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Job 7

Hebrew — Westminster Leningrad Codex · 21 verses

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  1. 1

    הֲלֹא צָבָ֣א לֶאֱנ֣וֹשׁ על עֲלֵי אָ֑רֶץ וְכִימֵ֖י שָׂכִ֣יר יָמָֽיו

    not · army · to/for man · upon · upon · land · and like/as days of · hired laborer · days his

  2. 2

    כְּעֶ֥בֶד יִשְׁאַף צֵ֑ל וּ֝כְשָׂכִ֗יר יְקַוֶּ֥ה פָעֳלֽוֹ

    like/as servant · to pant · shadow · and like/as hired laborer · to wait · work his

    Septuagint runs longer here

  3. 3

    כֵּ֤ן הָנְחַ֣לְתִּי לִ֭י יַרְחֵי שָׁ֑וְא וְלֵיל֥וֹת עָ֝מָ֗ל מִנּוּ לִֽי

    thus · to inherit · to/for me · months of · vanity · and nights of · toil · to count · to/for me

  4. 4

    אִם שָׁכַ֗בְתִּי וְאָמַ֗רְתִּי מָתַ֣י אָ֭קוּם וּמִדַּד עָ֑רֶב וְשָׂבַ֖עְתִּי נְדֻדִ֣ים עֲדֵי נָֽשֶׁף

    if · to lie down · and to say · how long · to rise · and to extend · evening · and to be satisfied · tossings · until · twilight

  5. 5

    לָ֘בַ֤שׁ בְּשָׂרִ֣י רִ֭מָּה וגיש וְג֣וּשׁ עָפָ֑ר עוֹרִ֥י רָ֝גַ֗ע וַיִּמָּאֵֽס

    to clothe · flesh my · maggot · and clod of · and clod of · dust · skin my · to stir up · and to reject

  6. 6

    יָמַ֣י קַ֭לּוּ מִנִּי אָ֑רֶג וַ֝יִּכְל֗וּ בְּאֶ֣פֶס תִּקְוָֽה

    days my · to be light · from · loom · and to finish · in/at end of · hope

  7. 7

    זְ֭כֹר כִּי ר֣וּחַ חַיָּ֑י לֹא תָשׁ֥וּב עֵ֝ינִ֗י לִרְא֥וֹת טֽוֹב

    remember · that · spirit · living things my · not · to return · eye my · to see · good

  8. 8

    לֹֽא תְ֭שׁוּרֵנִי עֵ֣ין רֹ֑אִי עֵינֶ֖יךָ בִּ֣י וְאֵינֶֽנִּי

    not · to see me · eye of · appearance · eyes your · in/at me · and nothing me

  9. 9

    כָּלָ֣ה עָ֭נָן וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ כֵּ֥ן יוֹרֵ֥ד שְׁ֝א֗וֹל לֹ֣א יַעֲלֶֽה

    to finish · cloud · and to walk · thus · going down · Sheol · not · to go up

  10. 10

    לֹא יָשׁ֣וּב ע֣וֹד לְבֵית֑וֹ וְלֹא יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּ ע֣וֹד מְקֹמֽוֹ

    not · to return · still · to/for house his · and not · to know him · still · place his

  11. 11

    גַּם אֲנִי֮ לֹ֤א אֶחֱשָׂ֫ךְ פִּ֥י אֲֽ֭דַבְּרָה בְּצַ֣ר רוּחִ֑י אָ֝שִׂ֗יחָה בְּמַ֣ר נַפְשִֽׁי

    also · I · not · to withhold · mouth my · to speak · in/at distress of · spirit my · to meditate · in/at bitter of · soul my

  12. 12

    הֲֽיָם אָ֭נִי אִם תַּנִּ֑ין כִּֽי תָשִׂ֖ים עָלַ֣י מִשְׁמָֽר

    sea · I · if · serpent · that · to put · upon me · guard

  13. 13

    כִּֽי אָ֭מַרְתִּי תְּנַחֲמֵ֣נִי עַרְשִׂ֑י יִשָּׂ֥א בְ֝שִׂיחִ֗י מִשְׁכָּבִֽי

    that · to say · to comfort me · couch my · to lift · in/at meditation my · bed my

  14. 14

    וְחִתַּתַּ֥נִי בַחֲלֹמ֑וֹת וּֽמֵחֶזְיֹנ֥וֹת תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי

    and to be dismayed me · in/at dreams · and from visions · to terrify me

  15. 15

    וַתִּבְחַ֣ר מַחֲנָ֣ק נַפְשִׁ֑י מָ֝֗וֶת מֵֽעַצְמוֹתָֽי

    and to choose · strangling · soul my · death · from bones my

  16. 16

    מָ֭אַסְתִּי לֹא לְעֹלָ֣ם אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה חֲדַ֥ל מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי כִּי הֶ֥בֶל יָמָֽי

    to reject · not · to/for forever · to live · cease · from me · that · vapor · days my

  17. 17

    מָֽה אֱ֭נוֹשׁ כִּ֣י תְגַדְּלֶ֑נּוּ וְכִי תָשִׁ֖ית אֵלָ֣יו לִבֶּֽךָ

    what · man · that · to grow him · and that · to set · to him · heart your

  18. 18

    וַתִּפְקְדֶ֥נּוּ לִבְקָרִ֑ים לִ֝רְגָעִ֗ים תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ

    and to visit him · to/for mornings · to/for moments · to test him

  19. 19

    כַּ֭מָּה לֹא תִשְׁעֶ֣ה מִמֶּ֑נִּי לֹֽא תַ֝רְפֵּ֗נִי עַד בִּלְעִ֥י רֻקִּֽי

    like/as what · not · to look · from me · not · to relax me · until · to swallow up me · spittle my

  20. 20

    חָטָ֡אתִי מָ֤ה אֶפְעַ֨ל לָךְ֮ נֹצֵ֪ר הָאָ֫דָ֥ם לָ֤מָה שַׂמְתַּ֣נִי לְמִפְגָּ֣ע לָ֑ךְ וָאֶהְיֶ֖ה עָלַ֣י לְמַשָּֽׂא

    to sin · what · to do · to/for you · guarding · the man · to/for what · to put me · to/for target · to/for you · and to be · upon me · to/for burden

  21. 21

    וּמֶ֤ה לֹא תִשָּׂ֣א פִשְׁעִי֮ וְתַעֲבִ֪יר אֶת עֲוֺ֫נִ֥י כִּֽי עַ֭תָּה לֶעָפָ֣ר אֶשְׁכָּ֑ב וְשִׁ֖חֲרְתַּ֣נִי וְאֵינֶֽנִּי

    and what · not · to lift · transgression my · and to pass over · - · iniquity my · that · now · to/for the dust · to lie down · and to seek me · and nothing me

About this chapter

  • 21 Verses
  • 174 Hebrew words
  • 120 Distinct lemmas

1 verse here runs noticeably shorter or longer in the Septuagint than in the Hebrew (the Greek is longer) — 7:2. 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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