--- title: Job 19 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Job chapter 19 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: Then Job answered and said: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/19/) [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 19 # Job 19 29 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [19:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.1/) — וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ — Then Job answered and said: - [19:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.2/) — עַד־אָנָה תּוֹגְיוּן נַפְשִׁי וּֽתְדַכְּאוּנַנִי בְמִלִּֽים׃ — How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words? - [19:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.3/) — זֶה עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים תַּכְלִימוּנִי לֹֽא־תֵבֹשׁוּ תַּהְכְּרוּ־לִֽי׃ — These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed that ye deal harshly with me. - [19:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.4/) — וְאַף־אָמְנָם שָׁגִיתִי אִתִּי תָּלִין מְשׁוּגָתִֽי׃ — And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself. - [19:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.5/) — אִם־אָמְנָם עָלַי תַּגְדִּילוּ וְתוֹכִיחוּ עָלַי חֶרְפָּתִּֽי׃ — If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach; - [19:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.6/) — דְּֽעוּ־אֵפוֹ כִּי־אֱלוֹהַּ עִוְּתָנִי וּמְצוּדוֹ עָלַי הִקִּֽיף׃ — Know now that God hath subverted my cause, and hath compassed me with His net. - [19:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.7/) — הֵן אֶצְעַק חָמָס וְלֹא אֵעָנֶה אֲשַׁוַּע וְאֵין מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ — Behold, I cry out: 'Violence!' but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice. - [19:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.8/) — אָרְחִי גָדַר וְלֹא אֶעֱבוֹר וְעַל נְתִיבוֹתַי חֹשֶׁךְ יָשִֽׂים׃ — He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths. - [19:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.9/) — כְּבוֹדִי מֵעָלַי הִפְשִׁיט וַיָּסַר עֲטֶרֶת רֹאשִֽׁי׃ — He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. - [19:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.10/) — יִתְּצֵנִי סָבִיב וָאֵלַךְ וַיַּסַּע כָּעֵץ תִּקְוָתִֽי׃ — He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath He plucked up like a tree. - [19:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.11/) — וַיַּחַר עָלַי אַפּוֹ וַיַּחְשְׁבֵנִי לוֹ כְצָרָֽיו׃ — He hath also kindled His wrath against me, and He counteth me unto Him as one of His adversaries. - [19:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.12/) — יַחַד ׀ יָבֹאוּ גְדוּדָיו וַיָּסֹלּוּ עָלַי דַּרְכָּם וַיַּחֲנוּ סָבִיב לְאָהֳלִֽי׃ — His troops come on together, and cast up their way against me, and encamp round about my tent. - [19:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.13/) — אַחַי מֵעָלַי הִרְחִיק וְיֹדְעַי אַךְ־זָרוּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ — He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me. - [19:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.14/) — חָדְלוּ קְרוֹבָי וּֽמְיֻדָּעַי שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃ — My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. - [19:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.15/) — גָּרֵי בֵיתִי וְאַמְהֹתַי לְזָר תַּחְשְׁבֻנִי נָכְרִי הָיִיתִי בְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ — They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am become an alien in their sight. - [19:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.16/) — לְעַבְדִּי קָרָאתִי וְלֹא יַעֲנֶה בְּמוֹ־פִי אֶתְחַנֶּן־לֽוֹ׃ — I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, though I entreat him with my mouth. - [19:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.17/) — רוּחִֽי זָרָה לְאִשְׁתִּי וְחַנֹּתִי לִבְנֵי בִטְנִֽי׃ — My breath is abhorred of my wife, and I am loathsome to the children of my tribe. - [19:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.18/) — גַּם־עֲוִילִים מָאֲסוּ בִי אָקוּמָה וַיְדַבְּרוּ־בִֽי׃ — Even urchins despised me; if I arise, they speak against me. - [19:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.19/) — תִּֽעֲבוּנִי כָּל־מְתֵי סוֹדִי וְזֶֽה־אָהַבְתִּי נֶהְפְּכוּ־בִֽי׃ — All my intimate friends abhor me; and they whom I loved are turned against me. - [19:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.20/) — בְּעוֹרִי וּבִבְשָׂרִי דָּבְקָה עַצְמִי וָאֶתְמַלְּטָה בְּעוֹר שִׁנָּֽי׃ — My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. - [19:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.21/) — חָנֻּנִי חָנֻּנִי אַתֶּם רֵעָי כִּי יַד־אֱלוֹהַּ נָגְעָה בִּֽי׃ — Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me. - [19:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.22/) — לָמָּה תִּרְדְּפֻנִי כְמוֹ־אֵל וּמִבְּשָׂרִי לֹא תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃ — Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? - [19:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.23/) — מִֽי־יִתֵּן אֵפוֹ וְיִכָּתְבוּן מִלָּי מִֽי־יִתֵּן בַּסֵּפֶר וְיֻחָֽקוּ׃ — Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! - [19:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.24/) — בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶל וְעֹפָרֶת לָעַד בַּצּוּר יֵחָצְבֽוּן׃ — That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever! - [19:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.25/) — וַאֲנִי יָדַעְתִּי גֹּאֲלִי חָי וְאַחֲרוֹן עַל־עָפָר יָקֽוּם׃ — But as for me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He will witness at the last upon the dust; - [19:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.26/) — וְאַחַר עוֹרִֽי נִקְּפוּ־זֹאת וּמִבְּשָׂרִי אֶֽחֱזֶה אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃ — And when after my skin this is destroyed, then without my flesh shall I see God; - [19:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.27/) — אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי ׀ אֶֽחֱזֶה־לִּי וְעֵינַי רָאוּ וְלֹא־זָר כָּלוּ כִלְיֹתַי בְּחֵקִֽי׃ — Whom I, even I, shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another's. My reins are consumed within me. - [19:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.28/) — כִּי תֹאמְרוּמַה־נִּרְדָּף־לוֹ וְשֹׁרֶשׁ דָּבָר נִמְצָא־בִֽי׃ — If ye say: 'How we will persecute him!' seeing that the root of the matter is found in me; - [19:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.29/) — גּוּרוּ לָכֶם ׀ מִפְּנֵי־חֶרֶב כִּֽי־חֵמָה עֲוֺנוֹת חָרֶב לְמַעַן תֵּדְעוּן שַׁדּֽוּן׃ס — Be ye afraid of the sword; for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment. - ← previous: [Job 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/18/) - next →: [Job 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/20/) - ↑ back to [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/)