The Tanakh
איוב י״זJob 17
Chapter 17 of 42 in Job — 16 verses
- Total gematria
- 28,835
- Letters
- 420
- Words
- 112
- Verses
- 16
- Per word average
- 257.46
Verse 1א׳Standard874
רוּחִי חֻבָּלָה יָמַי נִזְעָכוּ קְבָרִים לִֽי
My spirit consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is ready for me.
Verse 2ב׳Standard2,000
אִם־לֹא הֲתֻלִים עִמָּדִי וּבְהַמְּרוֹתָם תָּלַן עֵינִֽי
Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye abideth in their provocation.
Verse 3ג׳Standard1,564
שִֽׂימָה־נָּא עָרְבֵנִי עִמָּךְ מִֽי הוּא לְיָדִי יִתָּקֵֽעַ
Give now a pledge, be surety for me with Thyself; Who else is there that will strike hands with me?
Verse 4ד׳Standard1,993
כִּֽי־לִבָּם צָפַנְתָּ מִּשָּׂכֶל עַל־כֵּן לֹא תְרֹמֵֽם
For Thou hast hid their heart from understanding; Therefore shalt Thou not exalt them.
Verse 5ה׳Standard1,234
לְחֵלֶק יַגִּיד רֵעִים וְעֵינֵי בָנָיו תִּכְלֶֽנָה
He that denounceth his friends for the sake of flattery, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Verse 6ו׳Standard1,841
וְֽהִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁל עַמִּים וְתֹפֶת לְפָנִים אֶֽהְיֶֽה
He hath made me also a byword of the people; And I am become one in whose face they spit.
Verse 7ז׳Standard1,547
וַתֵּכַהּ מִכַּעַשׂ עֵינִי וִֽיצֻרַי כַּצֵּל כֻּלָּֽם
Mine eye also is dimmed by reason of vexation, And all my members are as a shadow.
Verse 8ח׳Standard2,708
יָשֹׁמּוּ יְשָׁרִים עַל־זֹאת וְנָקִי עַל־חָנֵף יִתְעֹרָֽר
Upright men are astonished at this, And the innocent stirreth up himself against the godless.
Verse 9ט׳Standard1,041
וְיֹאחֵז צַדִּיק דַּרְכּוֹ וּֽטֳהָר־יָדַיִם יֹסִיף אֹֽמֶץ
Yet the righteous holdeth on his way, And he that hath clean hands waxeth stronger and stronger.
Verse 10י׳Standard1,246
וְֽאוּלָם כֻּלָּם תָּשֻׁבוּ וּבֹאוּ נָא וְלֹֽא־אֶמְצָא בָכֶם חָכָֽם
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
Verse 11י״אStandard1,951
יָמַי עָבְרוּ זִמֹּתַי נִתְּקוּ מוֹרָשֵׁי לְבָבִֽי
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
Verse 12י״בStandard1,550
לַיְלָה לְיוֹם יָשִׂימוּ אוֹר קָרוֹב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ
They change the night into day; The light is short because of darkness.
Verse 13י״גStandard2,122
אִם־אֲקַוֶּה שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתִי בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי
If I look for the nether-world as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;
Verse 14י״דStandard2,619
לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָתָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָֽרִמָּֽה
If I have said to corruption: ‘Thou art my father’, To the worm: ‘Thou art my mother, and my sister’;
Verse 15ט״וStandard2,568
וְאַיֵּה אֵפוֹ תִקְוָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי מִי יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה
Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
Verse 16ט״זStandard1,977
בַּדֵּי שְׁאֹל תֵּרַדְנָה אִם־יַחַד עַל־עָפָר נָֽחַת
They shall go down to the bars of the nether-world, When we are at rest together in the dust.
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: The Holy Scriptures (JPS 1917), public domain.