Job 21:7-9 : 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"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Job.21.8",
"source": "זַרְעָ֤ם נָכ֣וֹן לִפְנֵיהֶ֣ם עִמָּ֑ם וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֗ם לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃",
"text": "*zarʿām nākôn lipnêhem ʿimmām wə-ṣeʾĕṣāʾêhem lə-ʿênêhem*",
"grammar": {
"*zarʿām*": "noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their seed/offspring",
"*nākôn*": "Niphal participle, masculine singular - established/secure",
"*lipnêhem*": "preposition + noun common plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - before them",
"*ʿimmām*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - with them",
"*wə-ṣeʾĕṣāʾêhem*": "conjunctive waw + noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and their descendants",
"*lə-ʿênêhem*": "preposition + noun feminine dual construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - before their eyes"
},
"variants": {
"*zeraʿ*": "seed/offspring/descendants",
"*kûn*": "to be firm/established/prepared",
"*pānîm*": "face/presence",
"*ṣeʾĕṣāʾîm*": "offspring/descendants",
"*ʿayin*": "eye/spring"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Job.21.9",
"source": "בָּתֵּיהֶ֣ם שָׁל֣וֹם מִפָּ֑חַד וְלֹ֤א שֵׁ֖בֶט אֱל֣וֹהַּ עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃",
"text": "*bāttêhem šālôm mippāḥad wə-lōʾ šēbeṭ ʾĕlôah ʿălêhem*",
"grammar": {
"*bāttêhem*": "noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their houses",
"*šālôm*": "noun masculine singular - peace/safety",
"*mippāḥad*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - from fear/dread",
"*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunctive waw + negative particle - and not",
"*šēbeṭ*": "noun masculine singular construct - rod/staff of",
"*ʾĕlôah*": "noun masculine singular - God",
"*ʿălêhem*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - upon them"
},
"variants": {
"*bayit*": "house/dwelling",
"*šālôm*": "peace/safety/welfare/completeness",
"*pāḥad*": "fear/dread/terror",
"*šēbeṭ*": "rod/staff/scepter/tribe",
"*ʾĕlôah*": "God/deity"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Job.21.10",
"source": "שׁוֹר֣וֹ עִ֭בַּר וְלֹ֣א יַגְעִ֑ל תְּפַלֵּ֥ט פָּ֝רָת֗וֹ וְלֹ֣א תְשַׁכֵּֽל׃",
"text": "*šôrô ʿibbar wə-lōʾ yagʿil təpallēṭ pārātô wə-lōʾ təšakkēl*",
"grammar": {
"*šôrô*": "noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his bull",
"*ʿibbar*": "Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - impregnates/breeds",
"*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunctive waw + negative particle - and not",
"*yagʿil*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - fails/aborts",
"*təpallēṭ*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - delivers/gives birth",
"*pārātô*": "noun feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his cow",
"*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunctive waw + negative particle - and not",
"*təšakkēl*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - miscarries/is bereaved"
},
"variants": {
"*šôr*": "bull/ox",
"*ʿābar*": "to pass over/impregnate (in Piel)",
"*gāʿal*": "to abhor/reject/fail (in Hiphil context)",
"*pālaṭ*": "to escape/deliver (in Piel: give birth)",
"*pārâ*": "cow/heifer",
"*šākal*": "to be bereaved/miscarry"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Job.21.11",
"source": "יְשַׁלְּח֣וּ כַ֭צֹּאן עֲוִילֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝יַלְדֵיהֶ֗ם יְרַקֵּדֽוּן׃",
"text": "*yəšalləḥû kaṣṣōʾn ʿăwîlêhem wə-yaldêhem yəraqqēdûn*",
"grammar": {
"*yəšalləḥû*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they send out",
"*kaṣṣōʾn*": "preposition + definite article + noun feminine singular - like the flock",
"*ʿăwîlêhem*": "noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their young ones",
"*wə-yaldêhem*": "conjunctive waw + noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and their children",
"*yəraqqēdûn*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they skip about/dance"
},
"variants": {
"*šālaḥ*": "to send/let go/stretch out",
"*ṣōʾn*": "sheep/flock",
"*ʿăwîl*": "young child/boy",
"*yeled*": "child/boy/youth",
"*rāqad*": "to skip/dance"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Job.21.12",
"source": "יִ֭שְׂאוּ כְּתֹ֣ף וְכִנּ֑וֹר וְ֝יִשְׂמְח֗וּ לְק֣וֹל עוּגָֽב׃",
"text": "*yiśʾû kətōp wə-kinnôr wə-yiśməḥû lə-qôl ʿûgāb*",
"grammar": {
"*yiśʾû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they lift up/carry",
"*kətōp*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - with timbrel/tambourine",
"*wə-kinnôr*": "conjunctive waw + noun masculine singular - and lyre/harp",
"*wə-yiśməḥû*": "conjunctive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they rejoice",
"*lə-qôl*": "preposition + noun masculine singular construct - to the sound of",
"*ʿûgāb*": "noun masculine singular - flute/pipe"
},
"variants": {
"*nāśāʾ*": "to lift/carry/take",
"*tōp*": "timbrel/tambourine",
"*kinnôr*": "lyre/harp",
"*śāmaḥ*": "to rejoice/be glad",
"*qôl*": "voice/sound",
"*ʿûgāb*": "flute/pipe/reed instrument"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Job.21.13",
"source": "*יבלו **יְכַלּ֣וּ בַטּ֣וֹב יְמֵיהֶ֑ם וּ֝בְרֶ֗גַע שְׁא֣וֹל יֵחָֽתּוּ׃",
"text": "*yəkallû baṭṭôb yəmêhem û-bəregaʿ šəʾôl yēḥāttû*",
"grammar": {
"*yəkallû*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural (Ketiv: *yiblû*) - they spend/complete",
"*baṭṭôb*": "preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular - in the good/prosperity",
"*yəmêhem*": "noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their days",
"*û-bəregaʿ*": "conjunctive waw + preposition + noun masculine singular - and in a moment",
"*šəʾôl*": "noun feminine singular - Sheol/underworld",
"*yēḥāttû*": "Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they descend/go down"
},
"variants": {
"*kālâ*": "to complete/finish/spend (Ketiv: *bālâ* - to wear out/consume)",
"*ṭôb*": "good/pleasant/agreeable",
"*yôm*": "day/time",
"*regaʿ*": "moment/instant",
"*šəʾôl*": "underworld/grave/death",
"*ḥātat*": "to be broken/dismayed/go down"
}
}
14 {
"verseID": "Job.21.14",
"source": "וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ לָ֭אֵל ס֣וּר מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וְדַ֥עַת דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א חָפָֽצְנוּ׃",
"text": "*wə-yōʾmərû lā-ʾēl sûr mimmennû wə-daʿat dərākêkā lōʾ ḥāpāṣnû*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yōʾmərû*": "conjunctive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they say",
"*lā-ʾēl*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - to God",
"*sûr*": "Qal imperative, masculine singular - depart/turn aside",
"*mimmennû*": "preposition with 1st person plural suffix - from us",
"*wə-daʿat*": "conjunctive waw + noun feminine singular construct - and knowledge of",
"*dərākêkā*": "noun feminine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your ways",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*ḥāpāṣnû*": "Qal perfect, 1st person common plural - we desire"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾāmar*": "to say/speak/tell",
"*ʾēl*": "God/deity/mighty one",
"*sûr*": "to turn aside/depart",
"*daʿat*": "knowledge/perception",
"*derek*": "way/road/journey/manner",
"*ḥāpēṣ*": "to delight in/desire/please"
}
}
15 {
"verseID": "Job.21.15",
"source": "מַה־שַׁדַּ֥י כִּֽי־נַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּ וּמַה־נּ֝וֹעִ֗יל כִּ֣י נִפְגַּע־בּֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*mah-šadday kî-naʿabdennû û-mah-nôʿîl kî nipgaʿ-bô*",
"grammar": {
"*mah*": "interrogative pronoun - what",
"*šadday*": "noun masculine singular - Almighty",
"*kî*": "conjunction - that",
"*naʿabdennû*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person common plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - we should serve him",
"*û-mah*": "conjunctive waw + interrogative pronoun - and what",
"*nôʿîl*": "Hiphil imperfect, 1st person common plural - we should profit/gain",
"*kî*": "conjunction - if/when",
"*nipgaʿ*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person common plural - we meet/encounter",
"*bô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - with him"
},
"variants": {
"*šadday*": "Almighty/All-sufficient (divine name)",
"*ʿābad*": "to work/serve",
"*yāʿal*": "to gain/profit/avail",
"*pāgaʿ*": "to meet/encounter/intercede/entreat"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "Job.21.16",
"source": "הֵ֤ן לֹ֣א בְיָדָ֣ם טוּבָ֑ם עֲצַ֥ת רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים רָ֣חֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃",
"text": "*hēn lōʾ bə-yādām ṭûbām ʿăṣat rəšāʿîm rāḥăqâ mennî*",
"grammar": {
"*hēn*": "interjection - behold/indeed",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*bə-yādām*": "preposition + noun feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in their hand",
"*ṭûbām*": "noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their prosperity",
"*ʿăṣat*": "noun feminine singular construct - counsel of",
"*rəšāʿîm*": "noun masculine plural - wicked ones",
"*rāḥăqâ*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - is far",
"*mennî*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - from me"
},
"variants": {
"*yād*": "hand/power",
"*ṭûb*": "goodness/prosperity/wealth",
"*ʿēṣâ*": "counsel/advice/plan",
"*rāšāʿ*": "wicked/guilty person",
"*rāḥaq*": "to be far/distant"
}
}
17 {
"verseID": "Job.21.17",
"source": "כַּמָּ֤ה ׀ נֵר־רְשָׁ֘עִ֤ים יִדְעָ֗ךְ וְיָבֹ֣א עָלֵ֣ימוֹ אֵידָ֑ם חֲ֝בָלִ֗ים יְחַלֵּ֥ק בְּאַפּֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*kammâ nēr-rəšāʿîm yidʿāk wə-yābōʾ ʿālêmô ʾêdām ḥăbālîm yəḥallēq bə-ʾappô*",
"grammar": {
"*kammâ*": "interrogative adverb - how often",
"*nēr*": "noun masculine singular construct - lamp of",
"*rəšāʿîm*": "noun masculine plural - wicked ones",
"*yidʿāk*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is extinguished",
"*wə-yābōʾ*": "conjunctive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and comes",
"*ʿālêmô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix (poetic form) - upon them",
"*ʾêdām*": "noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their calamity",
"*ḥăbālîm*": "noun masculine plural - pains/pangs/destructions",
"*yəḥallēq*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he distributes/apportions",
"*bə-ʾappô*": "preposition + noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his anger"
},
"variants": {
"*nēr*": "lamp/light",
"*dāʿak*": "to be extinguished/go out",
"*bôʾ*": "to come/go/enter",
"*ʾêd*": "calamity/distress/destruction",
"*ḥebel*": "pain/pang/destruction/cord",
"*ḥālaq*": "to divide/apportion/distribute",
"*ʾap*": "nose/anger/wrath"
}
}
18 {
"verseID": "Job.21.18",
"source": "יִהְי֗וּ כְּתֶ֥בֶן לִפְנֵי־ר֑וּחַ וּ֝כְמֹ֗ץ גְּנָבַ֥תּוּ סוּפָֽה׃",
"text": "*yihyû kəteben lipnê-rûaḥ û-kəmōṣ gənābattû sûpâ*",
"grammar": {
"*yihyû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they are",
"*kəteben*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - like straw/chaff",
"*lipnê*": "preposition + noun plural construct - before",
"*rûaḥ*": "noun feminine singular - wind",
"*û-kəmōṣ*": "conjunctive waw + preposition + noun masculine singular - and like chaff",
"*gənābattû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - steals it",
"*sûpâ*": "noun feminine singular - storm/whirlwind"
},
"variants": {
"*hāyâ*": "to be/become/exist",
"*teben*": "straw/chaff/stubble",
"*pānîm*": "face/presence",
"*rûaḥ*": "wind/breath/spirit",
"*mōṣ*": "chaff",
"*gānab*": "to steal/carry away",
"*sûpâ*": "storm/whirlwind/tempest"
}
}
19 {
"verseID": "Job.21.19",
"source": "אֱל֗וֹהַּ יִצְפֹּן־לְבָנָ֥יו אוֹנ֑וֹ יְשַׁלֵּ֖ם אֵלָ֣יו וְיֵדָֽע׃",
"text": "*ʾĕlôah yiṣpōn-lə-bānāyw ʾônô yəšallēm ʾēlāyw wə-yēdāʿ*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾĕlôah*": "noun masculine singular - God",
"*yiṣpōn*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he stores up",
"*lə-bānāyw*": "preposition + noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - for his sons/children",
"*ʾônô*": "noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his iniquity",
"*yəšallēm*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he repays",
"*ʾēlāyw*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*wə-yēdāʿ*": "conjunctive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he knows"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾĕlôah*": "God/deity",
"*ṣāpan*": "to hide/store up/treasure",
"*bēn*": "son/child",
"*ʾāwen*": "iniquity/trouble/sorrow",
"*šālam*": "to be complete/repay/reward",
"*yādaʿ*": "to know/understand"
}
}
20 {
"verseID": "Job.21.20",
"source": "יִרְא֣וּ *עינו **עֵינָ֣יו כִּיד֑וֹ וּמֵחֲמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃",
"text": "*yirʾû ʿênāyw kîdô û-mēḥămat šadday yišteh*",
"grammar": {
"*yirʾû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they see",
"*ʿênāyw*": "noun feminine dual construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix (Qere; Ketiv: *ʿênô*) - his eyes",
"*kîdô*": "noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his destruction",
"*û-mēḥămat*": "conjunctive waw + preposition + noun feminine singular construct - and from wrath of",
"*šadday*": "noun masculine singular - Almighty",
"*yišteh*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he drinks"
},
"variants": {
"*rāʾâ*": "to see/observe/perceive",
"*ʿayin*": "eye",
"*kîd*": "destruction/calamity/ruin",
"*ḥēmâ*": "heat/rage/wrath",
"*šadday*": "Almighty/All-sufficient (divine name)",
"*šātâ*": "to drink"
}
}
21 {
"verseID": "Job.21.21",
"source": "כִּ֤י מַה־חֶפְצ֣וֹ בְּבֵית֣וֹ אַחֲרָ֑יו וּמִסְפַּ֖ר חֳדָשָׁ֣יו חֻצָּֽצוּ׃",
"text": "*kî mah-ḥepṣô bə-bêtô ʾaḥărāyw û-mispar ḥŏdāšāyw ḥuṣṣāṣû*",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because",
"*mah*": "interrogative pronoun - what",
"*ḥepṣô*": "noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his pleasure/delight",
"*bə-bêtô*": "preposition + noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his house",
"*ʾaḥărāyw*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - after him",
"*û-mispar*": "conjunctive waw + noun masculine singular construct - and number of",
"*ḥŏdāšāyw*": "noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his months",
"*ḥuṣṣāṣû*": "Pual perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are cut off/determined"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥēpeṣ*": "delight/pleasure/desire",
"*bayit*": "house/home/family",
"*mispar*": "number/count",
"*ḥōdeš*": "month/new moon",
"*ḥāṣaṣ*": "to divide/cut/determine"
}
}
22 {
"verseID": "Job.21.22",
"source": "הַלְאֵ֥ל יְלַמֶּד־דָּ֑עַת וְ֝ה֗וּא רָמִ֥ים יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃",
"text": "*ha-lə-ʾēl yəlammed-dāʿat wə-hûʾ rāmîm yišpôṭ*",
"grammar": {
"*ha-lə-ʾēl*": "interrogative particle + preposition + noun masculine singular - to God",
"*yəlammed*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - one teaches",
"*dāʿat*": "noun feminine singular - knowledge",
"*wə-hûʾ*": "conjunctive waw + 3rd person masculine singular independent pronoun - and he",
"*rāmîm*": "adjective masculine plural - exalted ones/high places",
"*yišpôṭ*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he judges"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾēl*": "God/deity/mighty one",
"*lāmad*": "to learn/teach",
"*dāʿat*": "knowledge/wisdom",
"*rām*": "high/exalted/lofty",
"*šāpaṭ*": "to judge/govern/vindicate"
}
}
23 {
"verseID": "Job.21.23",
"source": "זֶ֗ה יָ֭מוּת בְּעֶ֣צֶם תֻּמּ֑וֹ כֻּ֝לּ֗וֹ שַׁלְאֲנַ֥ן וְשָׁלֵֽיו׃",
"text": "*zeh yāmût bə-ʿeṣem tummô kullô šalʾănān wə-šālêw*",
"grammar": {
"*zeh*": "demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this one",
"*yāmût*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - dies",
"*bə-ʿeṣem*": "preposition + noun masculine singular construct - in the full strength of",
"*tummô*": "noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his completeness/integrity",
"*kullô*": "noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - all of him",
"*šalʾănān*": "adjective masculine singular - at ease/secure",
"*wə-šālêw*": "conjunctive waw + adjective masculine singular - and peaceful/quiet"
},
"variants": {
"*mût*": "to die",
"*ʿeṣem*": "bone/essence/full strength",
"*tōm*": "completeness/integrity/perfection",
"*kōl*": "all/whole/every",
"*šalʾănān*": "secure/at ease/tranquil",
"*šālêw*": "quiet/peaceful/prosperous"
}
}
24 {
"verseID": "Job.21.24",
"source": "עֲ֭טִינָיו מָלְא֣וּ חָלָ֑ב וּמֹ֖חַ עַצְמוֹתָ֣יו יְשֻׁקֶּֽה׃",
"text": "*ʿăṭînāyw mālʾû ḥālāb û-mōaḥ ʿaṣmôtāyw yəšuqqeh*",
"grammar": {
"*ʿăṭînāyw*": "noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his pails/sides",
"*mālʾû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - are full",
"*ḥālāb*": "noun masculine singular - milk",
"*û-mōaḥ*": "conjunctive waw + noun masculine singular construct - and marrow of",
"*ʿaṣmôtāyw*": "noun feminine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his bones",
"*yəšuqqeh*": "Pual imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is moistened/watered"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿāṭîn*": "pail/vessel/side/body (rare word, meaning uncertain)",
"*mālēʾ*": "to be full/filled",
"*ḥālāb*": "milk/cream",
"*mōaḥ*": "marrow",
"*ʿeṣem*": "bone",
"*šāqâ*": "to water/irrigate/give to drink"
}
}
25 {
"verseID": "Job.21.25",
"source": "וְזֶ֗ה יָ֭מוּת בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁ מָרָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־אָ֝כַ֗ל בַּטּוֹבָֽה׃",
"text": "*wə-zeh yāmût bə-nepeš mārâ wə-lōʾ-ʾākal baṭṭôbâ*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-zeh*": "conjunctive waw + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - and this one",
"*yāmût*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - dies",
"*bə-nepeš*": "preposition + noun feminine singular construct - with a soul of",
"*mārâ*": "adjective feminine singular - bitter",
"*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunctive waw + negative particle - and not",
"*ʾākal*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he ate",
"*baṭṭôbâ*": "preposition + definite article + noun feminine singular - in the good/prosperity"
},
"variants": {
"*mût*": "to die",
"*nepeš*": "soul/life/self/person",
"*mar*": "bitter/bitterness",
"*ʾākal*": "to eat/consume",
"*ṭôbâ*": "good thing/prosperity/happiness"
}
}
26 {
"verseID": "Job.21.26",
"source": "יַ֭חַד עַל־עָפָ֣ר יִשְׁכָּ֑בוּ וְ֝רִמָּ֗ה תְּכַסֶּ֥ה עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃",
"text": "*yaḥad ʿal-ʿāpār yiškābû wə-rimmâ təkasseh ʿălêhem*",
"grammar": {
"*yaḥad*": "adverb - together",
"*ʿal-ʿāpār*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - on dust",
"*yiškābû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they lie down",
"*wə-rimmâ*": "conjunctive waw + noun feminine singular - and worm/maggot",
"*təkasseh*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - covers",
"*ʿălêhem*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - upon them"
},
"variants": {
"*yaḥad*": "together/alike/unitedly",
"*ʿāpār*": "dust/soil/earth",
"*šākab*": "to lie down/rest",
"*rimmâ*": "worm/maggot",
"*kāsâ*": "to cover/conceal"
}
}
27 {
"verseID": "Job.21.27",
"source": "הֵ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וּ֝מְזִמּ֗וֹת עָלַ֥י תַּחְמֹֽסוּ׃",
"text": "*hēn yādaʿtî maḥšəbôtêkem û-məzimmôt ʿālay taḥmōsû*",
"grammar": {
"*hēn*": "interjection - behold/indeed",
"*yādaʿtî*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I know",
"*maḥšəbôtêkem*": "noun feminine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your thoughts",
"*û-məzimmôt*": "conjunctive waw + noun feminine plural - and devices/plots",
"*ʿālay*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - against me",
"*taḥmōsû*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you devise wrongfully"
},
"variants": {
"*yādaʿ*": "to know/perceive/understand",
"*maḥăšābâ*": "thought/plan/intention",
"*məzimmâ*": "plan/device/plot/wickedness",
"*ḥāmas*": "to treat violently/wrong/devise wrongfully"
}
}
28 {
"verseID": "Job.21.28",
"source": "כִּ֤י תֹֽאמְר֗וּ אַיֵּ֥ה בֵית־נָדִ֑יב וְ֝אַיֵּ֗ה אֹ֤הֶל ׀ מִשְׁכְּנ֬וֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃",
"text": "*kî tōʾmərû ʾayyēh bêt-nādîb wə-ʾayyēh ʾōhel miškənôt rəšāʿîm*",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because/when",
"*tōʾmərû*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you say",
"*ʾayyēh*": "interrogative adverb - where",
"*bêt*": "noun masculine singular construct - house of",
"*nādîb*": "adjective masculine singular - noble/prince",
"*wə-ʾayyēh*": "conjunctive waw + interrogative adverb - and where",
"*ʾōhel*": "noun masculine singular construct - tent of",
"*miškənôt*": "noun masculine plural construct - dwelling places of",
"*rəšāʿîm*": "noun masculine plural - wicked ones"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾāmar*": "to say/speak/tell",
"*bayit*": "house/home/dwelling",
"*nādîb*": "noble/generous/prince",
"*ʾōhel*": "tent/dwelling",
"*miškān*": "dwelling place/tabernacle",
"*rāšāʿ*": "wicked/guilty person"
}
}
29 {
"verseID": "Job.21.29",
"source": "הֲלֹ֣א שְׁ֭אֶלְתֶּם ע֣וֹבְרֵי דָ֑רֶךְ וְ֝אֹתֹתָ֗ם לֹ֣א תְנַכֵּֽרוּ׃",
"text": "*hă-lōʾ šəʾeltem ʿôbərê dārek wə-ʾōtōtām lōʾ tənakkērû*",
"grammar": {
"*hă-lōʾ*": "interrogative particle + negative particle - have not",
"*šəʾeltem*": "Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you asked",
"*ʿôbərê*": "Qal participle, masculine plural construct - those passing by",
"*dārek*": "noun masculine singular - way/road",
"*wə-ʾōtōtām*": "conjunctive waw + noun feminine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and their signs/evidences",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*tənakkērû*": "Piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you recognize/acknowledge"
},
"variants": {
"*šāʾal*": "to ask/inquire",
"*ʿābar*": "to pass over/through/by",
"*derek*": "way/road/journey/manner",
"*ʾôt*": "sign/token/mark/evidence",
"*nākar*": "to recognize/acknowledge/regard"
}
}
30 {
"verseID": "Job.21.30",
"source": "כִּ֤י לְי֣וֹם אֵ֭יד יֵחָ֣שֶׂךְ רָ֑ע לְי֖וֹם עֲבָר֣וֹת יוּבָֽלוּ׃",
"text": "*kî lə-yôm ʾêd yēḥāśek rāʿ lə-yôm ʿăbārôt yûbālû*",
"grammar": {
"*kî*": "conjunction - that/for/because",
"*lə-yôm*": "preposition + noun masculine singular construct - for day of",
"*ʾêd*": "noun masculine singular - calamity/destruction",
"*yēḥāśek*": "Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is spared/withheld",
"*rāʿ*": "adjective masculine singular - evil/wicked one",
"*lə-yôm*": "preposition + noun masculine singular construct - for day of",
"*ʿăbārôt*": "noun feminine plural - wrath/overflow",
"*yûbālû*": "Hophal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they are led/brought"
},
"variants": {
"*yôm*": "day/time",
"*ʾêd*": "calamity/distress/destruction",
"*ḥāśak*": "to withhold/spare/hold back",
"*raʿ*": "evil/bad/disagreeable/wicked person",
"*ʿebrâ*": "wrath/overflow/arrogance",
"*yābal*": "to carry/bring/lead"
}
}
31 {
"verseID": "Job.21.31",
"source": "מִֽי־יַגִּ֣יד עַל־פָּנָ֣יו דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וְהֽוּא־עָ֝שָׂ֗ה מִ֣י יְשַׁלֶּם־לֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*mî-yaggîd ʿal-pānāyw darkô wə-hûʾ-ʿāśâ mî yəšallem-lô*",
"grammar": {
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who",
"*yaggîd*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will declare/tell",
"*ʿal-pānāyw*": "preposition + noun common plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his face",
"*darkô*": "noun feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his way",
"*wə-hûʾ*": "conjunctive waw + 3rd person masculine singular independent pronoun - and he",
"*ʿāśâ*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - has done",
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who",
"*yəšallem*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will repay",
"*lô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him"
},
"variants": {
"*nāgad*": "to tell/declare/report",
"*pānîm*": "face/presence",
"*derek*": "way/road/path/conduct",
"*ʿāśâ*": "to do/make/accomplish",
"*šālam*": "to be complete/repay/reward"
}
}
32 {
"verseID": "Job.21.32",
"source": "וְ֭הוּא לִקְבָר֣וֹת יוּבָ֑ל וְֽעַל־גָּדִ֥ישׁ יִשְׁקֽוֹד׃",
"text": "*wə-hûʾ liqbārôt yûbāl wə-ʿal-gādîš yišqôd*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-hûʾ*": "conjunctive waw + 3rd person masculine singular independent pronoun - and he",
"*liqbārôt*": "preposition + noun feminine plural - to graves",
"*yûbāl*": "Hophal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is carried/brought",
"*wə-ʿal*": "conjunctive waw + preposition - and over",
"*gādîš*": "noun masculine singular - tomb-mound/heap",
"*yišqôd*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he watches/keeps vigil"
},
"variants": {
"*qeber*": "grave/tomb/burial place",
"*yābal*": "to carry/bring/lead",
"*gādîš*": "stack/heap/tomb-mound",
"*šāqad*": "to watch/wake/be vigilant"
}
}
33 {
"verseID": "Job.21.33",
"source": "מָֽתְקוּ־ל֗וֹ רִגְבֵ֫י נָ֥חַל וְ֭אַחֲרָיו כָּל־אָדָ֣ם יִמְשׁ֑וֹךְ וּ֝לְפָנָ֗יו אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּֽר׃",
"text": "*mātəqû-lô rigbê nāḥal wə-ʾaḥărāyw kol-ʾādām yimšôk û-ləpānāyw ʾên mispār*",
"grammar": {
"*mātəqû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are sweet",
"*lô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*rigbê*": "noun masculine plural construct - clods of",
"*nāḥal*": "noun masculine singular - valley/wadi",
"*wə-ʾaḥărāyw*": "conjunctive waw + preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and after him",
"*kol*": "noun masculine singular construct - every",
"*ʾādām*": "noun masculine singular - man/mankind",
"*yimšôk*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he draws/drags",
"*û-ləpānāyw*": "conjunctive waw + preposition + noun common plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and before him",
"*ʾên*": "particle of negation construct - there is no",
"*mispār*": "noun masculine singular - number/count"
},
"variants": {
"*māṯaq*": "to be sweet/pleasant",
"*regeb*": "clod/lump of earth",
"*nāḥal*": "stream/wadi/valley",
"*ʾaḥărê*": "after/behind",
"*kōl*": "all/every/whole",
"*ʾādām*": "man/mankind/human",
"*māšak*": "to draw/drag/prolong",
"*pānîm*": "face/presence",
"*mispār*": "number/count"
}
}
34 {
"verseID": "Job.21.34",
"source": "וְ֭אֵיךְ תְּנַחֲמ֣וּנִי הָ֑בֶל וּ֝תְשׁ֥וּבֹתֵיכֶ֗ם נִשְׁאַר־מָֽעַל׃",
"text": "*wə-ʾêk tənaḥămûnî hābel û-təšûbōtêkem nišʾar-māʿal*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-ʾêk*": "conjunctive waw + interrogative adverb - and how",
"*tənaḥămûnî*": "Piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - you comfort me",
"*hābel*": "noun masculine singular - vanity/emptiness",
"*û-təšûbōtêkem*": "conjunctive waw + noun feminine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - and your answers",
"*nišʾar*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - remains/is left",
"*māʿal*": "noun masculine singular - unfaithfulness/transgression"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾêk*": "how/in what way",
"*nāḥam*": "to comfort/console/be sorry",
"*hebel*": "breath/vapor/vanity/emptiness",
"*təšûbâ*": "answer/reply/response",
"*šāʾar*": "to remain/be left over",
"*maʿal*": "unfaithfulness/treachery/transgression"
}
}