Job 23 interlinear
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Then Job answered and said,
וַיַּעַןand he answeredConsecutive conj + verb Qal Consecutive impf 3 sg mH6030אִיּוֹבJobname m individualH347וַיֹּאמַר׃and he saidConsecutive conj + verb Qal Consecutive impf 3 sg mH559 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
גַּם־alsoadvH1571הַיּוֹםthis dayart + noun sg m absH3117מְרִי[the] rebellion ofnoun sg m cstrH4805שִׂחִיcomplaint mynoun sg m cstr + sfx 1 sg cH7879יָדִיhand mynoun sg c cstr + sfx 1 sg cH3027כָּבְדָהit is heavyverb Qal perf 3 sg fH3513עַל־onprepH5921אַנְחָתִי׃groaning mynoun sg f cstr + sfx 1 sg cH585 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
מִי־who?Interrogative pronH4310יִתֵּןwill he giveverb Qal impf 3 sg mH5414יָדַעְתִּיI knewverb Qal perf 1 sg cH3045וְאֶמְצָאֵהוּand I will find himconj + verb Qal conj+impf 1 sg c + sfx 3 sg mH4672אָבוֹאI will comeverb Qal impf 1 sg cH935עַד־toprepH5704תְּכוּנָתוֹ׃place hisnoun sg f cstr + sfx 3 sg mH8499 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
אֶעֶרְכָהlet me set in orderverb Qal impf 1 sg cH6186לְפָנָיוto before himprep + noun pl m cstr + sfx 3 sg mH6440מִשְׁפָּטa casenoun sg m absH4941וּפִיand mouth myconj + noun sg m cstr + sfx 1 sg cH6310אֲמַלֵּאlet me fillverb Piel impf 1 sg cH4390תוֹכָחוֹת׃argumentsnoun pl f absH8433 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
אֵדְעָהI want to knowverb Qal impf 1 sg cH3045מִלִּים[the] wordsnoun pl m absH4405יַעֲנֵנִי[which] he will answer meverb Qal impf 3 sg m + sfx 1 sg cH6030וְאָבִינָהand I want to understandconj + verb Qal impf 1 sg cH995מַה־what?Interrogative pronH4100יֹּאמַרwill he sayverb Qal impf 3 sg mH559לִי׃to meprep + sfx 1 sg cH9030 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
הַבְּרָב־¿ with greatness ofInterrogative Particle + prep + noun sg m cstrH7230כֹּחַpowernoun sg m absH3581יָרִיבwill he conduct a caseverb Qal impf 3 sg mH7378עִמָּדִיwith meprep + sfx 1 sg cH5978לֹאnotNegative ParticleH3808אַךְ־surelyadvH389הוּאhepron 3 sg mH1931יָשִׂםhe will putverb Qal impf 3 sg mH7760בִּי׃on meprep + sfx 1 sg cH9030 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
שָׁםthereadvH8033יָשָׁרan upright [person]adj sg m absH3477נוֹכָח[will be] reasoningverb Niphal ptc sg m absH3198עִמּוֹwith himprep + sfx 3 sg mH5973וַאֲפַלְּטָהand I will deliverconj + verb Piel impf 1 sg cH6403לָנֶצַחto perpetuityprep + noun sg m absH5331מִשֹּׁפְטִי׃from judge myprep + verb Qal ptc sg m cstr + sfx 1 sg cH8199 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
הֵןhere!InterjectionH2005קֶדֶםforwardnoun sg m absH6924אֶהֱלֹךְI goverb Qal impf 1 sg cH1980וְאֵינֶנּוּand there not [is] heconj + noun sg m cstr + sfx 3 sg mH369וְאָחוֹרand backwardsconj + noun sg m absH268וְלֹא־and notconj + Negative ParticleH3808אָבִיןI perceiveverb Qal impf 1 sg cH995לוֹ׃to himprep + sfx 3 sg mH9033 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see
שְׂמֹאול[the] left [side]noun sg m absH8040בַּעֲשֹׂתוֹwhen acts heprep + verb Qal inf cstr + sfx 3 sg mH6213וְלֹא־and notconj + Negative ParticleH3808אָחַזI see [him]verb Qal impf 1 sg cH2372יַעְטֹףhe turnsverb Qal impf 3 sg mH5848יָמִין[the] right [side]noun sg f absH3225וְלֹאand notconj + Negative ParticleH3808אֶרְאֶה׃I see [him]verb Qal impf 1 sg cH7200 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
כִּי־thatConditional ParticleH3588יָדַעhe knowsverb Qal perf 3 sg mH3045דֶּרֶךְ[the] waynoun sg c absH1870עִמָּדִיwith meprep + sfx 1 sg cH5978בְּחָנַנִיhe has tested meverb Qal impv 2 sg m + sfx 1 sg cH974כַּזָּהָבlike the goldprep Definite + noun sg m absH2091אֵצֵא׃I will come forthverb Qal impf 1 sg cH3318 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
בַּאֲשֻׁרוֹon step hisprep + noun sg f cstr + sfx 3 sg mH838אָחֲזָהit has taken holdverb Qal perf 3 sg fH270רַגְלִיfoot mynoun sg f cstr + sfx 1 sg cH7272דַּרְכּוֹway hisnoun sg c cstr + sfx 3 sg mH1870שָׁמַרְתִּיI have keptverb Qal perf 1 sg cH8104וְלֹא־and notconj + Negative ParticleH3808אָט׃I have turned asideverb Hiphil impf 1 sg cH5186 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
מִצְוַת[the] commandment ofnoun sg f cstrH4687שְׂפָתָיוlips hisnoun du f cstr + sfx 3 sg mH8193וְלֹאand notconj + Negative ParticleH3808אָמִישׁI have ceasedverb Hiphil impf 1 sg cH4185מֵחֻקִּיmore than portion myprep + noun sg m cstr + sfx 1 sg cH2706צָפַנְתִּיI have treasured upverb Qal perf 1 sg cH6845אִמְרֵי־[the] words ofnoun pl m cstrH561פִיו׃mouth hisnoun sg m cstr + sfx 3 sg mH6310 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
וְהוּאand heconj + pron 3 sg mH1931בְאֶחָד[is] in oneprep + Numerical adj sg f absH259וּמִיand who?conj + Interrogative pronH4310יְשִׁיבֶנּוּwill he turn back himverb Hiphil impf 3 sg m + sfx 3 sg mH7725וְנַפְשׁוֹand [that which] self hisconj + noun sg f cstr + sfx 3 sg mH5315אִוְּתָהit has desiredverb Piel perf 3 sg fH183וַיָּעַשׂ׃and he has doneConsecutive conj + verb Qal Consecutive impf 3 sg mH6213 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
כִּיforConditional ParticleH3588יַשְׁלִיםhe performsverb Hiphil impf 3 sg mH7999חֻקִּיdecree mynoun sg m cstr + sfx 1 sg cH2706וְכָהֵנָּהand like themconj + prep + pron 3 pl fH9039רַבּוֹתmanyadj pl f absH7227עִמּוֹ׃[are] with himprep + sfx 3 sg mH5973 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
עַל־there-prepH5921כֵּן-foreadvH3651מִפָּנָיוof before himprep + noun pl m cstr + sfx 3 sg mH6440אֶבָּהֵלI am terrifiedverb Niphal impf 1 sg cH926אֶתְבּוֹנֵןI considerverb Hithpael impf 1 sg cH995וְאֶפְחַדand I may be in dreadconj + verb Qal conj+impf 1 sg cH6342מִמֶּנּוּ׃from himprep + sfx 3 sg mH4480 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
וְאֵלand Godconj + noun sg m absH410הֵרַךְhe has made faintverb Hiphil perf 3 sg mH7401לִבִּיheart mynoun sg m cstr + sfx 1 sg cH3820וְשַׁדַּיand [the] Almightyconj + name TitleH7706הִבְהִילָנִי׃he has terrified meverb Hiphil perf 3 sg m + sfx 1 sg cH926 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
כִּי־forConditional ParticleH3588לֹאnotNegative ParticleH3808נִצְמַתִּיI have been destroyedverb Niphal perf 1 sg cH6789מִפְּנֵי־from beforeprep + noun pl m cstrH6440חֹשֶׁךְdarknessnoun sg m absH2822וּמִפָּנַיand from before meconj + prep + noun pl m cstr + sfx 1 sg cH6440כִּסָּה־it coversverb Piel perf 3 sg mH3680אֹפֶל׃gloomnoun sg m absH652
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.