--- title: Job 6 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Job chapter 6 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/6/) [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 6 # Job 6 30 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [6:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.1/) — וַיַּעַן אִיּוֹב וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ — Then Job answered and said: - [6:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.2/) — לוּ שָׁקוֹל יִשָּׁקֵל כַּעְשִׂי וְהַוָּתִי בְּֽמֹאזְנַיִם יִשְׂאוּ־יָֽחַד׃ — Oh that my vexation were but weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances altogether! - [6:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.3/) — כִּֽי־עַתָּה מֵחוֹל יַמִּים יִכְבָּד עַל־כֵּן דְּבָרַי לָֽעוּ׃ — For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore are my words broken. - [6:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.4/) — כִּי חִצֵּי שַׁדַּי עִמָּדִי אֲשֶׁר חֲמָתָם שֹׁתָה רוּחִי בִּעוּתֵי אֱלוֹהַּ יַֽעַרְכֽוּנִי׃ — For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof my spirit drinketh up; the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. - [6:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.5/) — הֲיִֽנְהַק־פֶּרֶא עֲלֵי־דֶשֶׁא אִם יִגְעֶה־שּׁוֹר עַל־בְּלִילֽוֹ׃ — Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? - [6:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.6/) — הֲיֵאָכֵל תָּפֵל מִבְּלִי־מֶלַח אִם־יֶשׁ־טַעַם בְּרִיר חַלָּמֽוּת׃ — Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the juice of mallows? - [6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.7/) — מֵאֲנָה לִנְגּוֹעַ נַפְשִׁי הֵמָּה כִּדְוֵי לַחְמִֽי׃ — My soul refuseth to touch them; they are as the sickness of my flesh. - [6:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.8/) — מִֽי־יִתֵּן תָּבוֹא שֶֽׁאֱלָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי יִתֵּן אֱלֽוֹהַּ׃ — Oh that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! - [6:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.9/) — וְיֹאֵל אֱלוֹהַּ וִֽידַכְּאֵנִי יַתֵּר יָדוֹ וִֽיבַצְּעֵֽנִי׃ — Even that it would please God to crush me; that He would let loose His hand, and cut me off! - [6:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.10/) — וּתְהִי עוֹד ׀ נֶחָמָתִי וַאֲסַלְּדָה בְחִילָה לֹא יַחְמוֹל כִּי־לֹא כִחַדְתִּי אִמְרֵי קָדֽוֹשׁ׃ — Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would exult in pain, though He spare not; for I have not denied the words of the Holy One. - [6:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.11/) — מַה־כֹּחִי כִֽי־אֲיַחֵל וּמַה־קִּצִּי כִּֽי־אַאֲרִיךְ נַפְשִֽׁי׃ — What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, that I should be patient? - [6:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.12/) — אִם־כֹּחַ אֲבָנִים כֹּחִי אִֽם־בְּשָׂרִי נָחֽוּשׁ׃ — Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? - [6:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.13/) — הַאִם אֵין עֶזְרָתִי בִי וְתֻשִׁיָּה נִדְּחָה מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ — Is it that I have no help in me, and that sound wisdom is driven quite from me? - [6:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.14/) — לַמָּס מֵרֵעֵהוּ חָסֶד וְיִרְאַת שַׁדַּי יַעֲזֽוֹב׃ — To him that is ready to faint kindness is due from his friend, even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. - [6:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.15/) — אַחַי בָּגְדוּ כְמוֹ־נָחַל כַּאֲפִיק נְחָלִים יַעֲבֹֽרוּ׃ — My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that overflow, - [6:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.16/) — הַקֹּדְרִים מִנִּי־קָרַח עָלֵימוֹ יִתְעַלֶּם־שָֽׁלֶג׃ — Which are black by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow hideth itself; - [6:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.17/) — בְּעֵת יְזֹרְבוּ נִצְמָתוּ בְּחֻמּוֹ נִדְעֲכוּ מִמְּקוֹמָֽם׃ — What time they wax warm, they vanish, when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. - [6:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.18/) — יִלָּפְתוּ אָרְחוֹת דַּרְכָּם יַעֲלוּ בַתֹּהוּ וְיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃ — The paths of their way do wind, they go up into the waste, and are lost. - [6:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.19/) — הִבִּיטוּ אָרְחוֹת תֵּמָא הֲלִיכֹת שְׁבָא קִוּוּ־לָֽמוֹ׃ — The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them — - [6:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.20/) — בֹּשׁוּ כִּֽי־בָטָח בָּאוּעָדֶיהָ וַיֶּחְפָּֽרוּ׃ — They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came thither, and were confounded. - [6:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.21/) — כִּֽי־עַתָּה הֱיִיתֶם לוֹ תִּֽרְאוּ חֲתַת וַתִּירָֽאוּ׃ — For now ye are become His; ye see a terror, and are afraid. - [6:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.22/) — הֲ‍ֽכִי־אָמַרְתִּי הָבוּ לִי וּמִכֹּחֲכֶם שִׁחֲדוּ בַעֲדִֽי׃ — Did I say: 'Give unto me'? or: 'Offer a present for me of your substance'? - [6:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.23/) — וּמַלְּטוּנִי מִיַּד־צָר וּמִיַּד עָרִיצִים תִּפְדּֽוּנִי׃ — or: 'Deliver me from the adversary's hand'? or: 'Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors'? - [6:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.24/) — הוֹרוּנִי וַאֲנִי אַחֲרִישׁ וּמַה־שָּׁגִיתִי הָבִינוּ לִֽי׃ — Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. - [6:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.25/) — מַה־נִּמְרְצוּ אִמְרֵי־יֹשֶׁר וּמַה־יּוֹכִיחַ הוֹכֵחַ מִכֶּֽם׃ — How forcible are words of uprightness! But what doth your arguing argue? - [6:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.26/) — הַלְהוֹכַח מִלִּים תַּחְשֹׁבוּ וּלְרוּחַ אִמְרֵי נֹאָֽשׁ׃ — Do ye hold words to be an argument, but the speeches of one that is desperate to be wind? - [6:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.27/) — אַף־עַל־יָתוֹם תַּפִּילוּ וְתִכְרוּ עַל־רֵֽיעֲכֶֽם׃ — Yea, ye would cast lots upon the fatherless, and dig a pit for your friend. - [6:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.28/) — וְעַתָּה הוֹאִילוּ פְנוּ־בִי וְעַל־פְּנֵיכֶם אִם־אֲכַזֵּֽב׃ — Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; for surely I shall not lie to your face. - [6:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.29/) — שֻֽׁבוּ־נָא אַל־תְּהִי עַוְלָה וְשׁוּבוּעוֹד צִדְקִי־בָֽהּ׃ — Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; yea, return again, my cause is righteous. - [6:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.30/) — הֲיֵשׁ־בִּלְשׁוֹנִי עַוְלָה אִם־חִכִּי לֹא־יָבִין הַוּֽוֹת׃ — Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern crafty devices? - ← previous: [Job 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/5/) - next →: [Job 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/7/) - ↑ back to [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/)