The Tanakh
איוב כ׳Job 20
Chapter 20 of 42 in Job — 29 verses
- Total gematria
- 49,905
- Letters
- 824
- Words
- 208
- Verses
- 29
- Per word average
- 239.93
Verse 1א׳Standard1,338
וַיַּעַן צֹפַר הַנַּֽעֲמָתִי וַיֹּאמַֽר
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said:
Verse 2ב׳Standard1,570
לָכֵן שְׂעִפַּי יְשִׁיבוּנִי וּבַעֲבוּר חוּשִׁי בִֽי
Therefore do my thoughts give answer to me, Even by reason of mine agitation that is in me.
Verse 3ג׳Standard2,139
מוּסַר כְּלִמָּתִי אֶשְׁמָע וְרוּחַ מִֽבִּינָתִי יַעֲנֵֽנִי
I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame, But out of my understanding my spirit answereth me.
Verse 4ד׳Standard1,967
הֲזֹאת יָדַעְתָּ מִנִּי־עַד מִנִּי שִׂים אָדָם עֲלֵי־אָֽרֶץ
Knowest thou not this of old time, Since man was placed upon earth,
Verse 5ה׳Standard2,947
כִּי רִנְנַת רְשָׁעִים מִקָּרוֹב וְשִׂמְחַת חָנֵף עֲדֵי־רָֽגַע
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
Verse 6ו׳Standard1,601
אִם־יַעֲלֶה לַשָּׁמַיִם שִׂיאוֹ וְרֹאשׁוֹ לָעָב יַגִּֽיעַ
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;
Verse 7ז׳Standard775
כְּֽגֶלֲלוֹ לָנֶצַח יֹאבֵד רֹאָיו יֹאמְרוּ אַיּֽוֹ
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung; They that have seen him shall say: ‘Where is he?’
Verse 8ח׳Standard665
כַּחֲלוֹם יָעוּף וְלֹא יִמְצָאוּהוּ וְיֻדַּד כְּחֶזְיוֹן לָֽיְלָה
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found; Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Verse 9ט׳Standard2,787
עַיִן שְׁזָפַתּוּ וְלֹא תוֹסִיף וְלֹא־עוֹד תְּשׁוּרֶנּוּ מְקוֹמֽוֹ
The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.
Verse 10י׳Standard1,314
בָּנָיו יְרַצּוּ דַלִּים וְיָדָיו תָּשֵׁבְנָה אוֹנֽוֹ
His children shall appease the poor, And his hands shall restore his wealth.
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: The Holy Scriptures (JPS 1917), public domain.