Want to remove ads? Support Godless Engineer

Job 18

Hebrew — Westminster Leningrad Codex · 21 verses

Practice this chapter: Drill this chapter → Learn its vocabulary →

Explore the Hebrew grammar of the whole book: Search Job by grammar → — find every imperative (command), or every participle.

  1. 1

    וַ֭יַּעַן בִּלְדַּ֥ד הַשֻּׁחִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר

    and to answer · Bildad · the Shuhite · and to say

  2. 2

    עַד אָ֤נָה תְּשִׂימ֣וּן קִנְצֵ֣י לְמִלִּ֑ין תָּ֝בִ֗ינוּ וְאַחַ֥ר נְדַבֵּֽר

    until · where · to put · snares of · to/for words · to understand · and after · to speak

  3. 3

    מַ֭דּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁ֣בְנוּ כַבְּהֵמָ֑ה נִ֝טְמִ֗ינוּ בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם

    why · to think · like/as the beast · to be stopped up · in/at eyes your

  4. 4

    טֹֽרֵ֥ף נַפְשׁ֗וֹ בְּאַ֫פּ֥וֹ הַ֭לְמַעַנְךָ תֵּעָ֣זַב אָ֑רֶץ וְיֶעְתַּק צ֝֗וּר מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ

    tearing · soul his · in/at nose his · for the sake of you · to leave · land · and to advance · rock · from place his

  5. 5

    גַּ֤ם א֣וֹר רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִדְעָ֑ךְ וְלֹֽא יִ֝גַּ֗הּ שְׁבִ֣יב אִשּֽׁוֹ

    also · light of · wicked · to go out · and not · to shine · flame of · fire his

  6. 6

    א֭וֹר חָשַׁ֣ךְ בְּאָהֳל֑וֹ וְ֝נֵר֗וֹ עָלָ֥יו יִדְעָֽךְ

    light · to be dark · in/at tent his · and lamp his · upon him · to go out

  7. 7

    יֵֽ֭צְרוּ צַעֲדֵ֣י אוֹנ֑וֹ וְֽתַשְׁלִיכֵ֥הוּ עֲצָתֽוֹ

    to bind · steps of · vigour his · and to throw him · counsel his

  8. 8

    כִּֽי שֻׁלַּ֣ח בְּרֶ֣שֶׁת בְּרַגְלָ֑יו וְעַל שְׂ֝בָכָ֗ה יִתְהַלָּֽךְ

    that · to send · in/at net · in/at feet his · and upon · network · to walk

  9. 9

    יֹאחֵ֣ז בְּעָקֵ֣ב פָּ֑ח יַחֲזֵ֖ק עָלָ֣יו צַמִּֽים

    to grasp · in/at heel · snare · to strengthen · upon him · snares

  10. 10

    טָמ֣וּן בָּאָ֣רֶץ חַבְל֑וֹ וּ֝מַלְכֻּדְתּ֗וֹ עֲלֵ֣י נָתִֽיב

    hidden · in/at the land · cord his · and snare his · upon · path

  11. 11

    סָ֭בִיב בִּֽעֲתֻ֣הוּ בַלָּה֑וֹת וֶהֱפִיצֻ֥הוּ לְרַגְלָֽיו

    round about · to terrify him · terrors · and to scatter him · to/for feet his

  12. 12

    יְהִי רָעֵ֥ב אֹנ֑וֹ וְ֝אֵ֗יד נָכ֥וֹן לְצַלְעֽוֹ

    to be · hungry · vigour his · and calamity · being established · to/for rib his

  13. 13

    יֹ֭אכַל בַּדֵּ֣י עוֹר֑וֹ יֹאכַ֥ל בַּ֝דָּ֗יו בְּכ֣וֹר מָֽוֶת

    to eat · poles of · skin his · to eat · poles his · firstborn of · death

  14. 14

    יִנָּתֵ֣ק מֵ֭אָהֳלוֹ מִבְטַח֑וֹ וְ֝תַצְעִדֵ֗הוּ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ בַּלָּהֽוֹת

    to pull away · from tent his · trust his · and to march him · to/for king of · terrors

  15. 15

    תִּשְׁכּ֣וֹן בְּ֭אָהֳלוֹ מִבְּלִי ל֑וֹ יְזֹרֶ֖ה עַל נָוֵ֣הוּ גָפְרִֽית

    to dwell · in/at tent his · from without of · to/for him · to scatter · upon · habitation his · brimstone

  16. 16

    מִ֭תַּחַת שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יִבָ֑שׁוּ וּ֝מִמַּ֗עַל יִמַּ֥ל קְצִירֽוֹ

    from under · roots his · to dry up · and from above · to circumcise · harvest his

  17. 17

    זִֽכְרוֹ אָ֭בַד מִנִּי אָ֑רֶץ וְלֹא שֵׁ֥ם ל֝֗וֹ עַל פְּנֵי חֽוּץ

    memorial his · to perish · from · land · and not · name · to/for him · upon · face(s) of · outside

  18. 18

    יֶ֭הְדְּפֻהוּ מֵא֣וֹר אֶל חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וּֽמִתֵּבֵ֥ל יְנִדֻּֽהוּ

    to drive out him · from light · to · darkness · and from world · to flee him

    Septuagint runs shorter here

  19. 19

    לֹ֘א נִ֤ין ל֣וֹ וְלֹא נֶ֣כֶד בְּעַמּ֑וֹ וְאֵ֥ין שָׂ֝רִ֗יד בִּמְגוּרָֽיו

    not · offspring · to/for him · and not · offspring · in/at people his · and nothing · survivor · in/at dwelling places his

  20. 20

    עַל י֭וֹמוֹ נָשַׁ֣מּוּ אַחֲרֹנִ֑ים וְ֝קַדְמֹנִ֗ים אָ֣חֲזוּ שָֽׂעַר

    upon · day his · to be desolate · behind · and ancient · to grasp · tempest

  21. 21

    אַךְ אֵ֭לֶּה מִשְׁכְּנ֣וֹת עַוָּ֑ל וְ֝זֶ֗ה מְק֣וֹם לֹא יָדַֽע אֵֽל

    surely · these · dwelling places of · unjust one · and this · place of · not · to know · God

About this chapter

  • 21 Verses
  • 143 Hebrew words
  • 116 Distinct lemmas

1 verse here runs noticeably shorter or longer in the Septuagint than in the Hebrew (the Greek is shorter) — 18:18. 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 18 contains 21 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.

Reading settings

Reading text

Shown beneath each verse's original-language words.

Old Testament
Old Testament edition

Read the OT as the Masoretic Hebrew (MT) or the Greek Septuagint (LXX).

English shown for the Greek Septuagint (in the Hebrew ↔ Greek comparison).

Comparing translations? Open the Compare panel on any verse page to stack up to four side by side.