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Job 10:1

In Job 10 of Job.

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

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נָֽקְטָ֥הnaqetahwearyנָקַטverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “weary”, a completed actionH5354to loatheweary.נַפְשִׁ֗יnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…בְּחַ֫יָּ֥יbechayayin lifeחַיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in life”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.אֶֽעֶזְבָ֣הeezvahcommit selfעָזַבverb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “commit self”, a determination or requestH5800to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.עָלַ֣יalayaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…שִׂיחִ֑יsichibabblingשִׂיחַnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “babbling”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7879a contemplation; by implication, an utterancebabbling, communication, complaint, meditation, prayer, talk.אֲ֝דַבְּרָה֗adabrahspeakדָבַרverb, piel, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “speak”, a determination or requestH1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdueanswer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.בְּמַ֣רbemarin bitterמַרpreposition, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, construct — “in bitter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4751bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly[phrase] angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, [idiom] great, heavy.נַפְשִֽׁיnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

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American Standard Version (1901)

My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Young’s Literal Translation

My soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.

World English Bible

“My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Darby Translation

My soul is weary of my life: I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Douay-Rheims

My soul is weary of my life, I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Weary in my soul, I will pour my words with groans upon him: I will speak being straitened in the bitterness of my soul.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καμνὼν τῇ ψυχῇ μου, στένων ἐπαφήσω ἐπʼ αὐτὸν τὰ ῥήματα μου· λαλήσω πικρίᾳ ψυχῆς μου συνεχόμενος,

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