Job 15:34

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־עֲדַת חָנֵף גַּלְמוּד וְאֵשׁ אָכְלָה אָהֳלֵי־שֹׁחַד

Transliteration

kî-ʿădat ḥānēp̄ galmûd wə-ʾēš ʾāḵəlāh ʾŏholê-šōḥad

Grammar Details

• *kî-ʿădat*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct - for the congregation of
• *ḥānēp̄*: adjective, masculine singular - godless
• *galmûd*: adjective, masculine singular - barren/desolate
• *wə-ʾēš*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and fire
• *ʾāḵəlāh*: qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - consumes
• *ʾŏholê-šōḥad*: noun, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular - tents of bribery

Word Meanings

• *ʿēdāh*: congregation, assembly, company
• *ḥānēp̄*: godless, profane, hypocrite
• *galmûd*: barren, desolate, sterile
• *ʾēš*: fire, flame
• *ʾāḵal*: to eat, consume, devour
• *ʾōhel*: tent, dwelling, tabernacle
• *šōḥad*: bribe, gift, reward

Referenced Verses

• Job 8:13 : 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:
• Job 8:22 : 22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
• Job 11:14 : 14 If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.
• Job 12:6 : 6 The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly].
• Job 20:1 : 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
• Job 22:5-9 : 5 Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities. 6 For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing. 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
• Job 27:8 : 8 For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?
• Job 29:12-17 : 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem. 15 I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame. 16 I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out. 17 And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
• Job 36:13 : 13 But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them.
• Isa 33:14-15 : 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the godless ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings? 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:
• Amos 5:11-12 : 11 Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof. 12 For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins— ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].
• Mic 7:2 : 2 The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
• Matt 24:51 : 51 and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
• 1 Sam 8:3 : 3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
• 1 Sam 12:3 : 3 Here I am: witness against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.