Verse 36

{ "verseID": "Job.34.36", "source": "אָבִ֗י יִבָּחֵ֣ן אִיּ֣וֹב עַד־נֶ֑צַח עַל־תְּ֝שֻׁבֹ֗ת בְּאַנְשֵׁי־אָֽוֶן׃", "text": "*ʾĀbî* *yibbāḥēn* *ʾIyyôb* *ʿad*-*neṣaḥ* *ʿal*-*tĕšubōt* *bĕʾanšê*-*ʾāwen*.", "grammar": { "*ʾĀbî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - my father; or interjection - I desire/would that", "*yibbāḥēn*": "Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, jussive - let him be tested/examined", "*ʾIyyôb*": "proper noun - Job", "*ʿad*": "preposition - until", "*neṣaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - forever/perpetuity", "*ʿal*": "preposition - on/concerning/because of", "*tĕšubōt*": "noun, feminine plural - replies/answers", "*bĕʾanšê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - among men of", "*ʾāwen*": "noun, masculine singular - iniquity/wickedness" }, "variants": { "*ʾĀbî*": "my father/O my father/I desire/would that", "*yibbāḥēn*": "let him be tested/examined/tried", "*neṣaḥ*": "forever/perpetuity/complete victory", "*tĕšubōt*": "replies/answers/responses", "*ʾanšê*": "men of/people of", "*ʾāwen*": "iniquity/wickedness/trouble/sorrow" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 12:6 : 6 { "verseID": "Job.12.6", "source": "יִשְׁלָ֤יוּ אֹֽהָלִ֨ים ׀ לְשֹׁ֥דְדִ֗ים וּֽ֭בַטֻּחוֹת לְמַרְגִּ֣יזֵי אֵ֑ל לַאֲשֶׁ֤ר הֵבִ֖יא אֱל֣וֹהַּ בְּיָדֽוֹ׃", "text": "*yišlāyû* *ʾōhālîm* *lə-šōdədîm* *û-baṭṭuḥôt* *lə-margîzê* *ʾēl* *la-ʾăšer* *hēbîʾ* *ʾĕlôah* *bə-yādô*", "grammar": { "*yišlāyû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - are at ease/prosper", "*ʾōhālîm*": "noun, masculine plural - tents", "*lə-šōdədîm*": "preposition + qal participle, masculine plural - for robbers/plunderers", "*û-baṭṭuḥôt*": "conjunction + noun, feminine plural - and securities/safeties", "*lə-margîzê*": "preposition + hiphil participle, masculine plural construct - for provokers of", "*ʾēl*": "noun, masculine singular - God", "*la-ʾăšer*": "preposition + relative pronoun - to whom", "*hēbîʾ*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - brought", "*ʾĕlôah*": "noun, masculine singular - God", "*bə-yādô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his hand" }, "variants": { "*yišlāyû*": "are secure/prosper/are at ease", "*ʾōhālîm*": "tents/dwellings", "*šōdədîm*": "robbers/plunderers/destroyers", "*baṭṭuḥôt*": "securities/safeties/confidences", "*margîzê*": "provokers/agitators/those who anger", "*ʾēl*": "God/deity", "*hēbîʾ*": "brought/delivered", "*ʾĕlôah*": "God/deity", "*yādô*": "his hand/power" } }
  • Job 21:7 : 7 { "verseID": "Job.21.7", "source": "מַדּ֣וּעַ רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִחְי֑וּ עָ֝תְק֗וּ גַּם־גָּ֥בְרוּ חָֽיִל׃", "text": "*maddûaʿ rəšāʿîm yiḥyû ʿātəqû gam-gābrû ḥāyil*", "grammar": { "*maddûaʿ*": "interrogative adverb - why", "*rəšāʿîm*": "noun masculine plural - wicked ones", "*yiḥyû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they live", "*ʿātəqû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they grow old", "*gam*": "adverb - also/even", "*gābrû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they grow mighty", "*ḥāyil*": "noun masculine singular - power/wealth/strength" }, "variants": { "*rāšāʿ*": "wicked/guilty person", "*ḥāyâ*": "to live/exist", "*ʿāteq*": "to move/advance/grow old", "*gābar*": "to be strong/mighty/prevail", "*ḥāyil*": "strength/wealth/army/valor" } }
  • Job 22:15 : 15 { "verseID": "Job.22.15", "source": "הַאֹ֣רַח עוֹלָ֣ם תִּשְׁמֹ֑ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר דָּרְכ֣וּ מְתֵי־אָֽוֶן׃", "text": "*ha-ʾōraḥ ʿôlām tišmōr ʾăšer dārəkhû mətê-ʾāwen*", "grammar": { "*ha-ʾōraḥ*": "interrogative + noun, masculine singular construct - the path of", "*ʿôlām*": "noun, masculine singular - antiquity/ancient time", "*tišmōr*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you keep/observe", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which", "*dārəkhû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they trod/walked", "*mətê-ʾāwen*": "noun, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular - men of wickedness" }, "variants": { "*ʾōraḥ*": "path/way/road", "*ʿôlām*": "antiquity/ancient time/long duration", "*tišmōr*": "to keep/observe/guard", "*dārəkhû*": "to tread/walk/march", "*mətê*": "men/people/mortals", "*ʾāwen*": "wickedness/iniquity/trouble" } }
  • Job 23:16 : 16 { "verseID": "Job.23.16", "source": "וְ֭אֵל הֵרַ֣ךְ לִבִּ֑י וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י הִבְהִילָֽנִי׃", "text": "*wə-ʾĒl* *hērak* *libbî* *wə-Šadday* *hibhîlānî*", "grammar": { "*wə-ʾĒl*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and God", "*hērak*": "Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has made soft/weakened", "*libbî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my heart", "*wə-Šadday*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and the Almighty", "*hibhîlānî*": "Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - has terrified me" }, "variants": { "*ʾĒl*": "God, mighty one, deity", "*rākak*": "to be soft, tender, weak", "*lēb*": "heart, mind, inner person, will", "*Šadday*": "Almighty, All-sufficient (divine name)", "*bāhal*": "to disturb, terrify, dismay, be anxious" } }
  • Job 24:1 : 1 { "verseID": "Job.24.1", "source": "מַדּ֗וּעַ מִ֭שַׁדַּי לֹא־נִצְפְּנ֣וּ עִתִּ֑ים וְ֝יֹדְעָ֗יו לֹא־חָ֥זוּ יָמָֽיו", "text": "Why from *Shadday* not *nitspənu* *ʿittîm* and *yōdəʿāw* not *ḥāzû* his *yāmāw*", "grammar": { "*Shadday*": "divine name with preposition *mi-*, 'from Almighty'", "*nitspənu*": "niphal perfect 3rd person plural - 'are hidden/stored'", "*ʿittîm*": "noun masculine plural - 'times/seasons'", "*yōdəʿāw*": "qal participle masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'those knowing him'", "*ḥāzû*": "qal perfect 3rd person plural - 'see/perceive'", "*yāmāw*": "noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his days'" }, "variants": { "*Shadday*": "the Almighty/All-sufficient One", "*nitspənu*": "are hidden/stored/reserved", "*ʿittîm*": "times/seasons/appointed periods", "*yōdəʿāw*": "those who know him/his acquaintances", "*ḥāzû*": "see/perceive/behold", "*yāmāw*": "his days/times/judgments" } }
  • Job 34:8-9 : 8 { "verseID": "Job.34.8", "source": "וְאָרַ֣ח לְ֭חֶבְרָה עִם־פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן וְ֝לָלֶ֗כֶת עִם־אַנְשֵׁי־רֶֽשַׁע׃", "text": "*wə-ʾāraḥ* *ləḥebrāh* *ʿim-pōʿălê* *ʾāwen* *wə-lāleket* *ʿim-ʾanšê-rešaʿ*", "grammar": { "*wə-ʾāraḥ*": "waw conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he goes/travels", "*ləḥebrāh*": "preposition + feminine singular noun - for company/fellowship", "*ʿim*": "preposition - with", "*pōʿălê*": "masculine plural construct noun - workers of/doers of", "*ʾāwen*": "masculine singular noun - iniquity/wickedness", "*wə-lāleket*": "waw conjunction + preposition + Qal infinitive construct - and to walk", "*ʿim*": "preposition - with", "*ʾanšê*": "masculine plural construct noun - men of", "*rešaʿ*": "masculine singular noun - wickedness" }, "variants": { "*ʾāraḥ*": "goes/travels/journeys", "*ləḥebrāh*": "for company/in fellowship/in association", "*pōʿălê ʾāwen*": "workers of iniquity/evildoers/those who practice wickedness", "*lāleket*": "to walk/to go/to travel", "*ʾanšê-rešaʿ*": "wicked men/evil men/men of wickedness" } } 9 { "verseID": "Job.34.9", "source": "כִּֽי־אָ֭מַר לֹ֣א יִסְכָּן־גָּ֑בֶר בִּ֝רְצֹת֗וֹ עִם־אֱלֹהִֽים׃", "text": "*kî-ʾāmar* *lōʾ* *yiskān-gāber* *birṣōtô* *ʿim-ʾĕlōhîm*", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*ʾāmar*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has said", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*yiskān*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he profits", "*gāber*": "masculine singular noun - man", "*birṣōtô*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his delighting/when he takes pleasure", "*ʿim*": "preposition - with", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "masculine plural noun - God" }, "variants": { "*yiskān*": "profits/benefits/gains advantage", "*gāber*": "man/person/individual", "*birṣōtô*": "in his delighting/when he takes pleasure/in his being pleased", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God/deity/divine being (plural form used as singular divine reference)" } }
  • Ps 17:3 : 3 { "verseID": "Psalms.17.3", "source": "בָּ֘חַ֤נְתָּ לִבִּ֨י ׀ פָּ֘קַ֤דְתָּ לַּ֗יְלָה צְרַפְתַּ֥נִי בַל־תִּמְצָ֑א זַ֝מֹּתִ֗י בַּל־יַעֲבָר־פִּֽי׃", "text": "*Bāḥantā* *libbî* *pāqadtā* *laylāh* *ṣǝraftanî* *bal-timṣā'* *zammōtî* *bal-ya'ăbār-pî*", "grammar": { "*Bāḥantā*": "verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have examined/tested", "*libbî*": "noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my heart", "*pāqadtā*": "verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have visited/inspected", "*laylāh*": "noun, masculine singular - night", "*ṣǝraftanî*": "verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you have refined/tested me", "*bal-timṣā'*": "negative particle + verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will not find", "*zammōtî*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have purposed/planned/thought", "*bal-ya'ăbār-pî*": "negative particle + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + noun + 1st person singular suffix - will not transgress my mouth" }, "variants": { "*pāqadtā*": "you have visited/inspected/attended to", "*ṣǝraftanî*": "you have refined/tested/tried me (as metal)", "*zammōtî*": "I have purposed/devised/planned/thought" } }
  • Ps 26:2 : 2 { "verseID": "Psalms.26.2", "source": "בְּחָנֵ֣נִי יְהוָ֣ה וְנַסֵּ֑נִי צָרְפָ֖ה כִלְיוֹתַ֣י וְלִבִּֽי׃", "text": "*Bəḥānēnî* *YHWH* and-*nassēnî* *ṣārəp̄âh* *ḵilyôṯay* and-*libbî*.", "grammar": { "*Bəḥānēnî*": "qal imperative with 1st person singular suffix - examine me/test me", "*YHWH*": "divine name - LORD", "*nassēnî*": "piel imperative with 1st person singular suffix - try me/test me", "*ṣārəp̄âh*": "qal imperative feminine - refine/test/purify", "*ḵilyôṯay*": "noun plural with 1st person singular possessive suffix - my kidneys/inward parts", "*libbî*": "noun with 1st person singular possessive suffix - my heart" }, "variants": { "*Bəḥānēnî*": "examine me/test me/prove me", "*nassēnî*": "try me/test me/prove me", "*ṣārəp̄âh*": "refine/test/purify (as with metal in fire)", "*ḵilyôṯay*": "my kidneys/my inward parts/my mind (seat of emotion and moral character)", "*libbî*": "my heart/my mind/my inner self" } }
  • Jas 5:11 : 11 { "verseID": "James.5.11", "source": "Ἰδού, μακαρίζομεν τοὺς ὑπομένοντας. Τὴν ὑπομονὴν Ἰὼβ ἠκούσατε, καὶ τὸ τέλος Κυρίου εἴδετε· ὅτι πολύσπλαγχνός ἐστιν ὁ Κύριος, καὶ οἰκτίρμων.", "text": "*Idou*, we *makarizomen tous hypomenontas*. The *hypomonēn Iōb ēkousate*, and the *telos Kyriou eidete*; because *polysplagchnos estin ho Kyrios*, and *oiktirmōn*.", "grammar": { "*Idou*": "aorist middle imperative - behold/look", "*makarizomen*": "present active, 1st plural - we count blessed/happy", "*tous hypomenontas*": "accusative, masculine, plural, present participle - the ones enduring", "*hypomonēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - endurance/perseverance", "*Iōb*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of Job", "*ēkousate*": "aorist active, 2nd plural - you have heard", "*telos*": "accusative, neuter, singular - end/outcome", "*Kyriou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of the Lord", "*eidete*": "aorist active, 2nd plural - you have seen", "*polysplagchnos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - very compassionate", "*estin*": "present active, 3rd singular - is", "*ho Kyrios*": "nominative, masculine, singular - the Lord", "*oiktirmōn*": "nominative, masculine, singular - merciful" }, "variants": { "*makarizomen*": "we count blessed/happy/fortunate", "*tous hypomenontas*": "the ones enduring/persevering/remaining steadfast", "*hypomonēn*": "endurance/perseverance/steadfastness", "*telos*": "end/outcome/purpose/goal", "*polysplagchnos*": "very compassionate/full of mercy/tender-hearted", "*oiktirmōn*": "merciful/compassionate/full of pity" } }