The Tanakh
איוב כ״גJob 23
Chapter 23 of 42 in Job — 17 verses
- Total gematria
- 23,842
- Letters
- 445
- Words
- 118
- Verses
- 17
- Per word average
- 202.05
Verse 1א׳Standard412
וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר
Then Job answered and said:
Verse 2ב׳Standard1,296
גַּם־הַיּוֹם מְרִי שִׂחִי יָדִי כָּבְדָה עַל־אַנְחָתִֽי
Even to-day is my complaint bitter; My hand is become heavy because of my groaning.
Verse 3ג׳Standard2,119
מִֽי־יִתֵּן יָדַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵהוּ אָבוֹא עַד־תְּכוּנָתֽוֹ
Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come even to His seat!
Verse 4ד׳Standard1,909
אֶעֶרְכָה לְפָנָיו מִשְׁפָּט וּפִי אֲמַלֵּא תוֹכָחֽוֹת
I would order my cause before Him, And fill my mouth with arguments.
Verse 5ה׳Standard800
אֵדְעָה מִלִּים יַעֲנֵנִי וְאָבִינָה מַה־יֹּאמַר לִֽי
I would know the words which He would answer me, And understand what He would say unto me.
Verse 6ו׳Standard1,009
הַבְּרָב־כֹּחַ יָרִיב עִמָּדִי לֹא אַךְ־הוּא יָשִׂם בִּֽי
Would He contend with me in His great power? Nay; but He would give heed unto me.
Verse 7ז׳Standard1,798
שָׁם יָשָׁר נוֹכָח עִמּוֹ וַאֲפַלְּטָה לָנֶצַח מִשֹּׁפְטִֽי
There the upright might reason with Him; So should I be delivered for ever from my Judge.
Verse 8ח׳Standard735
הֵן קֶדֶם אֶהֱלֹךְ וְאֵינֶנּוּ וְאָחוֹר וְֽלֹא־אָבִין לֽוֹ
Behold, I go forward, but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
Verse 9ט׳Standard1,731
שְׂמֹאול בַּעֲשֹׂתוֹ וְלֹא־אָחַז יַעְטֹף יָמִין וְלֹא אֶרְאֶֽה
On the left hand, when He doth work, but I cannot behold Him, He turneth Himself to the right hand, but I cannot see Him.
Verse 10י׳Standard708
כִּֽי־יָדַע דֶּרֶךְ עִמָּדִי בְּחָנַנִי כַּזָּהָב אֵצֵֽא
For He knoweth the way that I take; When He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: The Holy Scriptures (JPS 1917), public domain.