Job 7:17

The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation (JPS 1917)

በዚህ ቋንቋ ገና ትርጉም የለም፤ English እየታየ ነው።

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1 הֲלֹֽא־צָבָ֣א לֶֽאֱנ֣וֹשׁ (על) [עֲלֵי־]אָ֑רֶץ וְכִימֵ֖י שָׂכִ֣יר יָמָֽיו׃ Is there not a time of service to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?

2 כְּעֶ֥בֶד יִשְׁאַף־צֵ֑ל וּ֝כְשָׂכִ֗יר יְקַוֶּ֥ה פׇעֳלֽוֹ׃ As a servant that eagerly longeth for the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages;

3 כֵּ֤ן הׇנְחַ֣לְתִּי לִ֭י יַרְחֵי־שָׁ֑וְא וְלֵיל֥וֹת עָ֝מָ֗ל מִנּוּ־לִֽי׃ So am I made to possess—months of vanity, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.

4 אִם־שָׁכַ֗בְתִּי וְאָמַ֗רְתִּי מָתַ֣י אָ֭קוּם וּמִדַּד־עָ֑רֶב וְשָׂבַ֖עְתִּי נְדֻדִ֣ים עֲדֵי־נָֽשֶׁף׃ When I lie down, I say: ‘When shall I arise?’ But the night is long, and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

5 לָ֘בַ֤שׁ בְּשָׂרִ֣י רִ֭מָּה (וגיש) [וְג֣וּשׁ] עָפָ֑ר עוֹרִ֥י רָ֝גַ֗ע וַיִּמָּאֵֽס׃ My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh.

6 יָמַ֣י קַ֭לּוּ מִנִּי־אָ֑רֶג וַ֝יִּכְל֗וּ בְּאֶ֣פֶס תִּקְוָֽה׃ My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, And are spent without hope.

7 זְ֭כֹר כִּי־ר֣וּחַ חַיָּ֑י לֹא־תָשׁ֥וּב עֵ֝ינִ֗י לִרְא֥וֹת טֽוֹב׃ O remember that my life is a breath; Mine eye shall no more see good.

8 לֹא־תְ֭שׁוּרֵנִי עֵ֣ין רֹ֑אִי עֵינֶ֖יךָ בִּ֣י וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; While Thine eyes are upon me, I am gone.

9 כָּלָ֣ה עָ֭נָן וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ כֵּ֥ן יוֹרֵ֥ד שְׁ֝א֗וֹל לֹ֣א יַעֲלֶֽה׃ As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

10 לֹא־יָשׁ֣וּב ע֣וֹד לְבֵית֑וֹ וְלֹא־יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּ ע֣וֹד מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more.

11 גַּם־אֲנִי֮ לֹ֤א אֶחֱשׇׂ֫ךְ־פִּ֥י אֲֽ֭דַבְּרָה בְּצַ֣ר רוּחִ֑י אָ֝שִׂ֗יחָה בְּמַ֣ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃ Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

12 הֲֽיָם־אָ֭נִי אִם־תַּנִּ֑ין כִּֽי־תָשִׂ֖ים עָלַ֣י מִשְׁמָֽר׃ Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That Thou settest a watch over me?

13 כִּֽי־אָ֭מַרְתִּי תְּנַחֲמֵ֣נִי עַרְשִׂ֑י יִשָּׂ֥א בְ֝שִׂיחִ֗י מִשְׁכָּבִֽי׃ When I say: ‘My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint’;

14 וְחִתַּתַּ֥נִי בַחֲלֹמ֑וֹת וּֽמֵחֶזְיֹנ֥וֹת תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃ Then Thou scarest me with dreams, And terrifiest me through visions;

15 וַתִּבְחַ֣ר מַחֲנָ֣ק נַפְשִׁ֑י מָ֝֗וֶת מֵעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃ So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than these my bones.

16 מָ֭אַסְתִּי לֹא־לְעֹלָ֣ם אֶחְיֶ֑ה חֲדַ֥ל מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי כִּי־הֶ֥בֶל יָמָֽי׃ I loathe it; I shall not live alway; Let me alone; for my days are vanity.

17 מָֽה־אֱ֭נוֹשׁ כִּ֣י תְגַדְּלֶ֑נּוּ וְכִֽי־תָשִׁ֖ית אֵלָ֣יו לִבֶּֽךָ׃ What is man, that Thou shouldest magnify him, And that Thou shouldest set Thy heart upon him,

18 וַתִּפְקְדֶ֥נּוּ לִבְקָרִ֑ים לִ֝רְגָעִ֗ים תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ׃ And that Thou shouldest remember him every morning, And try him every moment?

19 כַּ֭מָּה לֹא־תִשְׁעֶ֣ה מִמֶּ֑נִּי לֹֽא־תַ֝רְפֵּ֗נִי עַד־בִּלְעִ֥י רֻקִּֽי׃ How long wilt Thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

20 חָטָ֡אתִי מָ֤ה אֶפְעַ֨ל ׀ לָךְ֮ נֹצֵ֢ר הָ֫אָדָ֥ם לָ֤מָה שַׂמְתַּ֣נִי לְמִפְגָּ֣ע לָ֑ךְ וָאֶהְיֶ֖ה עָלַ֣י לְמַשָּֽׂא׃ If I have sinned, what do I unto Thee, O Thou watcher of men? Why hast Thou set me as a mark for Thee, So that I am a burden to myself?

21 וּמֶ֤ה ׀ לֹא־תִשָּׂ֣א פִשְׁעִי֮ וְתַעֲבִ֢יר אֶת־עֲוֺ֫נִ֥י כִּֽי־עַ֭תָּה לֶעָפָ֣ר אֶשְׁכָּ֑ב וְשִׁ֖חַרְתַּ֣נִי וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ {פ}
And why dost Thou not pardon my transgression, And take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And Thou wilt seek me, but I shall not be.

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ቃል በቃል (Hebrew → English · Strong’s)

מָֽהmâhinterrogative what?
אֱ֭נוֹשׁʼĕnôwsha man in general
כִּ֣יkîyvery widely used as a relative conjuncti
תְגַדְּלֶ֑נּוּgâdalto be large (in various senses
וְכִיkîyvery widely used as a relative conjuncti
תָשִׁ֖יתshîythto place
אֵלָ֣יוʼêlnear
לִבֶּֽךָlêbthe heart

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Job 7:17 in every translation

עברית · Miqra according to the Masorah

מָֽה־אֱ֭נוֹשׁ כִּ֣י תְגַדְּלֶ֑נּוּ וְכִֽי־תָשִׁ֖ית אֵלָ֣יו לִבֶּֽךָ׃

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

What is man, that Thou shouldest magnify him, And that Thou shouldest set Thy heart upon him,

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עברית · Tanach with Ta'amei Hamikra

מָֽה־אֱ֭נוֹשׁ כִּ֣י תְגַדְּלֶ֑נּוּ וְכִי־תָשִׁ֖ית אֵלָ֣יו לִבֶּֽךָ׃

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עברית · Tanach with Text Only

מה אנוש כי תגדלנו וכי תשית אליו לבך

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עברית · Tanach with Nikkud

מָה־אֱנוֹשׁ כִּי תְגַדְּלֶנּוּ וְכִי־תָשִׁית אֵלָיו לִבֶּךָ׃

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English · The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

What is man that You should aggrandize him by giving heart to him?

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Français · Bible du Rabbinat 1899 [fr]

Qu’est-ce que le mortel que tu le prises tant et portes ton attention sur lui?

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

Was ist ein Mensch, dass du ihn so groß achtest und auf ihn deinen Sinn richtest?

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

Czemże człowiek, że go tak wielce ważysz i że nań zwracasz uwagę swoję?

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ייִדיש · Yehoyesh's Yiddish Tanakh Translation [yi]

װאָס איז דער מענטש, אַז דו זאָלסט אים גרײסן, און אַז דו זאָלסט לײגן אױף אים דײַן האַרץ,

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

Kio estas homo, ke Vi faras lin granda, Ke Vi zorgas pri li,

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Commentary on Job 7:17

Rashi

English

that You should give him importance to pay attention to him, to visit his deeds every morning and test him every moment?

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