַ֥כְתִּי עִם־שָׁ֑וְא וַתַּ֖חַשׁ עַל־מִרְמָ֣ה רַגְלֽ͏ִי׃",
"text": "If-*hālaktî* with-*šāwʾ* and-*tataḥaš* upon-*mirmâ raglî*",
"grammar": {
"*hālaktî*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I walked/went",
"*šāwʾ*": "noun, masculine singular - falsehood/emptiness",
"*tataḥaš*": "verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person feminine singular - it hastened",
"*mirmâ*": "noun, feminine singular - deceit/treachery",
"*raglî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my foot"
},
"variants": {
"*hālaktî*": "I walked/I have gone/I have conducted myself",
"*šāwʾ*": "falsehood/emptiness/vanity/worthlessness",
"*tataḥaš*": "hasten/rush/hurry",
"*mirmâ*": "deceit/treachery/fraud"
}
}
6 {
"verseID": "Job.31.6",
"source": "יִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִי בְמֹאזְנֵי־צֶ֑דֶק וְיֵדַ֥ע אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ תֻּמָּתִֽי׃",
"text": "*yišqəlēnî* in-*mōʾznê-ṣedeq* and-*yēdaʿ ʾĕlôah tummātî*",
"grammar": {
"*yišqəlēnî*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he weighs me",
"*mōʾznê*": "noun, masculine dual construct - scales of",
"*ṣedeq*": "noun, masculine singular - righteousness/justice",
"*yēdaʿ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he knows",
"*ʾĕlôah*": "noun, masculine singular - God/deity",
"*tummātî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my integrity"
},
"variants": {
"*yišqəlēnî*": "let him weigh me/may he weigh me",
"*mōʾznê-ṣedeq*": "scales of righteousness/just balances",
"*yēdaʿ*": "know/perceive/acknowledge",
"*tummātî*": "my integrity/my innocence/my blamelessness"
}
}
7 {
"verseID": "Job.31.7",
"source": "אִ֥ם תִּטֶּ֣ה אַשֻּׁרִי֮ מִנִּ֢י הַ֫דָּ֥רֶךְ וְאַחַ֣ר עֵ֭ינַי הָלַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וּ֝בְכַפַּ֗י דָּ֣בַק מֻאוּֽם׃",
"text": "If-*tiṭṭeh ʾaššurî* from the-*dārek* and-after *ʿênay hālak libbî* and-in-*kappay dābaq muʾûm*",
"grammar": {
"*tiṭṭeh*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it turned aside",
"*ʾaššurî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my step",
"*dārek*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the way/path",
"*ʿênay*": "noun, feminine dual construct with 1st person singular suffix - my eyes",
"*hālak*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it went/walked",
"*libbî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my heart",
"*kappay*": "noun, feminine dual construct with 1st person singular suffix - my palms/hands",
"*dābaq*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it clung/adhered",
"*muʾûm*": "noun, masculine singular - anything/spot/blemish"
},
"variants": {
"*tiṭṭeh*": "turned aside/deviated/swerved",
"*ʾaššurî*": "my step/my footstep",
"*dārek*": "way/path/road",
"*hālak libbî*": "my heart has gone/my heart has followed",
"*dābaq*": "clung/stuck/adhered",
"*muʾûm*": "spot/blemish/anything [unclean]"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Job.31.8",
"source": "אֶ֭זְרְעָה וְאַחֵ֣ר יֹאכֵ֑ל וְֽצֶאֱצָאַ֥י יְשֹׁרָֽשׁוּ׃",
"text": "*ʾezrəʿâ* and-*ʾaḥēr yōʾkēl* and-*ṣeʾĕṣāʾay yəšōrāšû*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾezrəʿâ*": "verb, qal imperfect cohortative, 1st person singular - let me sow",
"*ʾaḥēr*": "adjective, masculine singular - another",
"*yōʾkēl*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will eat",
"*ṣeʾĕṣāʾay*": "noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my offspring",
"*yəšōrāšû*": "verb, pual imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be uprooted"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾezrəʿâ*": "let me sow/I would sow",
"*ʾaḥēr*": "another/someone else",
"*ṣeʾĕṣāʾay*": "my offspring/my produce/my descendants",
"*yəšōrāšû*": "be uprooted/be rooted out/be torn out"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Job.31.9",
"source": "אִם־נִפְתָּ֣ה לִ֭בִּי עַל־אִשָּׁ֑ה וְעַל־פֶּ֖תַח רֵעִ֣י אָרָֽבְתִּי׃",
"text": "If-*niptâ libbî* upon-*ʾiššâ* and-upon-*petaḥ rēʿî ʾārābtî*",
"grammar": {
"*niptâ*": "verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it was enticed",
"*libbî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my heart",
"*ʾiššâ*": "noun, feminine singular - woman/wife",
"*petaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - door/entrance of",
"*rēʿî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my neighbor/friend",
"*ʾārābtî*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I lay in wait"
},
"variants": {
"*niptâ*": "was enticed/was deceived/was allured",
"*ʾiššâ*": "woman/wife",
"*petaḥ*": "door/entrance/opening",
"*rēʿî*": "my neighbor/my friend",
"*ʾārābtî*": "I have lurked/I have lain in wait"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Job.31.10",
"source": "תִּטְחַ֣ן לְאַחֵ֣ר אִשְׁתִּ֑י וְ֝עָלֶ֗יהָ יִכְרְע֥וּן אֲחֵרִֽין׃",
"text": "*tiṭḥan lə-ʾaḥēr ʾištî* and-upon-her *yikrəʿûn ʾăḥērîn*",
"grammar": {
"*tiṭḥan*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular jussive - let her grind",
"*lə-ʾaḥēr*": "preposition with adjective, masculine singular - for another",
"*ʾištî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my wife",
"*yikrəʿûn*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural paragogic nun - they would bow down",
"*ʾăḥērîn*": "adjective, masculine plural - others"
},
"variants": {
"*tiṭḥan*": "let her grind/may she grind [grain, euphemism for sexual relations]",
"*ʾaḥēr*": "another/someone else",
"*yikrəʿûn*": "bow down/kneel/stoop [euphemism for sexual relations]",
"*ʾăḥērîn*": "others/other men"
}
}