Job

Job 10:1–2

¹“I loathe my own life;

I will express my complaint

and speak in the bitterness of my soul.

²I will say to God:

Do not condemn me!

Let me know why You prosecute me.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I loathe	נָֽקְטָ֥ה	nā·qə·ṭāh	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H5354 loathe
my own	נַפְשִׁ֗י	nap̄·šî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
life	בְּחַ֫יָּ֥י	bə·ḥay·yāy	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H2416 alive, living
I will express	אֶֽעֶזְבָ֣ה	’e·‘ez·ḇāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H5800 leave, forsake, loose
my complaint	שִׂיחִ֑י	śî·ḥî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H7879 complaint, musing
and speak	אֲ֝דַבְּרָה֗	’ă·ḏab·bə·rāh	Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H1696 speak
in the bitterness	בְּמַ֣ר	bə·mar	Preposition-b; Adjective - masculine singular construct	H4751 bitter, bitterness
of my soul	נַפְשִֽׁי׃	nap̄·šî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I will say	אֹמַ֣ר	’ō·mar	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
God	אֱ֭לוֹהַּ	’ĕ·lō·w·ah	Noun - masculine singular	H433 god, God
Do not	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
condemn me	תַּרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי	tar·šî·‘ê·nî	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H7561 be wicked, act wickedly
Let me know	הֽ֝וֹדִיעֵ֗נִי	hō·w·ḏî·‘ê·nî	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singular	H3045 know
why	עַ֣ל	‘al	Preposition	H5921 height
You prosecute me	תְּרִיבֵֽנִי׃	tə·rî·ḇê·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H7378 strive, contend

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 10:1 Job 7:11 · 1 Kings 19:4 · Numbers 11:15 · Jonah 4:8 · Job 9:21 · Job 5:20 · Job 5:15–16

Job 10:2 Psalm 139:23–24 · Job 9:29 · Psalm 143:2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.