The Tanakh

איוב ט״זJob 16

Chapter 16 of 42 in Job — 22 verses

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Total gematria: 40,087
Letters: 669
Words: 172
Verses: 22
Per word average: 233.06

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Verse 1א׳Standard412

וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר

Then Job answered and said:

Verse 2ב׳Standard1,882

שָׁמַעְתִּי כְאֵלֶּה רַבּוֹת מְנַחֲמֵי עָמָל כֻּלְּכֶֽם

I have heard many such things; Sorry comforters are ye all.

Verse 3ג׳Standard1,632

הֲקֵץ לְדִבְרֵי־רוּחַ אוֹ מַה־יַּמְרִֽיצְךָ כִּי תַעֲנֶֽה

Shall windy words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?

Verse 4ד׳Standard3,889

גַּם אָנֹכִי כָּכֶם אֲדַבֵּרָה לוּ־יֵשׁ נַפְשְׁכֶם תַּחַת נַפְשִׁי אַחְבִּירָה עֲלֵיכֶם בְּמִלִּים וְאָנִיעָה עֲלֵיכֶם בְּמוֹ רֹאשִֽׁי

I also could speak as ye do; If your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you.

Verse 5ה׳Standard1,528

אֲאַמִּצְכֶם בְּמוֹ־פִי וְנִיד שְׂפָתַי יַחְשֹֽׂךְ

I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the moving of my lips would assuage your grief.

Verse 6ו׳Standard919

אִֽם־אֲדַבְּרָה לֹא־יֵחָשֵׂךְ כְּאֵבִי וְאַחְדְּלָה מַה־מִנִּי יַהֲלֹֽךְ

Though I speak, my pain is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased?

Verse 7ז׳Standard1,877

אַךְ־עַתָּה הֶלְאָנִי הֲשִׁמּוֹתָ כָּל־עֲדָתִֽי

But now He hath made me weary; Thou hast made desolate all my company.

Verse 8ח׳Standard1,522

וַֽתִּקְמְטֵנִי לְעֵד הָיָה וַיָּקָם בִּי כַחֲשִׁי בְּפָנַי יַעֲנֶֽה

And Thou hast shrivelled me up, which is a witness against me; And my leanness riseth up against me, it testifieth to my face.

Verse 9ט׳Standard2,428

אַפּוֹ טָרַף וַֽיִּשְׂטְמֵנִי חָרַק עָלַי בְּשִׁנָּיו צָרִי יִלְטוֹשׁ עֵינָיו לִֽי

He hath torn me in His wrath, and hated me; He hath gnashed upon me with His teeth; Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

Verse 10י׳Standard1,656

פָּעֲרוּ עָלַי בְּפִיהֶם בְּחֶרְפָּה הִכּוּ לְחָיָי יַחַד עָלַי יִתְמַלָּאֽוּן

They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek scornfully; They gather themselves together against me.

Verse 11י״אStandard1,550

יַסְגִּירֵנִי אֵל אֶל עֲוִיל וְעַל־יְדֵי רְשָׁעִים יִרְטֵֽנִי

God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.

Verse 12י״בStandard2,753

שָׁלֵו הָיִיתִי וַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵנִי וְאָחַז בְּעָרְפִּי וַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵנִי וַיְקִימֵנִי לוֹ לְמַטָּרָֽה

I was at ease, and He broke me asunder; Yea, He hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces; He hath also set me up for His mark.

Verse 13י״גStandard2,722

יָסֹבּוּ עָלַי רַבָּיו יְפַלַּח כִּלְיוֹתַי וְלֹא יַחְמוֹל יִשְׁפֹּךְ לָאָרֶץ מְרֵרָֽתִי

His archers compass me round about, He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.

Verse 14י״דStandard2,061

יִפְרְצֵנִי פֶרֶץ עַל־פְּנֵי־פָרֶץ יָרֻץ עָלַי כְּגִבּֽוֹר

He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.

Verse 15ט״וStandard2,905

שַׂק תָּפַרְתִּי עֲלֵי גִלְדִּי וְעֹלַלְתִּי בֶעָפָר קַרְנִֽי

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.

Verse 16ט״זStandard1,747

פָּנַי חמרמרה מִנִּי־בֶכִי וְעַל עַפְעַפַּי צַלְמָֽוֶת

My face is reddened with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

Verse 17י״זStandard1,309

עַל לֹא־חָמָס בְּכַפָּי וּֽתְפִלָּתִי זַכָּֽה

Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

Verse 18י״חStandard1,731

אֶרֶץ אַל־תְּכַסִּי דָמִי וְֽאַל־יְהִי מָקוֹם לְזַעֲקָתִֽי

O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no resting-place.

Verse 19י״טStandard1,717

גַּם־עַתָּה הִנֵּה־בַשָּׁמַיִם עֵדִי וְשָׂהֲדִי בַּמְּרוֹמִֽים

Even now, behold, my Witness is in heaven, And He that testifieth of me is on high.

Verse 20כ׳Standard792

מְלִיצַי רֵעָי אֶל־אֱלוֹהַ דָּלְפָה עֵינִֽי

Mine inward thoughts are my intercessors, Mine eye poureth out tears unto God;

Verse 21כ״אStandard851

וְיוֹכַח לְגֶבֶר עִם־אֱלוֹהַּ וּֽבֶן־אָדָם לְרֵעֵֽהוּ

That He would set aright a man contending with God, As a son of man setteth aright his neighbour! .

Verse 22כ״בStandard2,204

כִּֽי־שְׁנוֹת מִסְפָּר יֶאֱתָיוּ וְאֹרַח לֹא־אָשׁוּב אֶהֱלֹֽךְ

For the years that are few are coming on, And I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: The Holy Scriptures (JPS 1917), public domain.