Job 10 (Iyov) in Hebrew and English

10:1My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

אנָֽקְטָ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֗י בְּחַ֫יָּ֥י אֶֽעֶזְבָ֣ה עָלַ֣י שִׂיחִ֑י אֲ֝דַבְּרָה֗ בְּמַ֣ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

10:2I will say unto God, “Do not condemn me; show me wherefore You contend with me.

באֹמַ֣ר אֶל־אֱ֭לוֹהַּ אַל־תַּרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי הֽ֝וֹדִיעֵ֗נִי עַ֣ל מַה־תְּרִיבֵֽנִי׃

10:3Is it good unto You that You should oppress, that You should despise the work of Your hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

גהֲט֤וֹב לְךָ֨ ׀ כִּֽי־תַעֲשֹׁ֗ק כִּֽי־תִ֭מְאַס יְגִ֣יעַ כַּפֶּ֑יךָ וְעַל־עֲצַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים הוֹפָֽעְתָּ׃

10:4Have You eyes of flesh? or see You as man sees?

דהַעֵינֵ֣י בָשָׂ֣ר לָ֑ךְ אִם־כִּרְא֖וֹת אֱנ֣וֹשׁ תִּרְאֶֽה׃

10:5Are Your days as the days of man? are Your years as man’s days,

ההֲכִימֵ֣י אֱנ֣וֹשׁ יָמֶ֑יךָ אִם־שְׁ֝נוֹתֶ֗יךָ כִּ֣ימֵי גָֽבֶר׃

10:6That You inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin?

וכִּֽי־תְבַקֵּ֥שׁ לַעֲוֺנִ֑י וּ֭לְחַטָּאתִ֥י תִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃

10:7You know that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of Your hand.

זעַֽל־דַּ֭עְתְּךָ כִּי־לֹ֣א אֶרְשָׁ֑ע וְאֵ֖ין מִיָּדְךָ֣ מַצִּֽיל׃

10:8Your hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet You do destroy me.

חיָדֶ֣יךָ עִ֭צְּבוּנִי וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֑וּנִי יַ֥חַד סָ֝בִ֗יב וַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי׃

10:9Remember, I beseech You, that You have made me as the clay; and will You bring me into dust again?

טזְכָר־נָ֭א כִּי־כַחֹ֣מֶר עֲשִׂיתָ֑נִי וְֽאֶל־עָפָ֥ר תְּשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃

10:10Have You not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

יהֲלֹ֣א כֶ֭חָלָב תַּתִּיכֵ֑נִי וְ֝כַגְּבִנָּ֗ה תַּקְפִּיאֵֽנִי׃

10:11You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and have fenced me with bones and sinews.

יאע֣וֹר וּ֭בָשָׂר תַּלְבִּישֵׁ֑נִי וּֽבַעֲצָמ֥וֹת וְ֝גִידִ֗ים תְּסֹכְכֵֽנִי׃

10:12You have granted me life and favour, and Your visitation has preserved my spirit.

יבחַיִּ֣ים וָ֭חֶסֶד עָשִׂ֣יתָ עִמָּדִ֑י וּ֝פְקֻדָּתְךָ֗ שָֽׁמְרָ֥ה רוּחִֽי׃

10:13And these things have You hid in Your heart: I know that this is with You.

יגוְ֭אֵלֶּה צָפַ֣נְתָּ בִלְבָבֶ֑ךָ יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּי־זֹ֥את עִמָּֽךְ׃

10:14If I sin, then You mark me, and You will not acquit me from my iniquity.

ידאִם־חָטָ֥אתִי וּשְׁמַרְתָּ֑נִי וּ֝מֵעֲוֺנִ֗י לֹ֣א תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃

10:15If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see You my affliction;

טואִם־רָשַׁ֡עְתִּי אַלְלַ֬י לִ֗י וְ֭צָדַקְתִּי לֹא־אֶשָּׂ֣א רֹאשִׁ֑י שְׂבַ֥ע קָ֝ל֗וֹן וּרְאֵ֥ה עָנְיִֽי׃

10:16For it increases. You hunt me as a fierce lion: and again You show Yourself marvellous upon me.

טזוְ֭יִגְאֶה כַּשַּׁ֣חַל תְּצוּדֵ֑נִי וְ֝תָשֹׁ֗ב תִּתְפַּלָּא־בִֽי׃

10:17You renew Your witnesses against me, and increase Your indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

יזתְּחַדֵּ֬שׁ עֵדֶ֨יךָ ׀ נֶגְדִּ֗י וְתֶ֣רֶב כַּֽ֭עַשְׂךָ עִמָּדִ֑י חֲלִיפ֖וֹת וְצָבָ֣א עִמִּֽי׃

10:18Wherefore then have You brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

יחוְלָ֣מָּה מֵ֭רֶחֶם הֹצֵאתָ֑נִי אֶ֝גְוַ֗ע וְעַ֣יִן לֹא־תִרְאֵֽנִי׃

10:19I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

יטכַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־הָיִ֣יתִי אֶהְיֶ֑ה מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן לַקֶּ֥בֶר אוּבָֽל׃

10:20Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

כהֲלֹא־מְעַ֣ט יָמַ֣י וַחֲדָ֑ל (כתיב יחדל) וְשִׁ֥ית (כתיב ישית) מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי וְאַבְלִ֥יגָה מְּעָֽט׃

10:21Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

כאבְּטֶ֣רֶם אֵ֭לֵךְ וְלֹ֣א אָשׁ֑וּב אֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ חֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃

10:22A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.”

כבאֶ֤רֶץ עֵיפָ֨תָה ׀ כְּמ֥וֹ אֹ֗פֶל צַ֭לְמָוֶת וְלֹ֥א סְדָרִ֗ים וַתֹּ֥פַע כְּמוֹ־אֹֽפֶל׃