The Tanakh
איוב כ״טJob 29
Chapter 29 of 42 in Job — 25 verses
- Total gematria
- 42,553
- Letters
- 699
- Words
- 169
- Verses
- 25
- Per word average
- 251.79
Verse 1א׳Standard1,509
וַיֹּסֶף אִיּוֹב שְׂאֵת מְשָׁלוֹ וַיֹּאמַֽר
And Job again took up his parable, and said:
Verse 2ב׳Standard1,694
מִֽי־יִתְּנֵנִי כְיַרְחֵי־קֶדֶם כִּימֵי אֱלוֹהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי
Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;
Verse 3ג׳Standard1,542
בְּהִלּוֹ נֵרוֹ עֲלֵי רֹאשִׁי לְאוֹרוֹ אֵלֶךְ חֹֽשֶׁךְ
When His lamp shined above my head, And by His light I walked through darkness;
Verse 4ד׳Standard1,586
כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיִיתִי בִּימֵי חָרְפִּי בְּסוֹד אֱלוֹהַּ עֲלֵי אָהֳלִֽי
As I was in the days of my youth, When the converse of God was upon my tent;
Verse 5ה׳Standard1,340
בְּעוֹד שַׁדַּי עִמָּדִי סְבִיבוֹתַי נְעָרָֽי
When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me;
Verse 6ו׳Standard1,575
בִּרְחֹץ הֲלִיכַי בְּחֵמָה וְצוּר יָצוּק עִמָּדִי פַּלְגֵי־שָֽׁמֶן
When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out rivers of oil!
Verse 7ז׳Standard2,540
בְּצֵאתִי שַׁעַר עֲלֵי־קָרֶת בָּרְחוֹב אָכִין מוֹשָׁבִֽי
When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the broad place,
Verse 8ח׳Standard1,652
רָאוּנִי נְעָרִים וְנֶחְבָּאוּ וִֽישִׁישִׁים קָמוּ עָמָֽדוּ
The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;
Verse 9ט׳Standard1,675
שָׂרִים עָצְרוּ בְמִלִּים וְכַף יָשִׂימוּ לְפִיהֶֽם
The princes refrained talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;
Verse 10י׳Standard961
קוֹל־נְגִידִים נֶחְבָּאוּ וּלְשׁוֹנָם לְחִכָּם דָּבֵֽקָה
The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
Verse 11י״אStandard2,762
כִּי אֹזֶן שָׁמְעָה וַֽתְּאַשְּׁרֵנִי וְעַיִן רָאֲתָה וַתְּעִידֵֽנִי
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, And when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me;
Verse 12י״בStandard1,468
כִּֽי־אֲמַלֵּט עָנִי מְשַׁוֵּעַ וְיָתוֹם וְֽלֹא־עֹזֵר לֽוֹ
Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.
Verse 13י״גStandard1,607
בִּרְכַּת אֹבֵד עָלַי תָּבֹא וְלֵב אַלְמָנָה אַרְנִֽן
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
Verse 14י״דStandard2,189
צֶדֶק לָבַשְׁתִּי וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי כִּֽמְעִיל וְצָנִיף מִשְׁפָּטִֽי
I put on righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
Verse 15ט״וStandard1,449
עֵינַיִם הָיִיתִי לַֽעִוֵּר וְרַגְלַיִם לַפִּסֵּחַ אָֽנִי
I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.
Verse 16ט״זStandard1,286
אָב אָנֹכִֽי לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִים וְרִב לֹא־יָדַעְתִּי אֶחְקְרֵֽהוּ
I was a father to the needy; And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
Verse 17י״זStandard2,628
וָֽאֲשַׁבְּרָה מְתַלְּעוֹת עַוָּל וּמִשִּׁנָּיו אַשְׁלִיךְ טָֽרֶף
And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
Verse 18י״חStandard975
וָאֹמַר עִם־קִנִּי אֶגְוָע וְכַחוֹל אַרְבֶּה יָמִֽים
Then I said: ‘I shall die with my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;
Verse 19י״טStandard1,992
שָׁרְשִׁי פָתוּחַ אֱלֵי־מָיִם וְטַל יָלִין בִּקְצִירִֽי
My root shall be spread out to the waters, And the dew shall lie all night upon my branch;
Verse 20כ׳Standard1,848
כְּבוֹדִי חָדָשׁ עִמָּדִי וְקַשְׁתִּי בְּיָדִי תַחֲלִֽיף
My glory shall be fresh in me, And my bow shall be renewed in my hand.’
Verse 21כ״אStandard1,228
לִֽי־שָׁמְעוּ וְיִחֵלּוּ וְיִדְּמוּ לְמוֹ עֲצָתִֽי
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.
Verse 22כ״בStandard1,963
אַחֲרֵי דְבָרִי לֹא יִשְׁנוּ וְעָלֵימוֹ תִּטֹּף מִלָּתִֽי
After my words they spoke not again; And my speech dropped upon them.
Verse 23כ״גStandard1,372
וְיִֽחֲלוּ כַמָּטָר לִי וּפִיהֶם פָּעֲרוּ לְמַלְקֽוֹשׁ
And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
Verse 24כ״דStandard1,203
אֶשְׂחַק אֲלֵהֶם לֹא יַאֲמִינוּ וְאוֹר פָּנַי לֹא יַפִּילֽוּן
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Verse 25כ״הStandard2,509
אֶֽבֲחַר דַּרְכָּם וְאֵשֵׁב רֹאשׁ וְאֶשְׁכּוֹן כְּמֶלֶךְ בַּגְּדוּד כַּאֲשֶׁר אֲבֵלִים יְנַחֵֽם
I chose out their way, and sat as chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners.
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: The Holy Scriptures (JPS 1917), public domain.