Job 5:10-22 : 10 {
"verseID": "Job.5.10",
"source": "הַנֹּתֵ֣ן מָ֭טָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָ֑רֶץ וְשֹׁ֥לֵֽחַ מַ֝יִם עַל־פְּנֵ֥י חוּצֽוֹת׃",
"text": "the-*nōtēn* *māṭār* upon-*pənê*-*ʾāreṣ* *wə*-*šōlēaḥ* *mayim* upon-*pənê* *ḥûṣōt*",
"grammar": {
"*nōtēn*": "Qal participle, masculine singular with definite article - the one giving",
"*māṭār*": "noun, masculine singular - rain",
"*pənê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - face of/surface of",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth/land",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*šōlēaḥ*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - sending",
"*mayim*": "noun, masculine plural - waters",
"*pənê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - face of/surface of",
"*ḥûṣōt*": "noun, feminine plural - streets/fields/outside places"
},
"variants": {
"*nōtēn*": "giver/one who gives",
"*māṭār*": "rain",
"*pənê*": "face of/surface of",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground",
"*šōlēaḥ*": "sender/one who sends",
"*mayim*": "waters/water",
"*ḥûṣōt*": "streets/fields/outplaces"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Job.5.11",
"source": "לָשׂ֣וּם שְׁפָלִ֣ים לְמָר֑וֹם וְ֝קֹדְרִ֗ים שָׂ֣גְבוּ יֶֽשַׁע׃",
"text": "to-*śûm* *šəfālîm* to-*mārōm* *wə*-*qōdərîm* *śāgəbû* *yešaʿ*",
"grammar": {
"*śûm*": "infinitive construct - to set/place",
"*šəfālîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - low/humble ones",
"*mārōm*": "noun, masculine singular - height/high place",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*qōdərîm*": "Qal participle, masculine plural - mourning ones/those who are dark",
"*śāgəbû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are lifted high",
"*yešaʿ*": "noun, masculine singular - safety/salvation"
},
"variants": {
"*śûm*": "to set/place/put",
"*šəfālîm*": "low ones/humble ones",
"*mārōm*": "height/high place/exalted position",
"*qōdərîm*": "mourning ones/those in black/those who are dark",
"*śāgəbû*": "are lifted high/exalted",
"*yešaʿ*": "safety/salvation/deliverance"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Job.5.12",
"source": "מֵ֭פֵר מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת עֲרוּמִ֑ים וְֽלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂ֥ינָה יְ֝דֵיהֶ֗ם תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃",
"text": "*mēfēr* *maḥšəbōt* *ʿărûmîm* *wə*-not-*taʿăśênāh* *yədêhem* *tûšiyyāh*",
"grammar": {
"*mēfēr*": "Hiphil participle, masculine singular - breaking/frustrating",
"*maḥšəbōt*": "noun, feminine plural - thoughts/plans/devices",
"*ʿărûmîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - crafty/shrewd ones",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*taʿăśênāh*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural - they will perform/accomplish",
"*yədêhem*": "noun, feminine dual construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their hands",
"*tûšiyyāh*": "noun, feminine singular - success/wisdom/sound wisdom"
},
"variants": {
"*mēfēr*": "one who breaks/frustrates/annuls",
"*maḥšəbōt*": "thoughts/plans/devices/schemes",
"*ʿărûmîm*": "crafty ones/shrewd ones/cunning ones",
"*taʿăśênāh*": "perform/accomplish/achieve",
"*tûšiyyāh*": "success/wisdom/sound wisdom/enterprise"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Job.5.13",
"source": "לֹכֵ֣ד חֲכָמִ֣ים בְּעָרְמָ֑ם וַעֲצַ֖ת נִפְתָּלִ֣ים נִמְהָֽרָה׃",
"text": "*lōkēd* *ḥăkāmîm* in-*ʿārəmām* *wa*-*ʿăṣat* *niftālîm* *nimhārāh*",
"grammar": {
"*lōkēd*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - catching/seizing",
"*ḥăkāmîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - wise ones",
"*ʿārəmām*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their craftiness",
"*wa*": "conjunction with consecutive verb - and",
"*ʿăṣat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - counsel of",
"*niftālîm*": "Niphal participle, masculine plural - twisted ones/crafty ones",
"*nimhārāh*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - is hurried/precipitated"
},
"variants": {
"*lōkēd*": "catcher/seizer/entrapper",
"*ḥăkāmîm*": "wise ones/wise men/sages",
"*ʿārəmām*": "their craftiness/cunning",
"*ʿăṣat*": "counsel of/advice of",
"*niftālîm*": "twisted ones/crooked ones/perverse ones",
"*nimhārāh*": "is hurried/precipitated/carried headlong"
}
}
14 {
"verseID": "Job.5.14",
"source": "יוֹמָ֥ם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וְ֝כַלַּ֗יְלָה יְֽמַשְׁשׁ֥וּ בַֽצָּהֳרָֽיִם׃",
"text": "*yōmām* *yəfaggəšû*-*ḥōšek* *wə*-like-the-*laylāh* *yəmaššəšû* in-the-*ṣāhŏrāyim*",
"grammar": {
"*yōmām*": "adverb - by day/daytime",
"*yəfaggəšû*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they meet/encounter",
"*ḥōšek*": "noun, masculine singular - darkness",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*laylāh*": "noun, masculine singular with prefixed comparative particle - like the night",
"*yəmaššəšû*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they grope",
"*ṣāhŏrāyim*": "noun, masculine dual with definite article - the noonday"
},
"variants": {
"*yōmām*": "by day/daytime",
"*yəfaggəšû*": "meet/encounter/run into",
"*ḥōšek*": "darkness/obscurity",
"*laylāh*": "night",
"*yəmaššəšû*": "grope/feel about",
"*ṣāhŏrāyim*": "noonday/midday"
}
}
15 {
"verseID": "Job.5.15",
"source": "וַיֹּ֣שַׁע מֵ֭חֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶ֑ם וּמִיַּ֖ד חָזָ֣ק אֶבְיֽוֹן׃",
"text": "*wa*-*yōšaʿ* from-*ḥereb* from-*pîhem* *û*-from-*yad* *ḥāzāq* *ʾebyōn*",
"grammar": {
"*wa*": "conjunction with consecutive imperfect - and",
"*yōšaʿ*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he saves",
"*ḥereb*": "noun, feminine singular - sword",
"*pîhem*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their mouth",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*yad*": "noun, feminine singular construct - hand of",
"*ḥāzāq*": "adjective, masculine singular - strong",
"*ʾebyōn*": "adjective, masculine singular - needy/poor"
},
"variants": {
"*yōšaʿ*": "saves/delivers",
"*ḥereb*": "sword/drought",
"*pîhem*": "their mouth/their speech",
"*yad*": "hand/power",
"*ḥāzāq*": "strong/mighty",
"*ʾebyōn*": "needy one/poor one"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "Job.5.16",
"source": "וַתְּהִ֣י לַדַּ֣ל תִּקְוָ֑ה וְ֝עֹלָ֗תָה קָ֣פְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃",
"text": "*wa*-*təhî* to-the-*dal* *tiqwāh* *wə*-*ʿōlātāh* *qāfəṣāh* *pîhā*",
"grammar": {
"*wa*": "conjunction with consecutive imperfect - and",
"*təhî*": "Qal imperfect jussive, 3rd person feminine singular - let there be",
"*dal*": "adjective, masculine singular with definite article - the poor/weak",
"*tiqwāh*": "noun, feminine singular - hope",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʿōlātāh*": "noun, feminine singular - injustice/unrighteousness",
"*qāfəṣāh*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she has shut",
"*pîhā*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her mouth"
},
"variants": {
"*təhî*": "there is/becomes",
"*dal*": "poor one/weak one/thin one",
"*tiqwāh*": "hope/expectation",
"*ʿōlātāh*": "injustice/unrighteousness/perversity",
"*qāfəṣāh*": "shuts/closes tightly",
"*pîhā*": "her mouth"
}
}
17 {
"verseID": "Job.5.17",
"source": "הִנֵּ֤ה אַשְׁרֵ֣י אֱ֭נוֹשׁ יוֹכִחֶ֣נּֽוּ אֱל֑וֹהַּ וּמוּסַ֥ר שַׁ֝דַּ֗י אַל־תִּמְאָֽס׃",
"text": "*hinnēh* *ʾašrê* *ʾĕnōš* *yōkiḥennû* *ʾĕlōah* *û*-*mûsar* *šadday* not-*timʾās*",
"grammar": {
"*hinnēh*": "interjection - behold/lo",
"*ʾašrê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - happiness of/blessed is",
"*ʾĕnōš*": "noun, masculine singular - man/mankind",
"*yōkiḥennû*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - he corrects him",
"*ʾĕlōah*": "noun, masculine singular - God",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*mûsar*": "noun, masculine singular construct - discipline of",
"*šadday*": "noun, masculine singular - Almighty",
"*timʾās*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you reject/despise"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾašrê*": "happiness of/blessed is/happy is",
"*ʾĕnōš*": "man/mortal/mankind",
"*yōkiḥennû*": "corrects him/reproves him/chastens him",
"*ʾĕlōah*": "God/deity",
"*mûsar*": "discipline/chastening/correction",
"*šadday*": "Almighty/the Almighty One",
"*timʾās*": "reject/despise/refuse"
}
}
18 {
"verseID": "Job.5.18",
"source": "כִּ֤י ה֣וּא יַכְאִ֣יב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ יִ֝מְחַ֗ץ *וידו **וְיָדָ֥יו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃",
"text": "*kî* *hûʾ* *yaḵʾîb* *wə*-*yeḥbāš* *yimḥaṣ* *wə*-*yādāyw* *tirpeynāh*",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*hûʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he",
"*yaḵʾîb*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he causes pain",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*yeḥbāš*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he binds up",
"*yimḥaṣ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he wounds/crushes",
"*yādāyw*": "noun, feminine dual with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his hands",
"*tirpeynāh*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural - they heal"
},
"variants": {
"*yaḵʾîb*": "causes pain/wounds/makes sore",
"*yeḥbāš*": "binds up/bandages",
"*yimḥaṣ*": "wounds/crushes/smites",
"*tirpeynāh*": "heal/make whole"
}
}
19 {
"verseID": "Job.5.19",
"source": "בְּשֵׁ֣שׁ צָ֭רוֹת יַצִּילֶ֑ךָּ וּבְשֶׁ֓בַע ׀ לֹא־יִגַּ֖ע בְּךָ֣ רָֽע׃",
"text": "in-*šēš* *ṣārōt* *yaṣṣîlekā* *û*-in-*šebaʿ* not-*yiggaʿ* in-*kā* *rāʿ*",
"grammar": {
"*šēš*": "number - six",
"*ṣārōt*": "noun, feminine plural - troubles/distresses",
"*yaṣṣîlekā*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - he will deliver you",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*šebaʿ*": "number - seven",
"*yiggaʿ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will touch",
"*kā*": "preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in you",
"*rāʿ*": "adjective, masculine singular - evil/bad"
},
"variants": {
"*ṣārōt*": "troubles/distresses/adversities",
"*yaṣṣîlekā*": "will deliver you/rescue you",
"*yiggaʿ*": "touch/reach/strike",
"*rāʿ*": "evil/harm/calamity"
}
}
20 {
"verseID": "Job.5.20",
"source": "בְּ֭רָעָב פָּֽדְךָ֣ מִמָּ֑וֶת וּ֝בְמִלְחָמָ֗ה מִ֣ידֵי חָֽרֶב׃",
"text": "in-*rāʿāb* *pādəḵā* from-*māwet* *û*-in-*milḥāmāh* from-*yədê* *ḥāreb*",
"grammar": {
"*rāʿāb*": "noun, masculine singular - famine/hunger",
"*pādəḵā*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - he has redeemed you",
"*māwet*": "noun, masculine singular - death",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*milḥāmāh*": "noun, feminine singular - war/battle",
"*yədê*": "noun, feminine dual construct - hands of",
"*ḥāreb*": "noun, feminine singular - sword"
},
"variants": {
"*rāʿāb*": "famine/hunger",
"*pādəḵā*": "redeems you/ransoms you",
"*māwet*": "death",
"*milḥāmāh*": "war/battle/fighting",
"*yədê*": "hands of/power of",
"*ḥāreb*": "sword/drought"
}
}
21 {
"verseID": "Job.5.21",
"source": "בְּשׁ֣וֹט לָ֭שׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵ֑א וְֽלֹא־תִירָ֥א מִ֝שֹּׁ֗ד כִּ֣י יָבֽוֹא׃",
"text": "in-*šōṭ* *lāšōn* *tēḥābēʾ* *wə*-not-*tîrāʾ* from-*šōd* *kî* *yābōʾ*",
"grammar": {
"*šōṭ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - scourge of",
"*lāšōn*": "noun, feminine singular - tongue",
"*tēḥābēʾ*": "Niphal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will be hidden",
"*wə*": "conjunction - and",
"*tîrāʾ*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will fear",
"*šōd*": "noun, masculine singular - destruction/violence",
"*kî*": "conjunction - when/because",
"*yābōʾ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will come"
},
"variants": {
"*šōṭ*": "scourge/whip",
"*lāšōn*": "tongue/language/speech",
"*tēḥābēʾ*": "you will be hidden/protected/concealed",
"*tîrāʾ*": "you will fear/be afraid",
"*šōd*": "destruction/violence/devastation",
"*yābōʾ*": "it will come/arrive"
}
}
22 {
"verseID": "Job.5.22",
"source": "לְשֹׁ֣ד וּלְכָפָ֣ן תִּשְׂחָ֑ק וּֽמֵחַיַּ֥ת הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃",
"text": "at-*šōd* *û*-at-*kāfān* *tiśḥāq* *û*-from-*ḥayyat* the-*ʾāreṣ* not-*tîrāʾ*",
"grammar": {
"*šōd*": "noun, masculine singular - destruction/violence",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*kāfān*": "noun, masculine singular - famine/hunger",
"*tiśḥāq*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will laugh",
"*û*": "conjunction - and",
"*ḥayyat*": "noun, feminine singular construct - beast of",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular with definite article - the earth/land",
"*tîrāʾ*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will fear"
},
"variants": {
"*šōd*": "destruction/devastation",
"*kāfān*": "famine/hunger",
"*tiśḥāq*": "you will laugh/mock",
"*ḥayyat*": "beast/animal/living creature of",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground",
"*tîrāʾ*": "fear/be afraid"
}
}