Job 17:7

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{ "verseID": "Job.17.7", "source": "וַתֵּ֣כַהּ מִכַּ֣עַשׂ עֵינִ֑י וִֽיצֻרַ֖י כַּצֵּ֣ל כֻּלָּֽם׃", "text": "*wa-ttēḵah* from-*kaʿaś* *ʿênî* *wîṣuray* like-the-*ṣēl* all-of-them", "grammar": { "*wa-ttēḵah*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - and it grows dim", "*kaʿaś*": "noun, masculine singular - vexation/grief/anger", "*ʿênî*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my eye", "*wîṣuray*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - and my limbs/members", "*ṣēl*": "noun, masculine singular - shadow" }, "variants": { "*wa-ttēḵah*": "and it grows dim/becomes dark/fails", "*kaʿaś*": "vexation/grief/irritation/anger", "*ʿênî*": "my eye/sight (metaphorically: perception)", "*wîṣuray*": "and my limbs/members/forms/frame", "*ṣēl*": "shadow/shade/darkness" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתֵּ֣כַהּ מִכַּ֣עַשׂ עֵינִ֑י וִֽיצֻרַ֖י כַּצֵּ֣ל כֻּלָּֽם׃

Transliteration

wa-ttēḵah from-kaʿaś ʿênî wîṣuray like-the-ṣēl all-of-them

Grammar Details

• *wa-ttēḵah*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - and it grows dim
• *kaʿaś*: noun, masculine singular - vexation/grief/anger
• *ʿênî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my eye
• *wîṣuray*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - and my limbs/members
• *ṣēl*: noun, masculine singular - shadow

Word Meanings

• *wa-ttēḵah*: and it grows dim/becomes dark/fails
• *kaʿaś*: vexation/grief/irritation/anger
• *ʿênî*: my eye/sight (metaphorically: perception)
• *wîṣuray*: and my limbs/members/forms/frame
• *ṣēl*: shadow/shade/darkness

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  My eyes have grown dim from grief, and all my limbs are like a shadow.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  My eye also is dim because of sorrow, and all my members are like a shadow.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  My countenaunce is heuy for very anger, & the membres of my body are become like a shadowe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Mine eye therefore is dimme for griefe, and all my strength is like a shadowe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Myne eye is dimme for very heauinesse, and all my strength is lyke a shadowe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members [are] as a shadow.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade.

• World English Bible (2000)

  My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.

Referenced Verses

• Job 16:16 : 16 { "verseID": "Job.16.16", "source": "פָּנַ֣י *חמרמרה **חֳ֭מַרְמְרוּ מִנִּי־בֶ֑כִי וְעַ֖ל עַפְעַפַּ֣י צַלְמָֽוֶת׃", "text": "*pānay* *ḥŏmarmərû* from *bekî* *wə-ʿal* *ʿapʿappay* *ṣalmāwet*", "grammar": { "*pānay*": "noun masculine plural + 1st singular suffix - my face", "*ḥŏmarmərû*": "Pulal perfect 3rd plural - are reddened/inflamed", "*bekî*": "noun masculine singular - weeping", "*wə-ʿal*": "conjunction + preposition - and upon", "*ʿapʿappay*": "noun masculine dual + 1st singular suffix - my eyelids", "*ṣalmāwet*": "noun masculine singular - deep darkness" }, "variants": { "*pānay*": "face, presence, surface", "*ḥŏmarmərû*": "to be red, inflamed, dark red", "*bekî*": "weeping, crying", "*ʿapʿappay*": "eyelids, eyelashes", "*ṣalmāwet*": "deep darkness, shadow of death" } }
• Ps 6:7 : 7 { "verseID": "Psalms.6.7", "source": "יָגַ֤עְתִּי ׀ בְּֽאַנְחָתִ֗י אַשְׂחֶ֣ה בְכָל־לַ֭יְלָה מִטָּתִ֑י בְּ֝דִמְעָתִ֗י עַרְשִׂ֥י אַמְסֶֽה׃", "text": "*yāga'tî* in-*'anḥātî* *'aśḥeh* in-all-*laylâ* *miṭṭātî* in-*dim'ātî* *'arśî* *'amseh*", "grammar": { "*yāga'tî*": "verb, qal perfect 1st person singular - I am weary", "*'anḥātî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition bet - in my groaning/sighing", "*'aśḥeh*": "verb, hiphil imperfect 1st person singular - I cause to swim/drench", "*laylâ*": "noun, masculine singular with prefixed preposition bet - in night", "*miṭṭātî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my bed", "*dim'ātî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition bet - with my tears", "*'arśî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my couch", "*'amseh*": "verb, hiphil imperfect 1st person singular - I dissolve/melt" }, "variants": { "*yāga'tî*": "I am weary/I am exhausted/I am worn out", "*'anḥātî*": "my groaning/my sighing/my moaning", "*'aśḥeh*": "I cause to swim/I flood/I drench/I soak", "*laylâ*": "night", "*miṭṭātî*": "my bed", "*dim'ātî*": "my tears", "*'arśî*": "my couch/my bed", "*'amseh*": "I dissolve/I melt/I saturate/I make to flow" } }
• Ps 31:9-9 : 9 { "verseID": "Psalms.31.9", "source": "וְלֹ֣א הִ֭סְגַּרְתַּנִי בְּיַד־אוֹיֵ֑ב הֶֽעֱמַ֖דְתָּ בַמֶּרְחָ֣ב רַגְלָֽי׃", "text": "And-not *hisgartanî* in-*yad*-*ʾôyēb*; *heʿĕmadtā* in-the-*merḥāb* *raglāy*", "grammar": { "*hisgartanî*": "verb, perfect 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you have shut me up/delivered me", "*yad*": "noun, feminine singular construct - hand of", "*ʾôyēb*": "noun, masculine singular - enemy", "*heʿĕmadtā*": "verb, perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have set/caused to stand", "*merḥāb*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article and prefixed preposition beth - in the broad place", "*raglāy*": "noun, feminine dual with 1st person singular suffix - my feet" }, "variants": { "*hisgartanî*": "delivered me over/shut me up/confined me", "*ʾôyēb*": "enemy/foe/adversary", "*heʿĕmadtā*": "set/caused to stand/established", "*merḥāb*": "broad place/spacious place/wide area" } } 10 { "verseID": "Psalms.31.10", "source": "חָנֵּ֥נִי יְהוָה֮ כִּ֤י צַ֫ר־לִ֥י עָשְׁשָׁ֖ה בְכַ֥עַס עֵינִ֗י נַפְשִׁ֥י וּבִטְנִֽי׃", "text": "*Ḥānnēnî* *YHWH* for *ṣar*-to-me; *ʿāšəšâ* in-*kaʿas* *ʿênî*, *napšî* and-*biṭnî*", "grammar": { "*Ḥānnēnî*": "verb, imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - be gracious to me", "*ṣar*": "verb, perfect 3rd person masculine singular - it is distressed", "*ʿāšəšâ*": "verb, perfect 3rd person feminine singular - has wasted away", "*kaʿas*": "noun, masculine singular with prefixed preposition beth - in vexation/anger", "*ʿênî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my eye", "*napšî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul", "*biṭnî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my belly/body" }, "variants": { "*Ḥānnēnî*": "be gracious to me/show favor to me/have mercy on me", "*ṣar*": "distressed/troubled/narrow", "*ʿāšəšâ*": "wasted away/grown weak/deteriorated", "*kaʿas*": "vexation/grief/anger", "*biṭnî*": "my belly/inward parts/body" } }
• Ps 109:23 : 23 { "verseID": "Psalms.109.23", "source": "כְּצֵל־כִּנְטוֹת֥וֹ נֶהֱלָ֑כְתִּי נִ֝נְעַ֗רְתִּי כָּֽאַרְבֶּֽה׃", "text": "Like-*ṣēl*-when-*niṭôtô* *neĕlākətî* *ninʿartî* like-the-*ʾarbeh*.", "grammar": { "*ṣēl*": "noun, masculine singular - shadow", "*niṭôtô*": "verb, qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its stretching out/declining", "*neĕlākətî*": "verb, niphal perfect 1st person singular - I am gone/have disappeared", "*ninʿartî*": "verb, niphal perfect 1st person singular - I am shaken off", "*ʾarbeh*": "noun, masculine singular - locust" }, "variants": { "*ṣēl*-when-*niṭôtô*": "like a shadow when it lengthens/stretches/declines", "*neĕlākətî*": "I am gone/I vanish/I disappear/I pass away", "*ninʿartî*": "I am shaken off/driven away/tossed about" } }
• Eccl 6:12 : 12 { "verseID": "Ecclesiastes.6.12", "source": "כִּ֣י מִֽי־יוֹדֵעַ֩ מַה־טּ֨וֹב לָֽאָדָ֜ם בַּֽחַיִּ֗ים מִסְפַּ֛ר יְמֵי־חַיֵּ֥י הֶבְל֖וֹ וְיַעֲשֵׂ֣ם כַּצֵּ֑ל אֲשֶׁר֙ מִֽי־יַגִּ֣יד לָֽאָדָ֔ם מַה־יִּהְיֶ֥ה אַחֲרָ֖יו תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃", "text": "For who-*yôḏēaʿ* what-*ṭṭôḇ* to-the-*lāʾāḏām* in-the-*baḥayyîm* *mispar* *yəmê*-*ḥayyê* *heḇlô* and-*yaʿăśēm* like-the-*kaṣṣēl*? *ʾăšer* who-*yaggîḏ* to-the-*lāʾāḏām* what-*yihyeh* *ʾaḥărāyw* *taḥaṯ* the-*haššāmeš*?", "grammar": { "*yôḏēaʿ*": "verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - knowing", "*ṭṭôḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - good", "*lāʾāḏām*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to the man", "*baḥayyîm*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - in the life", "*mispar*": "noun, masculine singular construct - number of", "*yəmê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - days of", "*ḥayyê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - life of", "*heḇlô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his vanity", "*yaʿăśēm*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - he makes them", "*kaṣṣēl*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - like the shadow", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that", "*yaggîḏ*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will tell", "*yihyeh*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be", "*ʾaḥărāyw*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - after him", "*taḥaṯ*": "preposition - under", "*haššāmeš*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the sun" }, "variants": { "*ṭṭôḇ lāʾāḏām*": "good for man/beneficial for humanity", "*mispar yəmê-ḥayyê heḇlô*": "number of days of his vain life", "*yaʿăśēm kaṣṣēl*": "he spends them like a shadow/he makes them like a shadow", "*ʾaḥărāyw*": "after him/following him/when he is gone", "*taḥaṯ haššāmeš*": "under the sun (idiom for 'in this world')" } }
• Lam 5:17 : 17 { "verseID": "Lamentations.5.17", "source": "עַל־זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל־אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃", "text": "For-*zeh* *hāyâ* *ḏāweh* *libbēnû*, for-*ʾēlleh* *ḥāšəḵû* *ʿênênû*", "grammar": { "*zeh*": "demonstrative pronoun masculine singular - this", "*hāyâ*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - it has become", "*ḏāweh*": "adjective masculine singular - faint/sick", "*libbēnû*": "noun masculine singular construct with 1st person plural suffix - our heart", "*ʾēlleh*": "demonstrative pronoun plural - these", "*ḥāšəḵû*": "qal perfect 3rd common plural - they have grown dim", "*ʿênênû*": "noun feminine dual construct with 1st person plural suffix - our eyes" }, "variants": { "*ḏāweh*": "faint/sick/ill", "*libbēnû*": "our heart/mind/inner being", "*ḥāšəḵû*": "they have grown dim/darkened/become dim", "*ʿênênû*": "our eyes (dimming eyes signifies grief or weakness)" } }
• Job 16:8 : 8 { "verseID": "Job.16.8", "source": "וַֽ֭תִּקְמְטֵנִי לְעֵ֣ד הָיָ֑ה וַיָּ֥קָם בִּ֥י כַ֝חֲשִׁ֗י בְּפָנַ֥י יַעֲנֶֽה׃", "text": "*wə-tiqmətēnî* for *ʿēd* *hāyāh* *wə-yāqām* against me *kaḥăšî* in *pānay* *yaʿăneh*", "grammar": { "*wə-tiqmətēnî*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - and you have seized/wrinkled me", "*ʿēd*": "noun masculine singular - witness", "*hāyāh*": "Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - it has become", "*wə-yāqām*": "conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it rises up", "*kaḥăšî*": "noun masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - my leanness/lies", "*pānay*": "noun masculine plural + 1st singular suffix - my face", "*yaʿăneh*": "Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - it answers/testifies" }, "variants": { "*tiqmətēnî*": "to seize, grasp, wrinkle", "*ʿēd*": "witness, testimony", "*hāyāh*": "to be, become, happen", "*yāqām*": "to rise, stand up", "*kaḥăšî*": "leanness, failure, lying", "*pānay*": "face, presence, surface", "*yaʿăneh*": "to answer, respond, testify against" } }