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Job

Chapter 17
1
Phonetic (Hebrew): ruchi֣y chu֭bּalah yama֥y nize'a֗ku qebari֥ym liֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished, the grave is ready for me."

רוּחִ֣י חֻ֭בָּלָה יָמַ֥י נִזְעָ֗כוּ קְבָרִ֥ים לִֽי׃

2
Phonetic (Hebrew): im-lo֣ ha֭tuliym 'imּadi֑y u֝behamּerota֗m tּala֥n 'eyniֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Surely scoffers surround me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility."

אִם־לֹ֣א הֲ֭תֻלִים עִמָּדִ֑י וּ֝בְהַמְּרוֹתָ֗ם תָּלַ֥ן עֵינִֽי׃

3
Phonetic (Hebrew): shsiֽymah-nּa֭ 'arebe֣niy 'imּa֑ke miֽy h֝֗u leyadi֥y yitּaqeֽ'a׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Give me a pledge, O God, and be my witness. Who else will give me a hand in security?"

שִֽׂימָה־נָּ֭א עָרְבֵ֣נִי עִמָּ֑ךְ מִֽי ה֝֗וּא לְיָדִ֥י יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃

4
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּiֽy-li֭bּam tzapa֣netּa mּishsּa֑kel 'al-kּe֝֗n lo֣ teromeֽm׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph."

כִּֽי־לִ֭בָּם צָפַ֣נְתָּ מִּשָּׂ֑כֶל עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן לֹ֣א תְרֹמֵֽם׃

5
Phonetic (Hebrew): le֭cheleq yagּi֣yd re'i֑ym ve'eyne֖y bana֣yv tּikeleֽnah׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"If a man denounces his friends for a reward, the eyes of his children will fail."

לְ֭חֵלֶק יַגִּ֣יד רֵעִ֑ים וְעֵינֵ֖י בָנָ֣יו תִּכְלֶֽנָה׃

6
Phonetic (Hebrew): veֽ֭hitzּiganiy limeshsho֣l 'amּi֑ym veto֖pet lepani֣ym 'eֽheyeֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"God has made me a byword to the nations; I am a man in whose face people spit."

וְֽ֭הִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁ֣ל עַמִּ֑ים וְתֹ֖פֶת לְפָנִ֣ים אֶֽהְיֶֽה׃

7
Phonetic (Hebrew): vatּe֣kahּ mikּa֣'ashs 'eyni֑y viֽytzura֖y kּatzּe֣l kּulּaֽm׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is like a shadow."

וַתֵּ֣כַהּ מִכַּ֣עַשׂ עֵינִ֑י וִֽיצֻרַ֖י כַּצֵּ֣ל כֻּלָּֽם׃

8
Phonetic (Hebrew): yashsho֣mּu yeshshari֣ym 'al-zo֑'t ve֝naqi֗y 'al-chane֥p yite'oraֽr׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Upright men are appalled at this; the innocent are stirred up against the godless."

יָשֹׁ֣מּוּ יְשָׁרִ֣ים עַל־זֹ֑את וְ֝נָקִ֗י עַל־חָנֵ֥ף יִתְעֹרָֽר׃

9
Phonetic (Hebrew): veyo'che֣z tzadּi֣yq dּarekּ֑o uֽtohar-ya֝da֗yim yosi֥yp 'oֽmetz׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their way, and those with clean hands will grow stronger."

וְיֹאחֵ֣ז צַדִּ֣יק דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וּֽטֳהָר־יָ֝דַ֗יִם יֹסִ֥יף אֹֽמֶץ׃

10
Phonetic (Hebrew): veֽ'ula֗m kּulּa֣m tּa֭shshubu ubo֣'u na֑ veloֽ'-'emetza֖ bake֣m chakaֽm׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"But come on, all of you, try again! I will not find a wise man among you."

וְֽאוּלָ֗ם כֻּלָּ֣ם תָּ֭שֻׁבוּ וּבֹ֣אוּ נָ֑א וְלֹֽא־אֶמְצָ֖א בָכֶ֣ם חָכָֽם׃

11
Phonetic (Hebrew): yama֣y 'a֭beru zimּota֣y nitּeq֑u m֖orashshe֣y lebabiֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"My days are past, my plans are shattered; yet these were the desires of my heart."

יָמַ֣י עָ֭בְרוּ זִמֹּתַ֣י נִתְּק֑וּ מ֖וֹרָשֵׁ֣י לְבָבִֽי׃

12
Phonetic (Hebrew): la֭yelah ley֣om yashsi֑ymu '֝֗or qar֥ob mipּeney-choֽshsheke׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"These men turn night into day; in the face of darkness they say, 'Light is near.'"

לַ֭יְלָה לְי֣וֹם יָשִׂ֑ימוּ א֝֗וֹר קָר֥וֹב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

13
Phonetic (Hebrew): im-'a֭qaueh shshe'֣ol bּeyti֑y bּa֝cho֗shsheke ripּa֥detּiy yetzu'aֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread my bed in the realm of darkness,"

אִם־אֲ֭קַוֶּה שְׁא֣וֹל בֵּיתִ֑י בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ רִפַּ֥דְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי׃

14
Phonetic (Hebrew): lashshּa֣chat qa֭ra'tiy 'a֣biy 'a֑tּah 'imּi֥y va֝'achoti֗y laֽrimּaֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"if I say to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'You are my mother' or 'my sister,'"

לַשַּׁ֣חַת קָ֭רָאתִי אָ֣בִי אָ֑תָּה אִמִּ֥י וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י לָֽרִמָּֽה׃

15
Phonetic (Hebrew): ve֭'ayּeh 'ep֣o tiqevati֑y ve֝tiqevati֗y mi֣y yeshshureֽnּah׃
Edified Edition (EDE)"where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?"

וְ֭אַיֵּה אֵפ֣וֹ תִקְוָתִ֑י וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י מִ֣י יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃

16
Phonetic (Hebrew): bּadּe֣y shshe'o֣l tּera֑denah 'im-ya֖chad 'al-'apa֣r naֽchat׃s
Edified Edition (EDE)"Will it go down to the gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?"

בַּדֵּ֣י שְׁאֹ֣ל תֵּרַ֑דְנָה אִם־יַ֖חַד עַל־עָפָ֣ר נָֽחַת׃ס