Job 23:17

The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation (JPS 1917)

በዚህ ቋንቋ ገና ትርጉም የለም፤ English እየታየ ነው።

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1 וַיַּ֥עַן אִיּ֗וֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ Then Job answered and said:

2 גַּם־הַ֭יּוֹם מְרִ֣י שִׂחִ֑י יָ֝דִ֗י כָּבְדָ֥ה עַל־אַנְחָתִֽי׃ Even to-day is my complaint bitter; My hand is become heavy because of my groaning.

3 מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵ֑הוּ אָ֝ב֗וֹא עַד־תְּכוּנָתֽוֹ׃ Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come even to His seat!

4 אֶעֶרְכָ֣ה לְפָנָ֣יו מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝פִ֗י אֲמַלֵּ֥א תוֹכָחֽוֹת׃ I would order my cause before Him, And fill my mouth with arguments.

5 אֵ֭דְעָה מִלִּ֣ים יַעֲנֵ֑נִי וְ֝אָבִ֗ינָה מַה־יֹּ֥אמַר לִֽי׃ I would know the words which He would answer me, And understand what He would say unto me.

6 הַבְּרׇב־כֹּ֭חַ יָרִ֣יב עִמָּדִ֑י לֹ֥א אַךְ־ה֝֗וּא יָשִׂ֥ם בִּֽי׃ Would He contend with me in His great power? Nay; but He would give heed unto me.

7 שָׁ֗ם יָ֭שָׁר נוֹכָ֣ח עִמּ֑וֹ וַאֲפַלְּטָ֥ה לָ֝נֶ֗צַח מִשֹּׁפְטִֽי׃ There the upright might reason with Him; So should I be delivered for ever from my Judge.

8 הֵ֤ן קֶ֣דֶם אֶהֱלֹ֣ךְ וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וְ֝אָח֗וֹר וְֽלֹא־אָבִ֥ין לֽוֹ׃ Behold, I go forward, but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

9 שְׂמֹ֣אול בַּעֲשֹׂת֣וֹ וְלֹא־אָ֑חַז יַעְטֹ֥ף יָ֝מִ֗ין וְלֹ֣א 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.

10 כִּֽי־יָ֭דַע דֶּ֣רֶךְ עִמָּדִ֑י בְּ֝חָנַ֗נִי כַּזָּהָ֥ב אֵצֵֽא׃ For He knoweth the way that I take; When He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

11 בַּ֭אֲשֻׁרוֹ אָחֲזָ֣ה רַגְלִ֑י דַּרְכּ֖וֹ שָׁמַ֣רְתִּי וְלֹא־אָֽט׃ My foot hath held fast to His steps, His way have I kept, and turned not aside.

12 מִצְוַ֣ת שְׂ֭פָתָיו וְלֹ֣א אָמִ֑ישׁ מֵ֝חֻקִּ֗י צָפַ֥נְתִּי אִמְרֵי־פִֽיו׃ I have not gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured up the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.

13 וְה֣וּא בְ֭אֶחָד וּמִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹ אִוְּתָ֣ה וַיָּֽעַשׂ׃ But He is at one with Himself, and who can turn Him? And what His soul desireth, even that He doeth. .

14 כִּ֭י יַשְׁלִ֣ים חֻקִּ֑י וְכָהֵ֖נָּה רַבּ֣וֹת עִמּֽוֹ׃ For He will perform that which is appointed for me; And many such things are with Him.

15 עַל־כֵּ֭ן מִפָּנָ֣יו אֶבָּהֵ֑ל אֶ֝תְבּוֹנֵ֗ן וְאֶפְחַ֥ד מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ Therefore am I affrighted at His presence; When I consider, I am afraid of Him.

16 וְ֭אֵל הֵרַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י הִבְהִילָֽנִי׃ Yea, God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath affrighted me;

17 כִּֽי־לֹ֣א נִ֭צְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י כִּסָּה־אֹֽפֶל׃ Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did He cover the thick darkness from my face.

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ቃል በቃል (Hebrew → English · Strong’s)

כִּֽיkîyvery widely used as a relative conjuncti
לֹ֣אlôʼnot
נִ֭צְמַתִּיtsâmathto extirpate
מִפְּנֵיpânîymthe face
חֹ֑שֶׁךְchôshekthe dark
וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗יpânîymthe face
כִּסָּהkâçâhto plump
אֹֽפֶלʼôpheldusk

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Job 23:17 in every translation

עברית · Miqra according to the Masorah

כִּֽי־לֹ֣א נִ֭צְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י כִּסָּה־אֹֽפֶל׃

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English · The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation (JPS 1917)

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did He cover the thick darkness from my face.

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עברית · Tanach with Ta'amei Hamikra

כִּֽי־לֹ֣א נִ֭צְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י כִּסָּה־אֹֽפֶל׃

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עברית · Tanach with Text Only

כי לא נצמתי מפני חשך ומפני כסה אפל

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עברית · Tanach with Nikkud

כִּי־לֹא נִצְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חֹשֶׁךְ וּמִפָּנַי כִּסָּה־אֹפֶל׃

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English · The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

in that I have not been cut off [(by death)] before the [(onset of the)] darkness, and [in that] the darkness was [not] concealed from me [before my death].

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Français · Bible du Rabbinat 1899 [fr]

puisque d’une part, il ne m’a pas anéanti par les ténèbres qui m’accablent, et que d’autre part il n’a pas voulu me mettre à l’abri de cette sombre nuit.

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Deutsch · Die Heilige Schrift, trans. Dr. Simon Bernfeld, Berlin, 1902 - German [de]

Denn ich konnte mich der Finsternis nicht entziehen, und vor mir liegt das Dunkel.

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Polski · Bible in Polish, trans. Izaak Cylkow, 1841 - 1908 [pl]

Bom nie czuł się zniweczony widokiem ciemności, ani posępnem obliczem mojem, które pokrył mrok.

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ייִדיש · Yehoyesh's Yiddish Tanakh Translation [yi]

װאָרום איך בין ניט פֿאַרמיטן געװאָרן פֿון דעם חושך, און פֿאַר מײַן פּנים האָט פֿאַרדעקט אַ פֿינצטערניש.

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Esperanto · La Malnova Testamento, L.L.Zamenhof [eo]

Ĉar mi ne estas neniigita antaŭ la mallumo, Kaj antaŭ mia vizaĝo Li ne kovris la mallumon.

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Commentary on Job 23:17

Rashi

English

Because I was not cut off from before the darkness Because of this I am startled; because I was not completely cut off and laid permanently in the grave before this darkness that has come upon me, and because He did not cover this thick darkness from before me until my death.

and [because He did not] cover the thick darkness from before me This refers back to “because not” at the beginning of the verse.

The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg · ፈቃድ: CC-BY · Full commentary on Sefaria

Ibn Ezra

עברית

כי לא נצמתי - היה מתאוה שיכרת וימות, כאשר היה בחשך קודם שיצא לאויר העולם.

Ibn Ezra on Job -- Daat · ፈቃድ: Public Domain · Full commentary on Sefaria

Ralbag (Gersonides)

עברית

נצמתי. נכרתי:

מפני חשך. קודם בא חשך המקרים הרעים:

ומפני כסה אופל. והיה מכסה ומעלים מפני אופל הצרות האלו ר"ל שלא הייתי רואה אותה:

On Your Way · ፈቃድ: Public Domain · Full commentary on Sefaria