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Job chapter 17 in Hebrew and English

16 verses, about 1 minute 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.

רוּחִי חֻבָּלָה יָמַי נִזְעָכוּ קְבָרִים לִֽי׃

My spirit consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is ready for me.

אִם־לֹא הֲתֻלִים עִמָּדִי וּבְהַמְּרוֹתָם תָּלַן עֵינִֽי׃

Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye abideth in their provocation.

שִׂימָה־נָּא עַרְבֵנִי עִמָּךְ מִי הוּא לְיָדִי יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃

Give now a pledge, be surety for me with Thyself; Who else is there that will strike hands with me?

כִּי־לִבָּם צָפַנְתָּ מִשָּׂכֶל עַל־כֵּן לֹא תְרֹמֵֽם׃

For Thou hast hid their heart from understanding; Therefore shalt Thou not exalt them.

לְחֵלֶק יַגִּיד רֵעִים וְעֵינֵי בָנָיו תִּכְלֶֽנָה׃

He that denounceth his friends for the sake of flattery, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

וְהִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁל עַמִּים וְתֹפֶתּ לְפָנִים אֶֽהְיֶֽה׃

He hath made me also a byword of the people; And I am become one in whose face they spit.

וַתֵּכַהּ מִכַּעַשׂ עֵינִי וִיצֻרַי כַּצֵּל כֻּלָּֽם׃

Mine eye also is dimmed by reason of vexation, And all my members are as a shadow.

יָשֹׁמּוּ יְשָׁרִים עַל־זֹאת וְנָקִי עַל־חָנֵף יִתְעֹרָֽר׃

Upright men are astonished at this, And the innocent stirreth up himself against the godless.

וְיֹאחֵז צַדִּיק דַּרְכּוֹ וּטֳהָר־יָדַיִם יֹסִיף אֹֽמֶץ׃

Yet the righteous holdeth on his way, And he that hath clean hands waxeth stronger and stronger.

וְאוּלָם כֻּלָּם תָּשֻׁבוּ וּבֹאוּ נָא וְלֹא־אֶמְצָא בָכֶם חָכָֽם׃

But as for you all, do ye return, and come now; And I shall not find a wise man among you.

יָמַי עָבְרוּ זִמֹּתַי נִתְּקוּ מוֹרָשֵׁי לְבָבִּֽי׃

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.

לַיְלָה לְיוֹם יָשִׂימוּ אוֹר קָרוֹב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

They change the night into day; The light is short because of darkness.

אִם־אֲקַוֶּה שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתִי בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי׃

If I look for the nether-world as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;

לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָתָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָֽרִמָּֽה׃

If I have said to corruption: ‘Thou art my father’, To the worm: ‘Thou art my mother, and my sister’;

וְאַיֵּה אֵפוֹ תִקְוָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי מִי יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃

Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?

בַּדֵּי שְׁאֹל תֵּרַדְנָה אִם־יַחַד עַל־עָפָר נָֽחַת׃

They shall go down to the bars of the nether-world, When we are at rest together in the dust.

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 17 of the 42 chapters of Job
  • Job is one of the Writings
  • 16 verses, 112 words, about 1 minute 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 17 have?

Job chapter 17 has 16 verses and 112 words.

How does Job chapter 17 begin?

The first verse begins in Hebrew with the words רוחי חבלה ימי נזעכו.

Where does Job chapter 17 stand in the Tanakh?

It is chapter 17 of the 42 chapters of Job, which is one of the Writings.

How long does it take to read Job chapter 17?

About 1 minute, at a steady pace.