Job 23:8

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)

הֵ֤ןhênlo!
קֶ֣דֶםqedemthe front
אֶהֱלֹ֣ךְhâlakto walk (in a great variety of applicati
וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּʼayina non-entity
וְ֝אָח֗וֹרʼâchôwrthe hinder part
וְֽלֹאlôʼnot
אָבִ֥יןbîynto separate mentally
לֽוֹ

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Job 23:8 in every translation

עברית · Miqra according to the Masorah

הֵ֤ן קֶ֣דֶם אֶהֱלֹ֣ךְ וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וְ֝אָח֗וֹר וְֽלֹא־אָבִ֥ין לֽוֹ׃

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

Behold, I go forward, but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

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עברית · Tanach with Ta'amei Hamikra

הֵ֤ן קֶ֣דֶם אֶהֱלֹ֣ךְ וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וְ֝אָח֗וֹר וְֽלֹא־אָבִ֥ין לֽוֹ׃

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עברית · Tanach with Text Only

הן קדם אהלך ואיננו ואחור ולא אבין לו

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עברית · Tanach with Nikkud

הֵן קֶדֶם אֶהֱלֹךְ וְאֵינֶנּוּ וְאָחוֹר וְלֹא־אָבִין לוֹ׃

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English · The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

[(reversion to verse 3)] But if I go east, He is not there, and if west, I cannot apprehend Him.

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Français · Bible du Rabbinat 1899 [fr]

Mais quoi! Je me dirige vers l’Orient: il n’y est pas! vers l’Occident, je ne le remarque point!

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

Aber ach! nach vorn geh ich, da ist er nicht; nach hinten, und ich merke nichts von ihm.

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

Ale oto, gdy idę naprzód niemasz Go, a gdy wstecz, nie zauważam Go.

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ייִדיש · Yehoyesh's Yiddish Tanakh Translation [yi]

זע, איך גײ פֿאַרױס, און ער איז ניטאָ, און אַהינטער, און איך מערק אים ניט;

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

Sed jen mi iras antaŭen, kaj Li tie ne estas; Mi iras malantaŭen, kaj mi Lin ne rimarkas;

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Commentary on Job 23:8

Rashi

English

Behold...east it refers to the above (verse 3), “Would that I knew etc.”

east as it is stated (Exod. 27: 13): “on the east side (קדמה), eastward.”

and to the west Heb. ואחור. Since the east is the front of the world (קדמה), the west is found to be the back of the world (אחור).

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

Ibn Ezra

עברית

הן קדם אהלך - מזרח.

ואחור - מערב והוא ברא פאת שמאל ולא אוכל לחזותו שם.

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

Ralbag (Gersonides)

עברית

קדם. מזרח:

ואחור. מערב:

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