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Job 6

Hebrew — Westminster Leningrad Codex · 30 verses

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  1. 1

    וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר

    and to answer · Job · and to say

  2. 2

    ל֗וּ שָׁק֣וֹל יִשָּׁקֵ֣ל כַּעְשִׂ֑י והיתי וְ֝הַוָּתִ֗י בְּֽמֹאזְנַ֥יִם יִשְׂאוּ יָֽחַד

    if only · to weigh · to weigh · anger my · and destruction my · and destruction my · in/at scales · to lift · together

    Septuagint runs longer here

  3. 3

    כִּֽי עַתָּ֗ה מֵח֣וֹל יַמִּ֣ים יִכְבָּ֑ד עַל כֵּ֝֗ן דְּבָרַ֥י לָֽעוּ

    that · now · from sand of · seas · to be heavy · upon · thus · words my · to swallow

  4. 4

    כִּ֤י חִצֵּ֪י שַׁדַּ֡י עִמָּדִ֗י אֲשֶׁ֣ר חֲ֭מָתָם שֹׁתָ֣ה רוּחִ֑י בִּעוּתֵ֖י אֱל֣וֹהַּ יַֽעַרְכֽוּנִי

    that · arrows of · Almighty · with me · which · wrath their · drinking · spirit my · terrors of · God · to arrange me

  5. 5

    הֲיִֽנְהַק פֶּ֥רֶא עֲלֵי דֶ֑שֶׁא אִ֥ם יִגְעֶה שּׁ֝֗וֹר עַל בְּלִילֽוֹ

    to cry out · wild ass · upon · grass · if · to low · ox · upon · fodder his

    Septuagint runs longer here

  6. 6

    הֲיֵאָכֵ֣ל תָּ֭פֵל מִבְּלִי מֶ֑לַח אִם יֶשׁ טַ֝֗עַם בְּרִ֣יר חַלָּמֽוּת

    to eat · tasteless · from without of · salt · if · there is · taste · in/at spittle of · purslane

    Septuagint runs shorter here

  7. 7

    מֵאֲנָ֣ה לִנְגּ֣וֹעַ נַפְשִׁ֑י הֵ֝֗מָּה כִּדְוֵ֥י לַחְמִֽי

    to refuse · to touch · soul my · they · like/as illness of · bread my

    Septuagint runs longer here

  8. 8

    מִֽי יִ֭תֵּן תָּב֣וֹא שֶֽׁאֱלָתִ֑י וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י יִתֵּ֥ן אֱלֽוֹהַּ

    who · to give · to enter · petition my · and hope my · to give · God

  9. 9

    וְיֹאֵ֣ל אֱ֭לוֹהַּ וִֽידַכְּאֵ֑נִי יַתֵּ֥ר יָ֝ד֗וֹ וִֽיבַצְּעֵֽנִי

    and to be willing · God · and to crush me · to tremble · hand his · and to cut off me

    Septuagint runs shorter here

  10. 10

    וּ֥תְהִי ע֨וֹד נֶ֘חָ֤מָתִ֗י וַאֲסַלְּדָ֣ה בְ֭חִילָה לֹ֣א יַחְמ֑וֹל כִּי לֹ֥א כִ֝חַ֗דְתִּי אִמְרֵ֥י קָדֽוֹשׁ

    and to be · still · comfort my · and to leap · in/at anguish · not · to spare · that · not · to hide · utterances of · holy

  11. 11

    מַה כֹּחִ֥י כִֽי אֲיַחֵ֑ל וּמַה קִּ֝צִּ֗י כִּֽי אַאֲרִ֥יךְ נַפְשִֽׁי

    what · strength my · that · to wait · and what · end my · that · to be long · soul my

  12. 12

    אִם כֹּ֣חַ אֲבָנִ֣ים כֹּחִ֑י אִֽם בְּשָׂרִ֥י נָחֽוּשׁ

    if · strength of · stones · strength my · if · flesh my · bronze

  13. 13

    הַאִ֬ם אֵ֣ין עֶזְרָתִ֣י בִ֑י וְ֝תֻשִׁיָּ֗ה נִדְּחָ֥ה מִמֶּֽנִּי

    if · nothing · help my · in/at me · and wisdom · to thrust · from me

  14. 14

    לַמָּ֣ס מֵרֵעֵ֣הוּ חָ֑סֶד וְיִרְאַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י יַעֲזֽוֹב

    to/for the despairing · friend his · kindness · and fear of · Almighty · to leave

    Septuagint runs shorter here

  15. 15

    אַ֭חַי בָּגְד֣וּ כְמוֹ נָ֑חַל כַּאֲפִ֖יק נְחָלִ֣ים יַעֲבֹֽרוּ

    brothers my · to betray · like · wadi · like/as channel of · wadis · to pass over

  16. 16

    הַקֹּדְרִ֥ים מִנִּי קָ֑רַח עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ יִתְעַלֶּם שָֽׁלֶג

    the mourning · from · frost · upon them · to hide · snow

  17. 17

    בְּ֭עֵת יְזֹרְב֣וּ נִצְמָ֑תוּ בְּ֝חֻמּ֗וֹ נִדְעֲכ֥וּ מִמְּקוֹמָֽם

    in/at time · to dry up · to cut off · in/at heat him · to go out · from place their

  18. 18

    יִ֭לָּ֣פְתוּ אָרְח֣וֹת דַּרְכָּ֑ם יַעֲל֖וּ בַתֹּ֣הוּ וְיֹאבֵֽדוּ

    to grasp · ways of · way their · to go up · in/at the chaos · and to perish

  19. 19

    הִ֭בִּיטוּ אָרְח֣וֹת תֵּמָ֑א הֲלִיכֹ֥ת שְׁ֝בָ֗א קִוּוּ לָֽמוֹ

    to look · ways of · Tema · goings of · Sheba · to wait · to/for them

  20. 20

    בֹּ֥שׁוּ כִּֽי בָטָ֑ח בָּ֥אוּ עָ֝דֶ֗יהָ וַיֶּחְפָּֽרוּ

    to be ashamed · that · to trust · to enter · until her · and to be ashamed

  21. 21

    כִּֽי עַ֭תָּה הֱיִ֣יתֶם לא ל֑וֹ תִּֽרְא֥וּ חֲ֝תַ֗ת וַתִּירָֽאוּ

    that · now · to be · not · to/for him · to see · terror · and to fear

    Septuagint runs longer here

  22. 22

    הֲֽכִי אָ֭מַרְתִּי הָ֣בוּ לִ֑י וּ֝מִכֹּחֲכֶ֗ם שִׁחֲד֥וּ בַעֲדִֽי

    that · to say · give · to/for me · and from strength your · give · behind me

  23. 23

    וּמַלְּט֥וּנִי מִיַּד צָ֑ר וּמִיַּ֖ד עָרִיצִ֣ים תִּפְדּֽוּנִי

    and escape me · from hand of · distress · and from hand of · awesome · to redeem me

  24. 24

    ה֭וֹרוּנִי וַאֲנִ֣י אַחֲרִ֑ישׁ וּמַה שָּׁ֝גִ֗יתִי הָבִ֥ינוּ לִֽי

    throw me · and I · to plough · and what · to err · understand · to/for me

  25. 25

    מַה נִּמְרְצ֥וּ אִמְרֵי יֹ֑שֶׁר וּמַה יּוֹכִ֖יחַ הוֹכֵ֣חַ מִכֶּֽם

    what · to be sick · utterances of · uprightness · and what · to reprove · to reprove · from you

    Septuagint runs longer here

  26. 26

    הַלְהוֹכַ֣ח מִלִּ֣ים תַּחְשֹׁ֑בוּ וּ֝לְר֗וּחַ אִמְרֵ֥י נֹאָֽשׁ

    to reprove · words · to think · and to/for spirit · utterances of · despairing

  27. 27

    אַף עַל יָת֥וֹם תַּפִּ֑ילוּ וְ֝תִכְר֗וּ עַל רֵֽיעֲכֶֽם

    also · upon · orphan · to fall · and to dig · upon · friend your

    Septuagint runs shorter here

  28. 28

    וְ֭עַתָּה הוֹאִ֣ילוּ פְנוּ בִ֑י וְעַל פְּ֝נֵיכֶ֗ם אִם אֲכַזֵּֽב

    and now · be willing · turn · in/at me · and upon · face(s) your · if · to lie

    Septuagint runs shorter here

  29. 29

    שֻֽׁבוּ נָ֭א אַל תְּהִ֣י עַוְלָ֑ה ושבי וְשׁ֥וּבוּ ע֝וֹד צִדְקִי בָֽהּ

    return · please · not · to be · injustice · and return · and return · still · righteousness my · in/at her

  30. 30

    הֲיֵשׁ בִּלְשׁוֹנִ֥י עַוְלָ֑ה אִם חִ֝כִּ֗י לֹא יָבִ֥ין הַוּֽוֹת

    there is · in/at tongue my · injustice · if · mouth my · not · to understand · destruction

About this chapter

  • 30 Verses
  • 223 Hebrew words
  • 155 Distinct lemmas

10 verses here run noticeably shorter or longer in the Septuagint than in the Hebrew (5 shorter, 5 longer) — 6:2, 6:5, 6:6, 6:7, 6:9, 6:14, 6:21, 6:25, 6:27, 6:28. 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 →

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