Job 9:20

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 אׇ֭מְנָם יָדַ֣עְתִּי כִי־כֵ֑ן וּמַה־יִּצְדַּ֖ק אֱנ֣וֹשׁ עִם־אֵֽל׃ Of a truth I know that it is so; And how can man be just with God?

3 אִם־יַ֭חְפֹּץ לָרִ֣יב עִמּ֑וֹ לֹֽא־יַ֝עֲנֶ֗נּוּ אַחַ֥ת מִנִּי־אָֽלֶף׃ If one should desire to contend with Him, He could not answer Him one of a thousand.

4 חֲכַ֣ם לֵ֭בָב וְאַמִּ֣יץ כֹּ֑חַ מִֽי־הִקְשָׁ֥ה אֵ֝לָ֗יו וַיִּשְׁלָֽם׃ He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength; Who hath hardened himself against Him, and prospered?

5 הַמַּעְתִּ֣יק הָ֭רִים וְלֹ֣א יָדָ֑עוּ אֲשֶׁ֖ר הֲפָכָ֣ם בְּאַפּֽוֹ׃ Who removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When He overturneth them in His anger.

6 הַמַּרְגִּ֣יז אֶ֭רֶץ מִמְּקוֹמָ֑הּ וְ֝עַמּוּדֶ֗יהָ יִתְפַּלָּצֽוּן׃ Who shaketh the earth out of her place, And the pillars thereof tremble.

7 הָאֹמֵ֣ר לַ֭חֶרֶס וְלֹ֣א יִזְרָ֑ח וּבְעַ֖ד כּוֹכָבִ֣ים יַחְתֹּֽם׃ Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; And sealeth up the stars.

8 נֹטֶ֣ה שָׁמַ֣יִם לְבַדּ֑וֹ וְ֝דוֹרֵ֗ךְ עַל־בָּ֥מֳתֵי יָֽם׃ Who alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea.

9 עֹֽשֶׂה־עָ֭שׁ כְּסִ֥יל וְכִימָ֗ה וְחַדְרֵ֥י תֵמָֽן׃ Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south.

10 עֹשֶׂ֣ה גְ֭דֹלוֹת עַד־אֵ֣ין חֵ֑קֶר וְ֝נִפְלָא֗וֹת עַד־אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃ Who doeth great things past finding out; Yea, marvellous things without number.

11 הֵ֤ן יַעֲבֹ֣ר עָ֭לַי וְלֹ֣א אֶרְאֶ֑ה וְ֝יַחֲלֹ֗ף וְֽלֹא־אָבִ֥ין לֽוֹ׃ Lo, He goeth by me, and I see Him not. He passeth on also, but I perceive Him not.

12 הֵ֣ן יַ֭חְתֹּף מִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ מִי־יֹאמַ֥ר אֵ֝לָ֗יו מַֽה־תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃ Behold, He snatcheth away, who can hinder Him? Who will say unto Him: ‘What doest Thou?’

13 אֱ֭לוֹהַּ לֹא־יָשִׁ֣יב אַפּ֑וֹ תַּחְתָּ֥ו שָׁ֝חֲח֗וּ עֹ֣זְרֵי רָֽהַב׃ God will not withdraw His anger; The helpers of Rahab did stoop under Him.

14 אַ֭ף כִּֽי־אָנֹכִ֣י אֶעֱנֶ֑נּוּ אֶבְחֲרָ֖ה דְבָרַ֣י עִמּֽוֹ׃ How much less shall I answer Him, And choose out my arguments with Him?

15 אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִם־צָ֭דַקְתִּי לֹ֣א אֶעֱנֶ֑ה לִ֝מְשֹׁפְטִ֗י אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃ Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to Him that contendeth with me.

16 אִם־קָרָ֥אתִי וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִי לֹֽא־אַ֝אֲמִ֗ין כִּֽי־יַאֲזִ֥ין קוֹלִֽי׃ If I had called, and He had answered me; Yet would I not believe that He would hearken unto my voice—

17 אֲשֶׁר־בִּשְׂעָרָ֥ה יְשׁוּפֵ֑נִי וְהִרְבָּ֖ה פְצָעַ֣י חִנָּֽם׃ He that would break me with a tempest, And multiply my wounds without cause;

18 לֹֽא־יִ֭תְּנֵנִי הָשֵׁ֣ב רוּחִ֑י כִּ֥י יַ֝שְׂבִּעַ֗נִי מַמְּרֹרִֽים׃ That would not suffer me to take my breath, But fill me with bitterness.

19 אִם־לְכֹ֣חַ אַמִּ֣יץ הִנֵּ֑ה וְאִם־לְ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗ט מִ֣י יוֹעִידֵֽנִי׃ If it be a matter of strength, lo, He is mighty! And if of justice, who will appoint me a time? .

20 אִם־אֶ֭צְדָּק פִּ֣י יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי תׇּֽם־אָ֝֗נִי וַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִי׃ Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me; Though I be innocent, He shall prove me perverse.

21 תׇּֽם־אָ֭נִי לֹֽא־אֵדַ֥ע נַפְשִׁ֗י אֶמְאַ֥ס חַיָּֽי׃ I am innocent—I regard not myself, I despise my life.

22 אַחַ֗ת הִ֥֫יא עַל־כֵּ֥ן אָמַ֑רְתִּי תָּ֥ם וְ֝רָשָׁ֗ע ה֣וּא מְכַלֶּֽה׃ It is all one—therefore I say: He destroyeth the innocent and the wicked.

23 אִם־שׁ֭וֹט יָמִ֣ית פִּתְאֹ֑ם לְמַסַּ֖ת נְקִיִּ֣ם יִלְעָֽג׃ If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.

24 אֶ֤רֶץ ׀ נִתְּנָ֬ה בְֽיַד־רָשָׁ֗ע פְּנֵֽי־שֹׁפְטֶ֥יהָ יְכַסֶּ֑ה אִם־לֹ֖א אֵפ֣וֹא מִי־הֽוּא׃ The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof; If it be not He, who then is it?

25 וְיָמַ֣י קַ֭לּוּ מִנִּי־רָ֑ץ בָּ֝רְח֗וּ לֹא־רָא֥וּ טוֹבָֽה׃ Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good.

26 חָ֭לְפוּ עִם־אֳנִיּ֣וֹת אֵבֶ֑ה כְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁר יָט֥וּשׂ עֲלֵי־אֹֽכֶל׃ They are passed away as the swift ships; As the vulture that swoopeth on the prey.

27 אִם־אׇ֭מְרִי אֶשְׁכְּחָ֣ה שִׂיחִ֑י אֶעֶזְבָ֖ה פָנַ֣י וְאַבְלִֽיגָה׃ If I say: ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer’,

28 יָגֹ֥רְתִּי כׇל־עַצְּבֹתָ֑י יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּי־לֹ֥א תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃ I am afraid of all my pains, I know that Thou wilt not hold me guiltless.

29 אָנֹכִ֥י אֶרְשָׁ֑ע לָמָּה־זֶּ֝֗ה הֶ֣בֶל אִיגָֽע׃ I shall be condemned; Why then do I labour in vain?

30 אִם־הִתְרָחַ֥צְתִּי (במו) [בְמֵי־]שָׁ֑לֶג וַ֝הֲזִכּ֗וֹתִי בְּבֹ֣ר כַּפָּֽי׃ If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;

31 אָ֭ז בַּשַּׁ֣חַת תִּטְבְּלֵ֑נִי וְ֝תִעֲב֗וּנִי שַׂלְמוֹתָֽי׃ Yet wilt Thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.

32 כִּֽי־לֹא־אִ֣ישׁ כָּמ֣וֹנִי אֶעֱנֶ֑נּוּ נָב֥וֹא יַ֝חְדָּ֗ו בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, That we should come together in judgment.

33 לֹ֣א יֵשׁ־בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ מוֹכִ֑יחַ יָשֵׁ֖ת יָד֣וֹ עַל־שְׁנֵֽינוּ׃ There is no arbiter betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.

34 יָסֵ֣ר מֵעָלַ֣י שִׁבְט֑וֹ וְ֝אֵמָת֗וֹ אַֽל־תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃ Let Him take His rod away from me, And let not His terror make me afraid;

35 אֲֽ֭דַבְּרָה וְלֹ֣א אִירָאֶ֑נּוּ כִּ֥י לֹא־כֵ֥ן אָ֝נֹכִ֗י עִמָּדִֽי׃ Then would I speak, and not fear Him; For I am not so with myself.

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ቃል በቃል (Hebrew → English · Strong’s)

אִםʼimused very widely as demonstrative
אֶ֭צְדָּקtsâdaqto be right (in a moral or forensic sens
פִּ֣יpehthe mouth
יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִיrâshaʻto be wrong
תָּֽםtâmcomplete
אָ֝֗נִיʼănîyI
וַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִיʻâqashto knot or distort

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Job 9:20 in every translation

עברית · Miqra according to the Masorah

אִם־אֶ֭צְדָּק פִּ֣י יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי תׇּֽם־אָ֝֗נִי וַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִי׃

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

Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me; Though I be innocent, He shall prove me perverse.

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עברית · Tanach with Ta'amei Hamikra

אִם־אֶ֭צְדָּק פִּ֣י יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי תָּֽם־אָ֝֗נִי וַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִי׃

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עברית · Tanach with Text Only

אם אצדק פי ירשיעני תם אני ויעקשני

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עברית · Tanach with Nikkud

אִם־אֶצְדָּק פִּי יַרְשִׁיעֵנִי תָּם־אָנִי וַיַּעְקְשֵׁנִי׃

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English · The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

[Even] if I am right, my mouth will incriminate me; I am innocent and my mouth will make me crooked.

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Français · Bible du Rabbinat 1899 [fr]

Fussé-je innocent, ma bouche me déclarerait coupable! Fussé-je sans reproche, elle me convaincrait de perversité!

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

Wenn ich gerecht bin, so wird mich mein eigener Mund verdammen; bin ich unschuldig, wird er mich der Tücke zeihen.

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

Choćbym słuszność miał, własne usta moje musiałyby mnie potępić, a choćbym niewinny był, On by mi jednak przewrotność wykazał.

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ייִדיש · Yehoyesh's Yiddish Tanakh Translation [yi]

אַפֿילו איך זאָל זײַן גערעכט, װעט מײַן מױל מיך פֿאַרשולדיקן;איך מעג זײַן אומשולדיק, װעט ער מיך מאַכן פֿאַר קרום.

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

Se mi montros mian pravecon, mia propra buŝo min kondamnos; Se mi montros min virtulo, Li montros min malbonagulo.

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Commentary on Job 9:20

Rashi

English

If I am innocent, my mouth will condemn me because my words will be silenced out of fear, and my mouth will make me crooked.

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