--- title: Job 10 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Job chapter 10 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/) / chapter 10 # Job 10 22 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [10:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.1/) — נָֽקְטָה נַפְשִׁי בְּחַיָּי אֶֽעֶזְבָה עָלַי שִׂיחִי אֲדַבְּרָה בְּמַר נַפְשִֽׁי׃ — My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. - [10:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.2/) — אֹמַר אֶל־אֱלוֹהַּ אַל־תַּרְשִׁיעֵנִי הֽוֹדִיעֵנִי עַל מַה־תְּרִיבֵֽנִי׃ — I will say unto God: Do not condemn me; make me know wherefore Thou contendest with me. - [10:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.3/) — הֲטוֹב לְךָ ׀ כִּֽי־תַעֲשֹׁק כִּֽי־תִמְאַס יְגִיעַ כַּפֶּיךָ וְעַל־עֲצַת רְשָׁעִים הוֹפָֽעְתָּ׃ — Is it good unto Thee that Thou shouldest oppress, that Thou shouldest despise the work of Thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? - [10:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.4/) — הַעֵינֵי בָשָׂר לָךְ אִם־כִּרְאוֹת אֱנוֹשׁ תִּרְאֶֽה׃ — Hast Thou eyes of flesh? or seest Thou as man seeth? - [10:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.5/) — הֲכִימֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יָמֶיךָ אִם־שְׁנוֹתֶיךָ כִּימֵי גָֽבֶר׃ — Are Thy days as the days of man, or Thy years as a man's days, - [10:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.6/) — כִּֽי־תְבַקֵּשׁ לַעֲוֺנִי וּלְחַטָּאתִי תִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃ — That Thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin, - [10:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.7/) — עַֽל־דַּעְתְּךָ כִּי־לֹא אֶרְשָׁע וְאֵין מִיָּדְךָ מַצִּֽיל׃ — Although Thou knowest that I shall not be condemned; and there is none that can deliver out of Thy hand? - [10:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.8/) — יָדֶיךָ עִצְּבוּנִי וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּנִי יַחַד סָבִיב וַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי׃ — Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me together round about; yet Thou dost destroy me! - [10:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.9/) — זְכָר־נָא כִּי־כַחֹמֶר עֲשִׂיתָנִי וְֽאֶל־עָפָר תְּשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃ — Remember, I beseech Thee, that Thou hast fashioned me as clay; and wilt Thou bring me into dust again? - [10:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.10/) — הֲלֹא כֶחָלָב תַּתִּיכֵנִי וְכַגְּבִנָּה תַּקְפִּיאֵֽנִי׃ — Hast Thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? - [10:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.11/) — עוֹר וּבָשָׂר תַּלְבִּישֵׁנִי וּֽבַעֲצָמוֹת וְגִידִים תְּסֹכְכֵֽנִי׃ — Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. - [10:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.12/) — חַיִּים וָחֶסֶד עָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִי וּפְקֻדָּתְךָ שָֽׁמְרָה רוּחִֽי׃ — Thou hast granted me life and favour, and Thy providence hath preserved my spirit. - [10:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.13/) — וְאֵלֶּה צָפַנְתָּ בִלְבָבֶךָ יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־זֹאת עִמָּֽךְ׃ — Yet these things Thou didst hide in Thy heart; I know that this is with Thee; - [10:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.14/) — אִם־חָטָאתִי וּשְׁמַרְתָּנִי וּמֵעֲוֺנִי לֹא תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃ — If I sin, then Thou markest me, and Thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. - [10:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.15/) — אִם־רָשַׁעְתִּי אַלְלַי לִי וְצָדַקְתִּי לֹא־אֶשָּׂא רֹאשִׁי שְׂבַע קָלוֹן וּרְאֵה עָנְיִֽי׃ — If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head — being filled with ignominy and looking upon mine affliction. - [10:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.16/) — וְיִגְאֶה כַּשַּׁחַל תְּצוּדֵנִי וְתָשֹׁב תִּתְפַּלָּא־בִֽי׃ — And if it exalt itself, Thou huntest me as a lion; and again Thou showest Thyself marvellous upon me. - [10:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.17/) — תְּחַדֵּשׁ עֵדֶיךָ ׀ נֶגְדִּי וְתֶרֶב כַּֽעַשְׂךָ עִמָּדִי חֲלִיפוֹת וְצָבָא עִמִּֽי׃ — Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, and increasest Thine indignation upon me; host succeeding host against me. - [10:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.18/) — וְלָמָּה מֵרֶחֶם הֹצֵאתָנִי אֶגְוַע וְעַיִן לֹא־תִרְאֵֽנִי׃ — Wherefore then hast Thou brought me forth out of the womb? Would that I had perished, and no eye had seen me! - [10:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.19/) — כַּאֲשֶׁר לֹא־הָיִיתִי אֶהְיֶה מִבֶּטֶן לַקֶּבֶר אוּבָֽל׃ — I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. - [10:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.20/) — הֲלֹא־מְעַט יָמַי וַחֲדָל וְשִׁית מִמֶּנִּי וְאַבְלִיגָה מְּעָֽט׃ — Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, - [10:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.21/) — בְּטֶרֶם אֵלֵךְ וְלֹא אָשׁוּב אֶל־אֶרֶץ חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃ — Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death; - [10:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.10.22/) — אֶרֶץ עֵיפָתָה ׀ כְּמוֹ אֹפֶל צַלְמָוֶת וְלֹא סְדָרִים וַתֹּפַע כְּמוֹ־אֹֽפֶל׃פ — A land of thick darkness, as darkness itself; a land of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. - ← previous: [Job 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/9/) - next →: [Job 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/11/) - ↑ back to [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/)