Job 17
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רוּחִ֣י חֻ֭בָּלָה יָמַ֥י נִזְעָ֗כוּ קְבָרִ֥ים לִֽי
spirit my · to bind · days my · to extinguish · graves · to/for me
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2
אִם לֹ֣א הֲ֭תֻלִים עִמָּדִ֑י וּ֝בְהַמְּרוֹתָ֗ם תָּלַ֥ן עֵינִֽי
if · not · mockers · with me · and in/at to rebel them · to lodge · eye my
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3
שִֽׂימָה נָּ֭א עָרְבֵ֣נִי עִמָּ֑ךְ מִֽי ה֝֗וּא לְיָדִ֥י יִתָּקֵֽעַ
put · please · pledge me · with you · who · he · to/for hand my · to blow
Septuagint runs shorter here
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4
כִּֽי לִ֭בָּם צָפַ֣נְתָּ מִּשָּׂ֑כֶל עַל כֵּ֝֗ן לֹ֣א תְרֹמֵֽם
that · heart their · to hide · from prudence · upon · thus · not · to rise
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5
לְ֭חֵלֶק יַגִּ֣יד רֵעִ֑ים וְעֵינֵ֖י בָנָ֣יו תִּכְלֶֽנָה
to/for portion · to make known · friends · and eyes of · sons his · to finish
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6
וְֽ֭הִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁ֣ל עַמִּ֑ים וְתֹ֖פֶת לְפָנִ֣ים אֶֽהְיֶֽה
and to set me · to/for byword · peoples · and spit · to/for face(s) · to be
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7
וַתֵּ֣כַהּ מִכַּ֣עַשׂ עֵינִ֑י וִֽיצֻרַ֖י כַּצֵּ֣ל כֻּלָּֽם
and to grow dim · from anger · eye my · and members my · like/as the shadow · all their
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8
יָשֹׁ֣מּוּ יְשָׁרִ֣ים עַל זֹ֑את וְ֝נָקִ֗י עַל חָנֵ֥ף יִתְעֹרָֽר
to be desolate · upright · upon · this · and innocent · upon · godless · to awake
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9
וְיֹאחֵ֣ז צַדִּ֣יק דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וּֽטֳהָר יָ֝דַ֗יִם יֹסִ֥יף אֹֽמֶץ
and to grasp · righteous · way his · and clean of · hands · to add · strength
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10
וְֽאוּלָ֗ם כֻּלָּ֣ם תָּ֭שֻׁבוּ וּבֹ֣אוּ נָ֑א וְלֹֽא אֶמְצָ֖א בָכֶ֣ם חָכָֽם
and but · all their · to return · and enter · please · and not · to find · in/at you · wise
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11
יָמַ֣י עָ֭בְרוּ זִמֹּתַ֣י נִתְּק֑וּ מ֖וֹרָשֵׁ֣י לְבָבִֽי
days my · to pass over · evil devices my · to pull away · possessions of · heart my
Septuagint runs shorter here
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12
לַ֭יְלָה לְי֣וֹם יָשִׂ֑ימוּ א֝֗וֹר קָר֥וֹב מִפְּנֵי חֹֽשֶׁךְ
night · to/for day · to put · light · near · from face(s) of · darkness
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13
אִם אֲ֭קַוֶּה שְׁא֣וֹל בֵּיתִ֑י בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ רִפַּ֥דְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי
if · to wait · Sheol · house my · in/at the darkness · to spread · beds my
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14
לַשַּׁ֣חַת קָ֭רָאתִי אָ֣בִי אָ֑תָּה אִמִּ֥י וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י לָֽרִמָּֽה
to/for the pit · to call · father my · you · mother my · and sister my · to/for the maggot
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15
וְ֭אַיֵּה אֵפ֣וֹ תִקְוָתִ֑י וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י מִ֣י יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה
and where · then · hope my · and hope my · who · to see her
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16
בַּדֵּ֣י שְׁאֹ֣ל תֵּרַ֑דְנָה אִם יַ֖חַד עַל עָפָ֣ר נָֽחַת
poles of · Sheol · to go down · if · together · upon · dust · rest
About this chapter
- 16 Verses
- 112 Hebrew words
- 90 Distinct lemmas
2 verses here run noticeably shorter or longer in the Septuagint than in the Hebrew (the Greek is shorter) — 17:3, 17:11. 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 17 contains 16 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.