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Job chapter 10 in Hebrew and English

22 verses, about 2 minutes to read aloud. The Hebrew has its vowel points and the English stands under each verse.

The whole chapter is here, a verse to a line.

נָקְטָה נַפְשִׁי בְּחַיָּי אֶעֶזְבָה 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.

אֹמַר אֶל־אֱלוֹהַּ אַל־תַּרְשִׁיעֵנִי הוֹדִיעֵנִי עַל מַה־תְּרִיבֵֽנִי׃

I will say unto God: Do not condemn me; Make me know wherefore Thou contendest with me.

הֲטוֹב לְךָ כִּי־תַעֲשֹׁק כִּי־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?

הַעֵינֵי בָשָׂר לָךְ אִם־כִּרְאוֹת אֱנוֹשׁ תִּרְאֶֽה׃

Hast Thou eyes of flesh? Or seest Thou as man seeth?

הֲכִימֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יָמֶיךָ אִם־שְׁנוֹתֶיךָ כִּימֵי גָֽבֶר׃

Are Thy days as the days of man, Or Thy years as a man’s days,

כִּי־תְבַקֵּשׁ לַעֲוֺנִי וּלְחַטָּאתִי תִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃

That Thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin, .

עַל־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?

יָדֶיךָ עִצְּבוּנִי וַיַּעֲשׂוּנִי יַחַד סָבִיב וַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי׃

Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet Thou dost destroy me!

זְכָר־נָא כִּי־כַחֹמֶר עֲשִׂיתָנִי וְאֶל־עָפָר תְּשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃

Remember, I beseech Thee, that Thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt Thou bring me into dust again?

הֲלֹא כֶחָלָב תַּתִּיכֵנִי וְכַגְּבִנָּה תַּקְפִּיאֵֽנִי׃

Hast Thou not poured me out as milk, And curdled me like cheese?

עוֹר וּבָשָׂר תַּלְבִּישֵׁנִי וּבַעֲצָמוֹת וְגִידִים תְּסֹכְכֵֽנִי׃

Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews.

חַיִּים וָחֶסֶד עָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִי וּפְקֻדָּתְךָ שָׁמְרָה רוּחִֽי׃

Thou hast granted me life and favour, And Thy providence hath preserved my spirit.

וְאֵלֶּה צָפַנְתָּ בִלְבָבֶךָ יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־זֹאת עִמָּֽךְ׃

Yet these things Thou didst hide in Thy heart; I know that this is with Thee;

אִם־חָטָאתִי וּשְׁמַרְתָּנִי וּמֵעֲוֺנִי לֹא תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃

If I sin, then Thou markest me, And Thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

אִם־רָשַׁעְתִּי אַלְלַי לִי וְצָדַקְתִּי לֹא־אֶשָּׂא רֹאשִׁי שְׂבַע קָלוֹן וּרְאֵה עָנְיִי׃

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.

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.

תְּחַדֵּשׁ עֵדֶיךָ נֶגְדִּי וְתֶרֶב כַּעַשְׂךָ עִמָּדִי חֲלִיפוֹת וְצָבָא עִמִּֽי׃

Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, And increasest Thine indignation upon me; Host succeeding host against me.

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!

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.

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,

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;

אֶרֶץ עֵיפָתָה כְּמוֹ אֹפֶל צַלְמָוֶת וְלֹא סְדָרִים וַתֹּפַע כְּמוֹ־אֹֽפֶל׃

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.

The Hebrew is the Leningrad Codex, free to view and copy, compared letter by letter with a second edition, Miqra according to the Masorah, under the CC BY-SA licence. The English is the Jewish Publication Society translation of 1917, in the public domain.

Where this chapter stands in the Tanakh.

  • Chapter 10 of the 42 chapters of Job
  • Job is one of the Writings
  • 22 verses, 169 words, about 2 minutes to read

Job has 42 chapters, and each one has its own page.

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Questions about this chapter

How many verses does Job chapter 10 have?

Job chapter 10 has 22 verses and 169 words.

How does Job chapter 10 begin?

The first verse begins in Hebrew with the words נקטה נפשי בחיי אעזבה.

Where does Job chapter 10 stand in the Tanakh?

It is chapter 10 of the 42 chapters of Job, which is one of the Writings.

How long does it take to read Job chapter 10?

About 2 minutes, at a steady pace.