Job 17

¹“My spiritרוּחִ֣יrū·ḥî — Spirit, breath, wind, or inner dispositionH7307 — Full Word Study → is brokenחֻ֭בָּלָהḥub·bā·lāh — to bind, pledge, or destroyH2254 — Full Word Study →; my daysיָמַ֥יyā·may — day; time; period; ageH3117 — Full Word Study → are extinguishedנִזְעָ֗כוּniz·‘ā·ḵū — to extinguish, quench, or become extinctH2193 — Full Word Study →; the graveקְבָרִ֥יםqə·ḇā·rîm — A grave or burial place; a tombH6913 — Full Word Study → awaits me. ²Surelyאִם־’im- — If, whether; conditional conjunction with wide applicabilityH518 — Full Word Study → mockersהֲ֭תֻלִיםhă·ṯu·lîm — mocker, derision, scornH2049 — Full Word Study → surround meעִמָּדִ֑י‘im·mā·ḏî — With, alongside, in the presence ofH5978 — Full Word Study →, and my eyesעֵינִֽי׃‘ê·nî — Eye; sight; appearance; fountainH5869 — Full Word Study → must gazeתָּלַ֥ןtā·lan — to lodge, dwell, or remain (overnight or permanently)H3885 — Full Word Study → at their rebellionוּ֝בְהַמְּרוֹתָ֗םū·ḇə·ham·mə·rō·w·ṯām — to rebel, provoke, resist authorityH4784 — Full Word Study →. ³Give me, I prayנָּ֭אnā — Please, I beseech, I prayH4994 — Full Word Study →, the pledgeעָרְבֵ֣נִי‘ā·rə·ḇê·nî — To pledge, give surety, become responsible for anotherH6148 — Full Word Study → You demand. Who elseמִֽיmî — who? what person?H4310 — Full Word Study → will be my guarantorלְיָדִ֥יlə·yā·ḏî — hand; power, strength, controlH3027 — Full Word Study →? ⁴You have closedצָפַ֣נְתָּṣā·p̄an·tā — to hide, conceal, treasure up, or keep secretH6845 — Full Word Study → their mindsלִ֭בָּםlib·bām — Heart; the center of emotion, will, and intellectH3820 — Full Word Study → to understandingמִּשָּׂ֑כֶלmiś·śā·ḵel — Understanding, prudent discernment, practical wisdomH7922 — Full Word Study →; thereforeעַל־‘al- — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study → You will notלֹ֣אlō — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → exalt themתְרֹמֵֽם׃ṯə·rō·mêm — To raise, lift up, exalt; to be highH7311 — Full Word Study →. ⁵If a man denouncesיַגִּ֣ידyag·gîḏ — to tell, declare, make knownH5046 — Full Word Study → his friendsרֵעִ֑יםrê·‘îm — neighbor, friend, companion, associateH7453 — Full Word Study → for a priceלְ֭חֵלֶקlə·ḥê·leq — portion, allotment, flatteryH2506 — Full Word Study →, the eyesוְעֵינֵ֖יwə·‘ê·nê — Eye; sight; appearance; fountainH5869 — Full Word Study → of his childrenבָנָ֣יוḇā·nāw — Son; descendant; member of a groupH1121 — Full Word Study → will failתִּכְלֶֽנָה׃tiḵ·le·nāh — to finish, complete, or bring to an endH3615 — Full Word Study →. ⁶He has made meוְֽ֭הִצִּגַנִיwə·hiṣ·ṣi·ḡa·nî — To station, set up, or establish in placeH3322 — Full Word Study → a bywordלִמְשֹׁ֣לlim·šōl — To speak in parables or proverbs; to make a comparisonH4911 — Full Word Study → among the peopleעַמִּ֑ים‘am·mîm — a people; nation; communityH5971 — Full Word Study →, a man in whose faceלְפָנִ֣יםlə·p̄ā·nîm — face; presence; beforeH6440 — Full Word Study → they spitוְתֹ֖פֶתwə·ṯō·p̄eṯ — hand drum; tambourineH8611 — Full Word Study →. ⁷My eyesעֵינִ֑י‘ê·nî — Eye; sight; appearance; fountainH5869 — Full Word Study → have grown dimוַתֵּ֣כַהּwat·tê·ḵah — to grow weak, dim, or faint; to restrain or rebukeH3543 — Full Word Study → with griefמִכַּ֣עַשׂmik·ka·‘aś — Vexation, provocation, or irritation that stirs angerH3708 — Full Word Study →, and my wholeכֻּלָּֽם׃kul·lām — All, every, whole, totalityH3605 — Full Word Study → bodyוִֽיצֻרַ֖יwî·ṣu·ray — Body member or limbH3338 — Full Word Study → is but a shadowכַּצֵּ֣לkaṣ·ṣêl — shadow; protection; shelterH6738 — Full Word Study →. ⁸The uprightיְשָׁרִ֣יםyə·šā·rîm — upright, straight, righteous, justH3477 — Full Word Study → are appalledיָשֹׁ֣מּוּyā·šōm·mū — to be desolate; to be appalled; to lie wasteH8074 — Full Word Study → atעַל־‘al- — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study → thisזֹ֑אתzōṯ — This, that; demonstrative pronounH2063 — Full Word Study →, and the innocentוְ֝נָקִ֗יwə·nā·qî — Innocent, blameless, free from guiltH5355 — Full Word Study → are stirredיִתְעֹרָֽר׃yiṯ·‘ō·rār — To wake up, rouse, stir up, awakenH5782 — Full Word Study → againstעַל־‘al- — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study → the godlessחָנֵ֥ףḥā·nêp̄ — profane, ungodly, hypocriteH2611 — Full Word Study →. ⁹Yet a righteous oneצַדִּ֣יקṣad·dîq — Righteous, just person; one who is right with GodH6662 — Full Word Study → holdsוְיֹאחֵ֣זwə·yō·ḥêz — to grasp, seize, or take hold ofH270 — Full Word Study → to his wayדַּרְכּ֑וֹdar·kōw — way, path, journey, conductH1870 — Full Word Study →, and the one with clean handsיָ֝דַ֗יִםyā·ḏa·yim — hand; power, strength, controlH3027 — Full Word Study → growsיֹסִ֥יףyō·sîp̄ — to add, increase, or do againH3254 — Full Word Study → strongerאֹֽמֶץ׃’ō·meṣ — Strength, might, or powerH555 — Full Word Study →. ¹⁰Butוְֽאוּלָ֗םwə·’ū·lām — but, however, surely, indeedH199 — Full Word Study → come backוּבֹ֣אוּū·ḇō·’ū — to come, go, enter, arriveH935 — Full Word Study → and try againתָּ֭שֻׁבוּtā·šu·ḇū — to turn back, return, restoreH7725 — Full Word Study →, all of youכֻּלָּ֣םkul·lām — All, every, whole, totalityH3605 — Full Word Study →. For I will notוְלֹֽא־wə·lō- — not; negation; absenceH3808 — Full Word Study → findאֶמְצָ֖א’em·ṣā — to find, discover, obtainH4672 — Full Word Study → a wise manחָכָֽם׃ḥā·ḵām — Wise, skilled, or cunning in understanding and discernmentH2450 — Full Word Study → among you. ¹¹My daysיָמַ֣יyā·may — day; time; period; ageH3117 — Full Word Study → have passedעָ֭בְרוּ‘ā·ḇə·rū — to cross over; to pass through or beyondH5674 — Full Word Study →; my plansזִמֹּתַ֣יzim·mō·ṯay — Wickedness, lewdness, or evil intentH2154 — Full Word Study → are broken offנִתְּק֑וּnit·tə·qū — To tear away, pull out, or uproot violentlyH5423 — Full Word Study →— even the desiresמ֖וֹרָשֵׁ֣יmō·w·rā·šê — Possession; inheritance; propertyH4180 — Full Word Study → of my heartלְבָבִֽי׃lə·ḇā·ḇî — The inner self; mind, will, understandingH3824 — Full Word Study →. ¹²They have turnedיָשִׂ֑ימוּyā·śî·mū — to put, place, set, appointH7760 — Full Word Study → nightלַ֭יְלָהlay·lāh — Night, darkness, the period of darknessH3915 — Full Word Study → into dayלְי֣וֹםlə·yō·wm — day; time; period; ageH3117 — Full Word Study →, making light seem nearקָר֥וֹבqā·rō·wḇ — Near; close in space, time, or relationshipH7138 — Full Word Study → in the faceמִפְּנֵי־mip·pə·nê- — face; presence; beforeH6440 — Full Word Study → of darknessחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ḥō·šeḵ — Darkness; absence of light; obscurityH2822 — Full Word Study →. ¹³Ifאִם־’im- — If, whether; conditional conjunction with wide applicabilityH518 — Full Word Study → I lookאֲ֭קַוֶּה’ă·qaw·weh — To wait for; to expect with hopeH6960 — Full Word Study → for Sheolשְׁא֣וֹלšə·’ō·wl — The grave; the abode of the dead; the underworldH7585 — Full Word Study → as my homeבֵּיתִ֑יbê·ṯî — A house; dwelling place; household; familyH1004 — Full Word Study →, if I spread outרִפַּ֥דְתִּיrip·paḏ·tî — to spread out, make a bed, comfortH7502 — Full Word Study → my bedיְצוּעָֽי׃yə·ṣū·‘āy — bed, couch, resting placeH3326 — Full Word Study → in darknessבַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְba·ḥō·šeḵ — Darkness; absence of light; obscurityH2822 — Full Word Study →, ¹⁴and sayקָ֭רָאתִיqā·rā·ṯî — To call, summon, or proclaimH7121 — Full Word Study → to corruptionלַשַּׁ֣חַתlaš·ša·ḥaṯ — Pit, grave, or destruction; the grave or hellH7845 — Full Word Study →, ‘You are my fatherאָ֣בִי’ā·ḇî — H1 — Full Word Study →,’ and to the wormלָֽרִמָּֽה׃lā·rim·māh — worm, larva, maggotH7415 — Full Word Study →, ‘My motherאִמִּ֥י’im·mî — mother; female parentH517 — Full Word Study →,’ or ‘My sisterוַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗יwa·’ă·ḥō·ṯî — Sister; female sibling or kinswomanH269 — Full Word Study →,’ ¹⁵whereוְ֭אַיֵּהwə·’ay·yêh — where; in what placeH346 — Full Word Study → thenאֵפ֣וֹ’ê·p̄ōw — where, here, thenH645 — Full Word Study → is my hopeתִקְוָתִ֑יṯiq·wā·ṯî — Hope; expectation; cord of attachmentH8615 — Full Word Study →? Whoמִ֣יmî — who? what person?H4310 — Full Word Study → can seeיְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃yə·šū·ren·nāh — To see, observe, or watchH7789 — Full Word Study → any hope for meוְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗יwə·ṯiq·wā·ṯî — Hope; expectation; cord of attachmentH8615 — Full Word Study →? ¹⁶Will it go downתֵּרַ֑דְנָהtê·raḏ·nāh — To descend, go down, come downH3381 — Full Word Study → to the gatesבַּדֵּ֣יbad·dê — alone, apart, or bar/poleH905 — Full Word Study → of Sheolשְׁאֹ֣לšə·’ōl — The grave; the abode of the dead; the underworldH7585 — Full Word Study →? Will we go downנָֽחַת׃סnā·ḥaṯ — To descend, come down, settleH5181 — Full Word Study → togetherיַ֖חַדya·ḥaḏ — together, united, as oneH3162 — Full Word Study → intoעַל־‘al- — upon, over, against; concerningH5921 — Full Word Study → the dustעָפָ֣ר‘ā·p̄ār — dust; fine particles of earth or ground matterH6083 — Full Word Study →?”