Job

Job 33:16–23

¹⁶He opens their ears

and terrifies them with warnings

¹⁷to turn a man from wrongdoing

and keep him from pride,

¹⁸to preserve his soul from the Pit

and his life from perishing by the sword.

¹⁹A man is also chastened on his bed

with pain and constant distress in his bones,

²⁰so that he detests his bread,

and his soul loathes his favorite food.

²¹His flesh wastes away from sight,

and his hidden bones protrude.

²²He draws near to the Pit,

and his life to the messengers of death.

²³Yet if there is a messenger on his side,

one mediator in a thousand,

to tell a man what is right for him,

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
He opens	יִ֭גְלֶה	yiḡ·leh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1540 uncover, remove
their ears	אֹ֣זֶן	’ō·zen	Noun - feminine singular construct	H241 ear
and terrifies them	יַחְתֹּֽם׃	yaḥ·tōm	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2856 seal, affix seal, seal up
with warnings	וּבְמֹ֖סָרָ֣ם	ū·ḇə·mō·sā·rām	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H4561 admonition

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
to turn	לְ֭הָסִיר	lə·hā·sîr	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H5493 turn aside
a man	אָדָ֣ם	’ā·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
from wrongdoing	מַעֲשֶׂ֑ה	ma·‘ă·śeh	Noun - masculine singular	H4639 deed, work
and keep him	יְכַסֶּֽה׃	yə·ḵas·seh	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3680 cover
from	מִגֶּ֣בֶר	mig·ge·ḇer	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H1397 man
pride	וְגֵוָ֖ה	wə·ḡê·wāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H1466 pride

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
to preserve	יַחְשֹׂ֣ךְ	yaḥ·śōḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2820 withhold, refrain
his soul	נַ֭פְשׁוֹ	nap̄·šōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
from	מִנִּי־	min·nî-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the Pit	שָׁ֑חַת	šā·ḥaṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H7845 pit
and his life	וְ֝חַיָּת֗וֹ	wə·ḥay·yā·ṯōw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H2416 alive, living
from perishing	מֵעֲבֹ֥ר	mê·‘ă·ḇōr	Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
by the sword	בַּשָּֽׁלַח׃	baš·šā·laḥ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7973 missile, weapon, sprout

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
A man is also chastened	וְהוּכַ֣ח	wə·hū·ḵaḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hofal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H3198 decide, adjudge, prove
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
his bed	מִשְׁכָּב֑וֹ	miš·kā·ḇōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4904 place of lying, couch; act of lying
with pain	בְּ֭מַכְאוֹב	bə·maḵ·’ō·wḇ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H4341 pain
and constant	אֵתָֽן׃	’ê·ṯān	Adjective - masculine singular	H386 perennial, ever-flowing
distress	וְרִיב	wə·rīḇ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7379 strife, dispute
in his bones	עֲצָמָ֣יו	‘ă·ṣā·māw	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H6106 bone, substance, self

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
so that he	חַיָּת֣וֹ	ḥay·yā·ṯōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H2416 alive, living
detests	וְזִֽהֲמַ֣תּוּ	wə·zi·hă·mat·tū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular; third person masculine singular	H2092 be foul, loathsome
his bread	לָ֑חֶם	lā·ḥem	Noun - masculine singular	H3899 bread, food
and his soul	וְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹ	wə·nap̄·šōw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
his favorite	תַּאֲוָֽה׃	ta·’ă·wāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8378 desire
food	מַאֲכַ֥ל	ma·’ă·ḵal	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3978 food

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
His flesh	בְּשָׂר֣וֹ	bə·śā·rōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1320 flesh
wastes away	יִ֣כֶל	yi·ḵel	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
from sight	מֵרֹ֑אִי	mê·rō·’î	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H7210 looking, seeing, sight
and his hidden	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
bones	עַ֝צְמוֹתָ֗יו	‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯāw	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H6106 bone, substance, self
protrude	וּשְׁפִי	ū·šə·p̄ī	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H8205 bareness, smooth or bare (treeless) height

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He	נַפְשׁ֑וֹ	nap̄·šōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
draws near	וַתִּקְרַ֣ב	wat·tiq·raḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7126 come near, approach
to the Pit	לַשַּׁ֣חַת	laš·ša·ḥaṯ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H7845 pit
and his life	וְ֝חַיָּת֗וֹ	wə·ḥay·yā·ṯōw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H2416 alive, living
to the messengers of death	לַֽמְמִתִֽים׃	lam·mi·ṯîm	Preposition-l, Article; Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural	H4191 die

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yet if	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
there is	יֵ֤שׁ	yêš	Adverb	H3426 being, substance, existence
a messenger	מַלְאָ֗ךְ	mal·’āḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H4397 messenger
on his side	עָלָ֨יו׀	‘ā·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H5921 height
one	אֶחָ֥ד	’e·ḥāḏ	Number - masculine singular	H259 one
mediator	מֵלִ֗יץ	mê·lîṣ	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H3887 scorn
in	מִנִּי־	min·nî-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
a thousand	אָ֑לֶף	’ā·lep̄	Number - masculine singular	H505 thousand
to tell	לְהַגִּ֖יד	lə·hag·gîḏ	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H5046 be conspicuous
a man	לְאָדָ֣ם	lə·’ā·ḏām	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H120 man, mankind
what is right for him	יָשְׁרֽוֹ׃	yā·šə·rōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3476 straightness, uprightness