Job 23

Hebrew — Westminster Leningrad Codex · 17 verses

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1

וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר

and to answer · Job · and to say
2

גַּם הַ֭יּוֹם מְרִ֣י שִׂחִ֑י יָ֝דִ֗י כָּבְדָ֥ה עַל אַנְחָתִֽי

also · the day · rebellion · meditation my · hand my · to be heavy · upon · groaning my
3

מִֽי יִתֵּ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵ֑הוּ אָ֝ב֗וֹא עַד תְּכוּנָתֽוֹ

who · to give · to know · and to find him · to enter · until · arrangement his
4

אֶעֶרְכָ֣ה לְפָנָ֣יו מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝פִ֗י אֲמַלֵּ֥א תוֹכָחֽוֹת

to arrange · to/for face(s) his · judgment · and mouth my · to fill · rebukes
5

אֵ֭דְעָה מִלִּ֣ים יַעֲנֵ֑נִי וְ֝אָבִ֗ינָה מַה יֹּ֥אמַר לִֽי

to know · words · to answer me · and to understand · what · to say · to/for me
6

הַבְּרָב כֹּ֭חַ יָרִ֣יב עִמָּדִ֑י לֹ֥א אַךְ ה֝֗וּא יָשִׂ֥ם בִּֽי

in/at many of · strength · to contend · with me · not · surely · he · to put · in/at me
7

שָׁ֗ם יָ֭שָׁר נוֹכָ֣ח עִמּ֑וֹ וַאֲפַלְּטָ֥ה לָ֝נֶ֗צַח מִשֹּׁפְטִֽי

there · upright · reproving · with him · and to escape · to/for perpetuity · from judging me
8

הֵ֤ן קֶ֣דֶם אֶהֱלֹ֣ךְ וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וְ֝אָח֗וֹר וְֽלֹא אָבִ֥ין לֽוֹ

behold · east · to walk · and nothing him · and behind · and not · to understand · to/for him
9

שְׂמֹ֣אול בַּעֲשֹׂת֣וֹ וְלֹא אָ֑חַז יַעְטֹ֥ף יָ֝מִ֗ין וְלֹ֣א אֶרְאֶֽה

left · in/at to do him · and not · to see · to faint · right hand · and not · to see
10

כִּֽי יָ֭דַע דֶּ֣רֶךְ עִמָּדִ֑י בְּ֝חָנַ֗נִי כַּזָּהָ֥ב אֵצֵֽא

that · to know · way · with me · to test me · like/as the gold · to go out

Septuagint runs shorter here
11

בַּ֭אֲשֻׁרוֹ אָחֲזָ֣ה רַגְלִ֑י דַּרְכּ֖וֹ שָׁמַ֣רְתִּי וְלֹא אָֽט

in/at step his · to grasp · foot my · way his · to keep · and not · to stretch out

Septuagint runs longer here
12

מִצְוַ֣ת שְׂ֭פָתָיו וְלֹ֣א אָמִ֑ישׁ מֵ֝חֻקִּ֗י צָפַ֥נְתִּי אִמְרֵי פִֽיו

commandment of · lips his · and not · to depart · from statute my · to hide · utterances of · mouth his

Septuagint runs shorter here
13

וְה֣וּא בְ֭אֶחָד וּמִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹ אִוְּתָ֣ה וַיָּֽעַשׂ

and he · in/at one · and who · to return him · and soul his · to desire · and to do
14

כִּ֭י יַשְׁלִ֣ים חֻקִּ֑י וְכָהֵ֖נָּה רַבּ֣וֹת עִמּֽוֹ

that · to be at peace · statute my · and like/as these · many · with him
15

עַל כֵּ֭ן מִפָּנָ֣יו אֶבָּהֵ֑ל אֶ֝תְבּוֹנֵ֗ן וְאֶפְחַ֥ד מִמֶּֽנּוּ

upon · thus · from face(s) his · to terrify · to understand · and to fear · from him

Septuagint runs longer here
16

וְ֭אֵל הֵרַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י הִבְהִילָֽנִי

and God · to be weak · heart my · and Almighty · to terrify me
17

כִּֽי לֹ֣א נִ֭צְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י כִּסָּה אֹֽפֶל

that · not · to cut off · from face(s) of · darkness · and from face(s) my · to cover · darkness

About this chapter

17 Verses
118 Hebrew words
87 Distinct lemmas

4 verses here run noticeably shorter or longer in the Septuagint than in the Hebrew (2 shorter, 2 longer) — 23:10, 23:11, 23:12, 23:15. 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 23 contains 17 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.