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Job chapter 13 in Hebrew and English

28 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.

הֶן־כֹּל רָאֲתָה עֵינִי שָׁמְעָה אָזְנִי וַתָּבֶן לָֽהּ׃

Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, Mine ear hath heard and understood it.

כְּדַעְתְּכֶם יָדַעְתִּי גַם־אָנִי לֹא־נֹפֵל אָנֹכִי מִכֶּֽם׃

What ye know, do I know also; I am not inferior unto you.

אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶל־שַׁדַּי אֲדַבֵּר וְהוֹכֵחַ אֶל־אֵל אֶחְפָּֽץ׃

Notwithstanding I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.

וְאוּלָם אַתֶּם טֹפְלֵי־שָׁקֶר רֹפְאֵי אֱלִל כֻּלְּכֶֽם׃

But ye are plasterers of lies, Ye are all physicians of no value.

מִי־יִתֵּן הַחֲרֵשׁ תַּחֲרִישׁוּן וּתְהִי לָכֶם לְחָכְמָֽה׃

Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.

שִׁמְעוּ־נָא תוֹכַחְתִּי וְרִבוֹת שְׂפָתַי הַקְשִֽׁיבוּ׃

Hear now my reasoning, And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.

הַלְאֵל תְּדַבְּרוּ עַוְלָה וְלוֹ תְּדַבְּרוּ רְמִיָּֽה׃

Will ye speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for Him?

הֲפָנָיו תִּשָּׂאוּן אִם־לָאֵל תְּרִיבֽוּן׃

Will ye show Him favour? Will ye contend for God?

הֲטוֹב כִּי־יַחְקֹר אֶתְכֶם אִם־כְּהָתֵל בֶּאֱנוֹשׁ תְּהָתֵלּוּ בֽוֹ׃

Would it be good that He should search you out? Or as one mocketh a man, will ye mock Him?

הוֹכֵחַ יוֹכִיחַ אֶתְכֶם אִם־בַּסֵּתֶר פָּנִים תִּשָּׂאֽוּן׃

He will surely reprove you, If ye do secretly show favour.

הֲלֹא שְׂאֵתוֹ תְּבַעֵת אֶתְכֶם וּפַחְדּוֹ יִפֹּל עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃

Shall not His majesty terrify you, And His dread fall upon you?

זִכְרֹנֵיכֶם מִשְׁלֵי־אֵפֶר לְגַבֵּי־חֹמֶר גַּבֵּיכֶֽם׃

Your memorials shall be like unto ashes, Your eminences to eminences of clay.

הַחֲרִישׁוּ מִמֶּנִּי וַאֲדַבְּרָה־אָנִי וְיַעֲבֹר עָלַי מָֽה׃

Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, And let come on me what will.

עַל־מָה אֶשָּׂא בְשָׂרִי בְשִׁנָּי וְנַפְשִׁי אָשִׂים בְּכַפִּֽי׃

Wherefore? I will take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand.

הֵן יִקְטְלֵנִי לוֹ אֲיַחֵל אַךְ־דְּרָכַי אֶל־פָּנָיו אוֹכִֽיחַ׃

Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him; But I will argue my ways before Him.

גַּם־הוּא־לִי לִישׁוּעָה כִּי־לֹא לְפָנָיו חָנֵף יָבֽוֹא׃

This also shall be my salvation, That a hypocrite cannot come before Him.

שִׁמְעוּ שָׁמוֹעַ מִלָּתִי וְאַחֲוָתִי בְּאָזְנֵיכֶֽם׃

Hear diligently my speech, And let my declaration be in your ears.

הִנֵּה־נָא עָרַכְתִּי מִשְׁפָּט יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־אֲנִי אֶצְדָּֽק׃

Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.

מִי־הוּא יָרִיב עִמָּדִי כִּי־עַתָּה אַחֲרִישׁ וְאֶגְוָֽע׃

Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and die.

אַךְ־שְׁתַּיִם אַל־תַּעַשׂ עִמָּדִי אָז מִפָּנֶיךָ לֹא אֶסָּתֵֽר׃

Only do not two things unto me, Then will I not hide myself from Thee:

כַּפְּךָ מֵעָלַי הַרְחַק וְאֵמָתְךָ אַֽל־תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃

Withdraw Thy hand far from me; And let not Thy terror make me afraid.

וּקְרָא וְאָנֹכִי אֶעֱנֶה אוֹ־אֲדַבֵּר וַהֲשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃

Then call Thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer Thou me.

כַּמָּה לִי עֲוֺנוֹת וְחַטָּאוֹת פִּשְׁעִי וְחַטָּאתִי הֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃

How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.

לָמָּה־פָנֶיךָ תַסְתִּיר וְתַחְשְׁבֵנִי לְאוֹיֵב לָֽךְ׃

Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, And holdest me for Thine enemy?

הֶעָלֶה נִדָּף תַּעֲרוֹץ וְאֶת־קַשׁ יָבֵשׁ תִּרְדֹּֽף׃

Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble?

כִּי־תִכְתֹּב עָלַי מְרֹרוֹת וְתוֹרִישֵׁנִי עֲוֺנוֹת נְעוּרָֽי׃

That Thou shouldest write bitter things against me, And make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.

וְתָשֵׂם בַּסַּד רַגְלַי וְתִשְׁמוֹר כָּל־אָרְחוֹתָי עַל־שָׁרְשֵׁי רַגְלַי תִּתְחַקֶּֽה׃

Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And lookest narrowly unto all my paths; Thou drawest Thee a line about the soles of my feet;

וְהוּא כְּרָקָב יִבְלֶה כְּבֶגֶד אֲכָלוֹ עָֽשׁ׃

Though I am like a wine-skin that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

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 13 of the 42 chapters of Job
  • Job is one of the Writings
  • 28 verses, 203 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 13 have?

Job chapter 13 has 28 verses and 203 words.

How does Job chapter 13 begin?

The first verse begins in Hebrew with the words הן־כל ראתה עיני שמעה.

Where does Job chapter 13 stand in the Tanakh?

It is chapter 13 of the 42 chapters of Job, which is one of the Writings.

How long does it take to read Job chapter 13?

About 2 minutes, at a steady pace.