Job 17 interlinear
The Hebrew text of Job 17 word by word, with each word’s gloss, a short parsing and its Strong’s number, and the King James Version for comparison.
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My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
רוּחִיspirit mynoun sg c cstr + sfx 1 sg fH7307חֻבָּלָהit is brokenverb Pual perf 3 sg fH2254יָמַיdays mynoun pl m cstr + sfx 1 sg cH3117נִזְעָכוּthey are extinguishedverb Niphal perf 3 pl cH2193קְבָרִיםgravesnoun pl m absH6913לִי׃[belong] to meprep + sfx 1 sg cH9030 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
אִם־if?Conditional ParticleH518לֹאnotNegative ParticleH3808הֲתֻלִיםmockeriesnoun pl m absH2049עִמָּדִי[are] with meprep + sfx 1 sg cH5978וּבְהַמְּרוֹתָםand on rebelling theyconj + prep + verb Hiphil inf cstr + sfx 3 pl mH4784תָּלַןmay it dwellverb Qal impf 3 sg fH3885עֵינִי׃eye mynoun sg f cstr + sfx 1 sg cH5869 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
שִׂימָה־make !verb Qal impv 2 sg m + Paragogic HéH7760נָּאpleaseInterjectionH4994עָרְבֵנִיstand surety for meverb Qal inf cstr + sfx 1 sg cH6148עִמָּךְwith yourselfprep + sfx 2 sg mH5973מִיwho?Interrogative pronH4310הוּאthatpron 3 sg mH1931לְיָדִיto hand myprep + noun sg c cstr + sfx 1 sg cH3027יִתָּקֵעַ׃will he strike himselfverb Niphal impf 3 sg mH8628 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
כִּי־forConditional ParticleH3588לִבָּםheart theirnoun sg m cstr + sfx 3 pl mH3820צָפַנְתָּyou have keptverb Qal perf 2 sg mH6845מִּשָּׂכֶלfrom understandingprep + noun sg m absH7922עַל־there-prepH5921כֵּן-foreadvH3651לֹאnotNegative ParticleH3808תְרֹמֵם׃you will exalt [them]verb Piel impf 2 sg mH7311 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
לְחֵלֶקfor a shareprep + noun sg m absH2506יַגִּידhe tellsverb Hiphil impf 3 sg mH5046רֵעִיםfriendsnoun pl m absH7453וְעֵינֵיand [the] eyes ofconj + noun du f cstrH5869בָנָיוchildren hisnoun pl m cstr + sfx 3 sg mH1121תִּכְלֶנָה׃they will failverb Qal impf 3 pl fH3615 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
וְהִצִּגַנִיand he has set meConsecutive conj + verb Hiphil Consecutive perf 3 sg m + sfx 1 sg cH3322לִמְשֹׁלto use a proverbprep + verb Qal inf cstrH4914עַמִּיםpeoplesnoun pl m absH5971וְתֹפֶתand a spittingconj + noun sg f absH8611לְפָנִיםto [the] faceprep + noun pl m absH6440אֶהְיֶה׃I amverb Qal impf 1 sg cH1961 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
וַתֵּכַהּand it has grown dimConsecutive conj + verb Qal Consecutive impf 3 sg fH3543מִכַּעַשׂfrom griefprep + noun sg m absH3708עֵינִיeye mynoun sg f cstr + sfx 1 sg cH5869וִיצֻרַיand members myconj + noun pl m cstr + sfx 1 sg cH3338כַּצֵּל[are] like the shadowprep Definite + noun sg m absH6738כֻּלָּם׃all of themnoun sg m cstr + sfx 3 pl mH3605 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
יָשֹׁמּוּthey are appalledverb Qal impf 3 pl mH8074יְשָׁרִיםupright [people]adj pl m absH3477עַל־onprepH5921זֹאתthisDemonstrative ParticleH2063וְנָקִיand [the] innocentconj + adj sg m absH5355עַל־onprepH5921חָנֵף[the] godlessadj sg m absH2611יִתְעֹרָר׃he will rouse himselfverb Hithpael impf 3 sg mH5782 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
וְיֹאחֵזand he may holdconj + verb Qal conj+impf 3 sg mH270צַדִּיק[the] righteousadj sg m absH6662דַּרְכּוֹway hisnoun sg c cstr + sfx 3 sg mH1870וּטֳהָר־and [the] clean ofconj + adj sg m cstrH2889יָדַיִםhandsnoun du c absH3027יֹסִיףhe will increaseverb Hiphil impf 3 sg mH3254אֹמֶץ׃strengthnoun sg m absH555 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
וְאוּלָםand butconj + advH199כֻּלָּםall of themnoun sg m cstr + sfx 3 pl mH3605תָּשֻׁבוּyou will returnverb Qal impf 2 pl mH7725וּבֹאוּand comeconj + verb Qal impv 2 pl mH935נָאpleaseInterjectionH4994וְלֹא־and notconj + Negative ParticleH3808אֶמְצָאI will findverb Qal impf 1 sg cH4672בָכֶםamong youprep + sfx 2 pl mH9036חָכָם׃a wise [person]adj sg m absH2450 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
יָמַיdays mynoun pl m cstr + sfx 1 sg cH3117עָבְרוּthey have passedverb Qal perf 3 pl cH5674זִמֹּתַיplans mynoun pl f cstr + sfx 1 sg cH2154נִתְּקוּthey have been torn apartverb Niphal perf 3 pl cH5423מוֹרָשֵׁי[the] wishes ofnoun pl m cstrH4180לְבָבִי׃heart mynoun sg m cstr + sfx 1 sg cH3824 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
לַיְלָהnightnoun sg m absH3915לְיוֹםinto dayprep + noun sg m absH3117יָשִׂימוּthey makeverb Qal impf 3 pl mH7760אוֹרlightnoun sg f absH216קָרוֹב[is] nearadj sg m absH7138מִפְּנֵי־from beforeprep + noun pl m cstrH6440חֹשֶׁךְ׃darknessnoun sg m absH2822 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
אִם־ifConditional ParticleH518אֲקַוֶּהI will hope forverb Piel impf 1 sg cH6960שְׁאוֹלSheolnoun sg c absH7585בֵּיתִיhome mynoun sg m cstr + sfx 1 sg cH1004בַּחֹשֶׁךְin the darknessprep Definite + noun sg m absH2822רִפַּדְתִּיI have spread outverb Piel perf 1 sg cH7502יְצוּעָי׃beds mynoun pl m cstr + sfx 1 sg cH3326 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
לַשַּׁחַתto the pitprep Definite + noun sg f absH7845קָרָאתִיI have called outverb Qal perf 1 sg cH7121אָבִי[are] father mynoun sg m cstr + sfx 1 sg cH1אָתָּהyoupron 2 sg mH859אִמִּיO mother mynoun sg f cstr + sfx 1 sg cH517וַאֲחֹתִיand sister myconj + noun sg f cstr + sfx 1 sg cH269לָרִמָּה׃to the maggotprep Definite + noun sg f absH7415 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
וְאַיֵּהand where?conj + Interrogative ParticleH346אֵפוֹthenInterjectionH645תִקְוָתִי[is] hope mynoun sg f cstr + sfx 1 sg cH8615וְתִקְוָתִיand hope myconj + noun sg f cstr + sfx 1 sg cH8615מִיwho?Interrogative pronH4310יְשׁוּרֶנָּה׃will he observe itverb Qal impf 3 sg m + sfx 3 sg fH7789 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
בַּדֵּי[the] poles ofnoun pl m cstrH905שְׁאֹלSheolnoun sg c absH7585תֵּרַדְנָהwill they go down?verb Qal impf 3 pl fH3381אִם־or?Conditional ParticleH518יַחַדtogethernoun sg m absH3162עַל־toprepH5921עָפָר[the] dustnoun sg m absH6083נָחַת׃ סwill we descendverb Qal impf 1 pl cH5181
Hebrew: Leningrad Codex. Tagging, glosses and parsing: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Strong’s numbers link to word studies.