19:1

וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַר׃

Then Job answered and said:

19:2

עַד־אָנָה תּוֹגְיוּן נַפְשִׁי וּתְדַכְּאוּנַנִי בְמִלִּים׃

How long will ye vex my soul, And crush me with words?

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19:3

זֶה עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים תַּכְלִימוּנִי לֹא־תֵבֹשׁוּ תַּהְכְּרוּ־לִי׃

These ten times have ye reproached me; Ye are not ashamed that ye deal harshly with me.

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19:4

וְאַף־אָמְנָם שָׁגִיתִי אִתִּי תָּלִין מְשׁוּגָתִי׃

And be it indeed that I have erred, Mine error remaineth with myself.

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19:5

אִם־אָמְנָם עָלַי תַּגְדִּילוּ וְתוֹכִיחוּ עָלַי חֶרְפָּתִּי׃

If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;

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19:6

דְּעוּ־אֵפוֹ כִּי־אֱלוֹהַּ עִוְּתָנִי וּמְצוּדוֹ עָלַי הִקִּיף׃

Know now that God hath subverted my cause, And hath compassed me with His net.

19:7

הֵן אֶצְעַק חָמָס וְלֹא אֵעָנֶה אֲשַׁוַּע וְאֵין מִשְׁפָּט׃

Behold, I cry out: ‘Violence! ’ but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice. .

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19:8

אָרְחִי גָדַר וְלֹא אֶעֱבוֹר וְעַל נְתִיבוֹתַי חֹשֶׁךְ יָשִׂים׃

He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.

19:9

כְּבוֹדִי מֵעָלַי הִפְשִׁיט וַיָּסַר עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשִׁי׃

He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.

19:10

יִתְּצֵנִי סָבִיב וָאֵלַךְ וַיַּסַּע כָּעֵץ תִּקְוָתִי׃

He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath He plucked up like a tree.

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19:11

וַיַּחַר עָלַי אַפּוֹ וַיַּחְשְׁבֵנִי לוֹ כְצָרָיו׃

He hath also kindled His wrath against me, And He counteth me unto Him as one of His adversaries.

19:12

יַחַד יָבֹאוּ גְדוּדָיו וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי דַּרְכָּם וַיַּחֲנוּ סָבִיב לְאָהֳלִי׃

His troops come on together, And cast up their way against me, And encamp round about my tent.

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19:13

אַחַי מֵעָלַי הִרְחִיק וְיֹדְעַי אַךְ־זָרוּ מִמֶּנִּי׃

He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.

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19:14

חָדְלוּ קְרוֹבָי וּמְיֻדָּעַי שְׁכֵחוּנִי׃

My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me.

19:15

גָּרֵי בֵיתִי וְאַמְהֹתַי לְזָר תַּחְשְׁבֻנִי נָכְרִי הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֵיהֶם׃

They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am become an alien in their sight.

19:16

לְעַבְדִּי קָרָאתִי וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה בְּמוֹ־פִי אֶתְחַנֶּן־לוֹ׃

I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, Though I entreat him with my mouth.

19:17

רוּחִי זָרָה לְאִשְׁתִּי וְחַנֹּתִי לִבְנֵי בִטְנִי׃

My breath is abhorred of my wife, And I am loathsome to the children of my tribe.

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19:18

גַּם־עֲוִילִים מָאֲסוּ בִי אָקוּמָה וַיְדַבְּרוּ־בִי׃

Even urchins despised me; If I arise, they speak against me.

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19:19

תִּעֲבוּנִי כָּל־מְתֵי סוֹדִי וְזֶה־אָהַבְתִּי נֶהְפְּכוּ־בִי׃

All my intimate friends abhor me; And they whom I loved are turned against me.

19:20

בְּעוֹרִי וּבִבְשָׂרִי דָּבְקָה עַצְמִי וָאֶתְמַלְּטָה בְּעוֹר שִׁנָּי׃

My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

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19:21

חָנֻּנִי חָנֻּנִי אַתֶּם רֵעָי כִּי יַד־אֱלוֹהַּ נָגְעָה בִּי׃

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.

19:22

לָמָּה תִּרְדְּפֻנִי כְמוֹ־אֵל וּמִבְּשָׂרִי לֹא תִשְׂבָּעוּ׃

Why do ye persecute me as God, And are not satisfied with my flesh?

19:23

מִי־יִתֵּן אֵפוֹ וְיִכָּתְבוּן מִלָּי מִי־יִתֵּן בַּסֵּפֶר וְיֻחָקוּ׃

Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!

19:24

בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶל וְעֹפָרֶת לָעַד בַּצּוּר יֵחָצְבוּן׃

That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever!

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19:25

וַאֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי גֹּאֲלִי חָי וְאַחֲרוֹן עַל־עָפָר יָקוּם׃

But as for me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, And that He will witness at the last upon the dust;

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19:26

וְאַחַר עוֹרִי נִקְּפוּ־זֹאת וּמִבְּשָׂרִי אֶחֱזֶה אֱלוֹהַּ׃

And when after my skin this is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;

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19:27

אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי אֶחֱזֶה־לִּי וְעֵינַי רָאוּ וְלֹא־זָר כָּלוּ כִלְיֹתַי בְּחֵקִי׃

Whom I, even I, shall see for myself, And mine eyes shall behold, and not another’s. My reins are consumed within me.

19:28

כִּי תֹאמְרוּ מַה־נִּרְדָּף־לוֹ וְשֹׁרֶשׁ דָּבָר נִמְצָא־בִי׃

If ye say: ‘How we will persecute him! ’ Seeing that the root of the matter is found in me;

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19:29

גּוּרוּ לָכֶם מִפְּנֵי־חֶרֶב כִּי־חֵמָה עֲוֺנוֹת חָרֶב לְמַעַן תֵּדְעוּן שדין [שַׁדּוּן׃]

Be ye afraid of the sword; For wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment.

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