Job

Job 7:11–16

¹¹Therefore I will not restrain my mouth;

I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;

I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

¹²Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep,

that You must keep me under guard?

¹³When I think my bed will comfort me

and my couch will ease my complaint,

¹⁴then You frighten me with dreams

and terrify me with visions,

¹⁵so that I would prefer strangling and death

over my life in this body.

¹⁶I loathe my life! I would not live forever.

Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

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
Therefore	גַּם־	gam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
I	אֲנִי֮	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
will not	לֹ֤א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
restrain	אֶחֱשָׂ֫ךְ	’e·ḥĕ·śāḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H2820 withhold, refrain
my mouth	פִּ֥י	pî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H6310 mouth
I will speak	אֲ‍ֽ֭דַבְּרָה	’ăḏab·bə·rāh	Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H1696 speak
in the anguish	בְּצַ֣ר	bə·ṣar	Preposition-b; Adjective - masculine singular construct	H6862 narrow, tight
of my spirit	רוּחִ֑י	rū·ḥî	Noun - common singular construct; first person common singular	H7307 breath, wind, spirit
I will complain	אָ֝שִׂ֗יחָה	’ā·śî·ḥāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H7878 muse, complain
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
Am I	אָ֭נִי	’ā·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
the sea	הֲ‍ֽיָם־	hăyām-	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea
or	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
the monster of the deep	תַּנִּ֑ין	tan·nîn	Noun - masculine singular	H8577 serpent, dragon, sea-monster
that	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
You must keep me under	תָשִׂ֖ים	ṯā·śîm	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H7760 put, place, set
guard	מִשְׁמָֽר׃	miš·mār	Noun - masculine singular	H4929 place of confinement, goal, prison

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I think	אָ֭מַרְתִּי	’ā·mar·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
my bed	עַרְשִׂ֑י	‘ar·śî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H6210 couch, divan
will comfort me	תְּנַחֲמֵ֣נִי	tə·na·ḥă·mê·nî	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular; first person common singular	H5162 be sorry, console
and my couch	מִשְׁכָּבִֽי׃	miš·kā·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H4904 place of lying, couch; act of lying
will ease	יִשָּׂ֥א	yiś·śā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5375 lift, take, carry
my complaint	בְ֝שִׂיחִ֗י	ḇə·śî·ḥî	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H7879 complaint, musing

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
then You frighten me	וְחִתַּתַּ֥נִי	wə·ḥit·tat·ta·nî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H2865 be shattered, dismayed
with dreams	בַחֲלֹמ֑וֹת	ḇa·ḥă·lō·mō·wṯ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2472 dream
and terrify me	תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃	tə·ḇa·‘ă·ṯan·nî	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H1204 fall upon, startle, terrify
with visions	וּֽמֵחֶזְיֹנ֥וֹת	ū·mê·ḥez·yō·nō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural	H2384 vision

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
so that I	נַפְשִׁ֑י	nap̄·šî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
would prefer	וַתִּבְחַ֣ר	wat·tiḇ·ḥar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H977 choose
strangling	מַחֲנָ֣ק	ma·ḥă·nāq	Noun - masculine singular	H4267 strangling, suffocation
and death	מָ֝֗וֶת	mā·weṯ	Noun - masculine singular	H4194 death
over my life in this body	מֵֽעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃	mê·‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯāy	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular	H6106 bone, substance, self

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I loathe	מָ֭אַסְתִּי	mā·’as·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H3988 reject
I would not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
live	אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה	’eḥ·yeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H2421 live
forever	לְעֹלָ֣ם	lə·‘ō·lām	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
Leave me alone	חֲדַ֥ל	ḥă·ḏal	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H2308 cease
for	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
my days	יָמָֽי׃	yā·māy	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H3117 day
a breath	הֶ֥בֶל	he·ḇel	Noun - masculine singular	H1892 vapour, breath