Job 18:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַךְ־אֵלֶּה מִשְׁכְּנוֹת עַוָּל וְזֶה מְקוֹם לֹא־יָדַע־אֵל

Transliteration

ʾaḵ-ʾēlleh miškənôṯ ʿawwāl wəzeh məqôm lōʾ-yāḏaʿ-ʾēl

Grammar Details

• *ʾaḵ*: adverb - surely
• *ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, common plural - these
• *miškənôṯ*: noun, feminine plural construct - dwelling places of
• *ʿawwāl*: noun, masculine singular - unrighteous man
• *wəzeh*: conjunction + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - and this
• *məqôm*: noun, masculine singular construct - place of
• *lōʾ-yāḏaʿ*: negative particle + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he does not know
• *ʾēl*: noun, masculine singular - God

Word Meanings

• *ʾaḵ*: surely/certainly/indeed
• *ʾēlleh miškənôṯ ʿawwāl*: these are the dwelling places of the unrighteous/wicked
• *wəzeh məqôm*: and this is the place
• *lōʾ-yāḏaʿ-ʾēl*: he does not know God/who knows not God

Referenced Verses

• Jer 9:3 : 3 And they bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.
• Jer 10:25 : 25 Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
• 1 Thess 4:5 : 5 not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God;
• 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:
• Titus 1:16 : 16 They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
• Judg 2:10 : 10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, that knew not Jehovah, nor yet the work which he had wrought for Israel.
• 1 Sam 2:12 : 12 Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not Jehovah.
• 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
• Job 21:14 : 14 And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
• Job 21:28 : 28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?
• Ps 79:6 : 6 Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon thy name.
• Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they {G1381} {G3756} refused to have God in [their] knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
• Exod 5:2 : 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go.