Job

Job 16:16–17

¹⁶My face is red with weeping,

and deep shadows ring my eyes;

¹⁷yet my hands are free of violence

and my prayer is pure.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
My face	פָּנַ֣י	pā·nay	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H6440 face, before
is red	חֳמַרְמְרָה	ḥo·mar·mə·rå̄h	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H2560 ferment, boil or foam up
with	מִנִּי־	min·nî-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
weeping	בֶ֑כִי	ḇe·ḵî	Noun - masculine singular	H1065 weeping
and deep shadows	צַלְמָֽוֶת׃	ṣal·mā·weṯ	Noun - masculine singular	H6757 death-shadow, deep shadow
ring	וְעַ֖ל	wə·‘al	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5921 height
my eyes	עַפְעַפַּ֣י	‘ap̄·‘ap·pay	Noun - masculine dual construct; first person common singular	H6079 eyelid

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
yet	עַ֭ל	‘al	Preposition	H5921 height
my hands	בְּכַפָּ֑י	bə·ḵap·pāy	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine dual construct; first person common singular	H3709 hollow, or flat of the hand, palm, sole of foot, pan
are free of	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
violence	חָמָ֣ס	ḥā·mās	Noun - masculine singular	H2555 violence, wrong
and my prayer	וּֽתְפִלָּתִ֥י	ū·ṯə·p̄il·lā·ṯî	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H8605 prayer
is pure	זַכָּֽה׃	zak·kāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H2134 pure, clean

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

Job 16:16 Lamentations 1:16 · Psalm 102:3–5 · Mark 14:34 · Job 17:7 · Psalm 31:9 · Isaiah 52:14 · Psalm 102:9 · Psalm 6:6–7 · Psalm 32:3 · Psalm 69:3 · Jonah 2:1–10

Job 16:17 Proverbs 15:8 · Psalm 66:18–19 · Job 8:5–6 · Job 27:6–7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.