Job 16
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וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר
and to answer · Job · and to say
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שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי כְאֵ֣לֶּה רַבּ֑וֹת מְנַחֲמֵ֖י עָמָ֣ל כֻּלְּכֶֽם
to hear · like/as these · many · comforting · toil · all your
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הֲקֵ֥ץ לְדִבְרֵי ר֑וּחַ א֥וֹ מַה יַּ֝מְרִֽיצְךָ֗ כִּ֣י תַעֲנֶֽה
end · to/for words of · spirit · or · what · to be sick you · that · to answer
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גַּ֤ם אָנֹכִי֮ כָּכֶ֪ם אֲדַ֫בֵּ֥רָה ל֤וּ יֵ֪שׁ נַפְשְׁכֶ֡ם תַּ֤חַת נַפְשִׁ֗י אַחְבִּ֣ירָה עֲלֵיכֶ֣ם בְּמִלִּ֑ים וְאָנִ֥יעָה עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם בְּמ֣וֹ רֹאשִֽׁי
also · I · like/as you · to speak · if only · there is · soul your · under · soul my · to bind together · upon you · in/at words · and to shake · upon you · in · head my
Septuagint runs shorter here
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אֲאַמִּצְכֶ֥ם בְּמוֹ פִ֑י וְנִ֖יד שְׂפָתַ֣י יַחְשֹֽׂךְ
to be strong you · in · mouth my · and quivering of · lips my · to withhold
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אִֽם אֲ֭דַבְּרָה לֹא יֵחָשֵׂ֣ךְ כְּאֵבִ֑י וְ֝אַחְדְּלָ֗ה מַה מִנִּ֥י יַהֲלֹֽךְ
if · to speak · not · to withhold · pain my · and to cease · what · from me · to walk
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אַךְ עַתָּ֥ה הֶלְאָ֑נִי הֲ֝שִׁמּ֗וֹתָ כָּל עֲדָתִֽי
surely · now · to be weary me · to be desolate · all of · congregation my
Septuagint runs longer here
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וַֽ֭תִּקְמְטֵנִי לְעֵ֣ד הָיָ֑ה וַיָּ֥קָם בִּ֥י כַ֝חֲשִׁ֗י בְּפָנַ֥י יַעֲנֶֽה
and to seize me · to/for witness · to be · and to rise · in/at me · deception my · in/at face(s) my · to answer
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אַפּ֤וֹ טָרַ֨ף וַֽיִּשְׂטְמֵ֗נִי חָרַ֣ק עָלַ֣י בְּשִׁנָּ֑יו צָרִ֓י יִלְט֖וֹשׁ עֵינָ֣יו לִֽי
nose his · to tear · and to hate me · to gnash · upon me · in/at teeth his · distress my · to sharpen · eyes his · to/for me
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פָּעֲר֬וּ עָלַ֨י בְּפִיהֶ֗ם בְּ֭חֶרְפָּה הִכּ֣וּ לְחָיָ֑י יַ֝֗חַד עָלַ֥י יִתְמַלָּאֽוּן
to gape · upon me · in/at mouth their · in/at reproach · to strike · jaws my · together · upon me · to fill
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יַסְגִּירֵ֣נִי אֵ֭ל אֶ֣ל עֲוִ֑יל וְעַל יְדֵ֖י רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִרְטֵֽנִי
to shut me · God · to · perverse one · and upon · hands of · wicked · to precipitate me
Septuagint runs longer here
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שָׁ֘לֵ֤ו הָיִ֨יתִי וַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵ֗נִי וְאָחַ֣ז בְּ֭עָרְפִּי וַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵ֑נִי וַיְקִימֵ֥נִי ל֝֗וֹ לְמַטָּרָֽה
quiet · to be · and to break me · and to grasp · in/at neck my · and to scatter me · and to rise me · to/for him · to/for guard
Septuagint runs shorter here
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יָ֘סֹ֤בּוּ עָלַ֨י רַבָּ֗יו יְפַלַּ֣ח כִּ֭לְיוֹתַי וְלֹ֣א יַחְמ֑וֹל יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ לָ֝אָ֗רֶץ מְרֵרָֽתִי
to turn around · upon me · archers his · to cleave · kidneys my · and not · to spare · to pour · to/for the land · gall my
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יִפְרְצֵ֣נִי פֶ֭רֶץ עַל פְּנֵי פָ֑רֶץ יָרֻ֖ץ עָלַ֣י כְּגִבּֽוֹר
to break through me · breach · upon · face(s) of · breach · to run · upon me · like/as mighty
Septuagint runs longer here
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שַׂ֣ק תָּ֭פַרְתִּי עֲלֵ֣י גִלְדִּ֑י וְעֹלַ֖לְתִּי בֶעָפָ֣ר קַרְנִֽי
sackcloth · to sew · upon · skin my · and to act severely · in/at dust · horn my
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פָּנַ֣י חמרמרה חֳ֭מַרְמְרוּ מִנִּי בֶ֑כִי וְעַ֖ל עַפְעַפַּ֣י צַלְמָֽוֶת
face(s) my · to boil · to boil · from · weeping · and upon · eyelids my · shadow of death
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עַ֭ל לֹא חָמָ֣ס בְּכַפָּ֑י וּֽתְפִלָּתִ֥י זַכָּֽה
upon · not · violence · in/at palms my · and prayer my · clean
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אֶ֭רֶץ אַל תְּכַסִּ֣י דָמִ֑י וְֽאַל יְהִ֥י מָ֝ק֗וֹם לְזַעֲקָתִֽי
land · not · to cover · blood my · and not · to be · place · to/for cry my
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גַּם עַ֭תָּה הִנֵּה בַשָּׁמַ֣יִם עֵדִ֑י וְ֝שָׂהֲדִ֗י בַּמְּרוֹמִֽים
also · now · behold · in/at the heaven(s) · witness my · and witness my · in/at the heights
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מְלִיצַ֥י רֵעָ֑י אֶל אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ דָּלְפָ֥ה עֵינִֽי
scorning me · friends my · to · God · to drip · eye my
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וְיוֹכַ֣ח לְגֶ֣בֶר עִם אֱל֑וֹהַּ וּֽבֶן אָדָ֥ם לְרֵעֵֽהוּ
and to reprove · to/for man · with · God · and son of · man · to/for friend his
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כִּֽי שְׁנ֣וֹת מִסְפָּ֣ר יֶאֱתָ֑יוּ וְאֹ֖רַח לֹא אָשׁ֣וּב אֶהֱלֹֽךְ
that · years of · number · to come · and way · not · to return · to walk
About this chapter
- 22 Verses
- 173 Hebrew words
- 127 Distinct lemmas
5 verses here run noticeably shorter or longer in the Septuagint than in the Hebrew (2 shorter, 3 longer) — 16:4, 16:7, 16:11, 16:12, 16:14. Open any to read the two side by side.
Measured from the length of the two English translations (the LXX English for the Greek), which tokenize alike — a rough divergence signal, not a word-level alignment or a claim about wording. How the Septuagint differs →
Job 16 contains 22 verses in the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Click any verse to open it in the interlinear word-by-word view, with transliteration, Strong's number, gloss, and full morphology for every word. Use the chapter navigation above to step through Job, or return to the book of Job for the full chapter list.