1 Then Job answered and said,Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Then Job H347 (אִיּוֹב) — Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience
- answered H6030 (עָנָה) — properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, a…
- and said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
2 How long will ye vex my soul, And break me in pieces with words?Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- How long will ye vex H3013 (יָגָה) — to grieve
- my soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- and break H1792 (דָּכָא) — to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
- me in pieces with words H4405 (מִלָּה) — a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic
3 These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- These ten H6235 (עֶשֶׂר) — ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
- times H6471 (פַּעַם) — a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
- have ye reproached H3637 (כָּלַם) — properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult
- me: ye are not ashamed H954 (בּוּשׁ) — properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
- ye make yourselves strange H1970 (הָכַר) — to injure
4 And be it indeed that I have erred, Mine error remaineth with myself.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And be it indeed H551 (אׇמְנָם) — verily
- I have erred H7686 (שָׁגָה) — to stray (causatively, mislead), usually (figuratively) to mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension (through the idea of intoxication) to reel,…
- mine error H4879 (מְשׁוּגָה) — mistake
- remaineth H3885 (לוּן) — to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)
5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- If indeed H551 (אׇמְנָם) — verily
- ye will magnify H1431 (גָּדַל) — to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
- against me, and plead H3198 (יָכַח) — to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
- against me my reproach H2781 (חֶרְפָּה) — contumely, disgrace, the pudenda
6 Know now that God hath subverted me in my cause, And hath compassed me with his net.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Know H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
- now H645 (אֵפוֹ) — strictly a demonstrative particle, here; but used of time, now or then
- that God H433 (אֱלוֹהַּ) — a deity or the Deity
- hath overthrown H5791 (עָוַת) — to wrest
- me, and hath compassed H5362 (נָקַף) — to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
- me with his net H4686 (מָצוּד) — a net, or (abstractly) capture; also a fastness
7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Behold, I cry out H6817 (צָעַק) — to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)
- of wrong H2555 (חָמָס) — violence; by implication, wrong; by metonymy unjust gain
- but I am not heard H6030 (עָנָה) — properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, a…
- I cry aloud H7768 (שָׁוַע) — properly, to be free; but used only causatively and reflexively, to halloo (for help, i.e. freedom from some trouble)
- no judgment H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
8 He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- He hath fenced up H1443 (גָּדַר) — to wall in or around
- my way H734 (אֹרַח) — a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
- that I cannot pass H5674 (עָבַר) — to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation…
- and he hath set H7760 (שׂוּם) — to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
- darkness H2822 (חֹשֶׁךְ) — the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
- in my paths H5410 (נָתִיב) — a (beaten) track
9 He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- He hath stripped H6584 (פָּשַׁט) — to spread out (i.e. deploy in hostile array); by analogy, to strip (i.e. unclothe, plunder, flay, etc.)
- me of my glory H3519 (כָּבוֹד) — properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
- and taken H5493 (סוּר) — to turn off (literally or figuratively)
- the crown H5850 (עֲטָרָה) — a crown
- my head H7218 (רֹאשׁ) — the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
10 He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- He hath destroyed H5422 (נָתַץ) — to tear down
- me on every side H5439 (סָבִיב) — (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
- and I am gone H3212 (יָלַךְ) — to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
- and mine hope H8615 (תִּקְוָה) — literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancy
- hath he removed H5265 (נָסַע) — properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journey
- like a tree H6086 (עֵץ) — a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as one of his adversaries.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- He hath also kindled H2734 (חָרָה) — to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
- his wrath H639 (אַף) — properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
- against me, and he counteth H2803 (חָשַׁב) — properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); h…
- his enemies H6862 (צַר) — narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in 6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)
12 His troops come on together, And cast up their way against me, And encamp round about my tent.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- His troops H1416 (גְּדוּד) — a crowd (especially of soldiers)
- come H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- together H3162 (יַחַד) — properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
- and raise up H5549 (סָלַל) — to mound up (especially a turnpike); figurative, to exalt; reflexively, to oppose (as by a dam)
- their way H1870 (דֶּרֶךְ) — a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- against me, and encamp H2583 (חָנָה) — properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or siege)
- round about H5439 (סָבִיב) — (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
- my tabernacle H168 (אֹהֶל) — a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
13 He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- He hath put H7368 (רָחַק) — to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
- my brethren H251 (אָח) — a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like 1])
- far H7368 (רָחַק) — to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
- from me, and mine acquaintance H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
- are verily estranged H2114 (זוּר) — to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
14 My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- My kinsfolk H7138 (קָרוֹב) — near (in place, kindred or time)
- have failed H2308 (חָדַל) — properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
- and my familiar friends H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
- have forgotten H7911 (שָׁכַח) — to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
15 They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- They that dwell H1481 (גּוּר) — properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gat…
- in mine house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- and my maids H519 (אָמָה) — a maid-servant or female slave
- count H2803 (חָשַׁב) — properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); h…
- me for a stranger H2114 (זוּר) — to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
- I am an alien H5237 (נׇכְרִי) — strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
- in their sight H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
16 I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, Though I entreat him with my mouth.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- I called H7121 (קָרָא) — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
- my servant H5650 (עֶבֶד) — a servant
- no answer H6030 (עָנָה) — properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, a…
- I intreated H2603 (חָנַן) — properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
- him with H1119 (בְּמוֹ) — in, with, by, etc.
- my mouth H6310 (פֶּה) — the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) acc…
17 My breath is strange to my wife, And my supplication to the children of mine own mother.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- My breath H7307 (רוּחַ) — wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by re…
- is strange H2114 (זוּר) — to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
- to my wife H802 (אִשָּׁה) — a woman
- though I intreated H2589 (חַנּוֹת) — supplication
- for the children’s H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
- of mine own body H990 (בֶּטֶן) — the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
18 Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Yea, young children H5759 (עֲוִיל) — a babe
- despised H3988 (מָאַס) — to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
- me; I arose H6965 (קוּם) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
- and they spake H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
19 All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- All my inward H5475 (סוֹד) — a session, i.e. company of persons (in close deliberation); by implication, intimacy, consultation, a secret
- friends H4962 (מַת) — properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural)
- abhorred H8581 (תַּעָב) — to loathe, i.e. (morally) detest
- me: and they whom I loved H157 (אָהַב) — to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- are turned H2015 (הָפַךְ) — to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- My bone H6106 (עֶצֶם) — a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
- cleaveth H1692 (דָּבַק) — properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
- to my skin H5785 (עוֹר) — skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather
- and to my flesh H1320 (בָּשָׂר) — flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
- and I am escaped H4422 (מָלַט) — properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit spa…
- with the skin H5785 (עוֹר) — skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather
- of my teeth H8127 (שֵׁן) — a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff
21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Have pity H2603 (חָנַן) — properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
- upon me, have pity H2603 (חָנַן) — properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
- upon me, O ye my friends H7453 (רֵעַ) — an associate (more or less close)
- for the hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…
- of God H433 (אֱלוֹהַּ) — a deity or the Deity
- hath touched H5060 (נָגַע) — properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire);…
22 Why do ye persecute me as God, And are not satisfied with my flesh?Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Why do ye persecute H7291 (רָדַף) — to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
- me as God H410 (אֵל) — strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
- and are not satisfied H7646 (שָׂבַע) — to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
- with my flesh H1320 (בָּשָׂר) — flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
23 Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Oh that H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- my words H4405 (מִלָּה) — a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic
- were now H645 (אֵפוֹ) — strictly a demonstrative particle, here; but used of time, now or then
- written H3789 (כָּתַב) — to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
- they were printed H2710 (חָקַק) — properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or…
- in a book H5612 (סֵפֶר) — properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
24 That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever!Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- That they were graven H2672 (חָצַב) — to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave
- with an iron H1270 (בַּרְזֶל) — iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement
- pen H5842 (עֵט) — a stylus or marking stick
- and lead H5777 (עוֹפֶרֶת) — lead (from its dusty color)
- in the rock H6697 (צוּר) — properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
- for ever H5703 (עַד) — properly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e. (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or without a prep…
25 But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, And at last he will stand up upon the earth:Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- For I know H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
- my redeemer H1350 (גָּאַל) — to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), i.e. to be the next of kin (and as such to buy back a relative's property, marry his widow, etc.)
- liveth H2416 (חַי) — alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing),…
- he shall stand H6965 (קוּם) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
- at the latter H314 (אַחֲרוֹן) — hinder; generally, late or last; specifically (as facing the east) western
- upon the earth H6083 (עָפָר) — dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
26 And after my skin, even this body, is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- after H310 (אַחַר) — properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
- my skin H5785 (עוֹר) — skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather
- destroy H5362 (נָקַף) — to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
- yet in my flesh H1320 (בָּשָׂר) — flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
- shall I see H2372 (חָזָה) — to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of
- God H433 (אֱלוֹהַּ) — a deity or the Deity
27 Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Whom I shall see H2372 (חָזָה) — to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of
- for myself, and mine eyes H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- shall behold H7200 (רָאָה) — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- and not another H2114 (זוּר) — to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
- my reins H3629 (כִּלְיָה) — a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self)
- be consumed H3615 (כָּלָה) — to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
- within H2436 (חֵיק) — the bosom (literally or figuratively)
28 If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me;Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- But ye should say H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
- Why persecute H7291 (רָדַף) — to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
- we him, seeing the root H8328 (שֶׁרֶשׁ) — a root (literally or figuratively)
- of the matter H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- is found H4672 (מָצָא) — properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
29 Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Be ye afraid H1481 (גּוּר) — properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gat…
- of the sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
- for wrath H2534 (חֵמָה) — heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
- the punishments H5771 (עָוֺן) — perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
- of H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
- the sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
- that ye may know H3045 (יָדַע) — to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation…
- a judgment H1779 (דִּין) — judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife