Job

Job 30:15–19

¹⁵Terrors are turned loose against me;

they drive away my dignity as by the wind,

and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.

¹⁶And now my soul is poured out within me;

days of affliction grip me.

¹⁷Night pierces my bones,

and my gnawing pains never rest.

¹⁸With great force He grasps my garment;^d

He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.

¹⁹He throws me into the mud,

and I have become like dust and ashes.

Footnotes

d 30:18 LXX; Hebrew He becomes like a garment to me or my garment is disfigured

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
Terrors	בַּלָּ֫ה֥וֹת	bal·lā·hō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H1091 terror, dreadful event, calamity, destruction
are turned loose	הָהְפַּ֥ךְ	hā·hə·paḵ	Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2015 turn, overturn
against me	עָלַ֗י	‘ā·lay	Preposition; first person common singular	H5921 height
they drive away	תִּרְדֹּ֣ף	tir·dōp̄	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7291 pursue, chase, persecute
my dignity	נְדִבָתִ֑י	nə·ḏi·ḇā·ṯî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5082 nobility, nobleness
as by the wind	כָּ֭רוּחַ	kā·rū·aḥ	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - common singular	H7307 breath, wind, spirit
and my prosperity	יְשֻׁעָתִֽי׃	yə·šu·‘ā·ṯî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H3444 salvation
has passed	עָבְרָ֥ה	‘ā·ḇə·rāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
like a cloud	וּ֝כְעָ֗ב	ū·ḵə·‘āḇ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k; Noun - common singular	H5645 dark cloud, cloud-mass, thicket

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And now	וְעַתָּ֗ה	wə·‘at·tāh	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H6258 now
my soul	נַפְשִׁ֑י	nap̄·šî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
is poured out	תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ	tiš·tap·pêḵ	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H8210 pour out, pour
within me	עָ֭לַי	‘ā·lay	Preposition; first person common singular	H5921 height
days	יְמֵי־	yə·mê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H3117 day
of affliction	עֹֽנִי׃	‘ō·nî	Noun - masculine singular	H6040 affliction, poverty
grip me	יֹ֭אחֲז֣וּנִי	yō·ḥă·zū·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; first person common singular	H270 grasp, take hold, take possession

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Night	לַ֗יְלָה	lay·lāh	Noun - masculine singular	H3915 twist, night, adversity
pierces	נִקַּ֣ר	niq·qar	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5365 bore, pick, dig
my bones	עֲ֭צָמַי	‘ă·ṣā·may	Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular	H6106 bone, substance, self
and my gnawing pains	וְ֝עֹרְקַ֗י	wə·‘ō·rə·qay	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H6207 gnaw
never	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
rest	יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃	yiš·kā·ḇūn	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun	H7901 lie down

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
With great	בְּרָב־	bə·rāḇ-	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7227 much, many, great
force	כֹּ֭חַ	kō·aḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H3581 strength, power
He grasps	יִתְחַפֵּ֣שׂ	yiṯ·ḥap·pêś	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2664 search
my garment	לְבוּשִׁ֑י	lə·ḇū·šî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H3830 garment, clothing, raiment
He seizes me	יַֽאַזְרֵֽנִי׃	ya·’az·rê·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H247 gird, encompass, equip
by the collar	כְּפִ֖י	kə·p̄î	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6310 mouth
of my tunic	כֻתָּנְתִּ֣י	ḵut·tā·nə·tî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H3801 tunic

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He throws me	הֹרָ֥נִי	hō·rā·nî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H3384 throw, shoot
into the mud	לַחֹ֑מֶר	la·ḥō·mer	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2563 cement, mortar, clay
and I have become	וָ֝אֶתְמַשֵּׁ֗ל	wā·’eṯ·maš·šêl	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular	H4911 represent, be like
like dust	כֶּעָפָ֥ר	ke·‘ā·p̄ār	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6083 dry earth, dust
and ashes	וָאֵֽפֶר׃	wā·’ê·p̄er	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H665 ashes