Job 24:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּ֭שָּׂדֶה בְּלִיל֣וֹ יִקְצ֑וֹרוּ וְכֶ֖רֶם רָשָׁ֣ע יְלַקֵּֽשׁוּ

Transliteration

In the śādeh bəlîlô yiqṣôrû wəḵerem rāšāʿ yəlaqqēšû

Grammar Details

*śādeh*: noun masculine singular with preposition *ba* and definite article - 'in the field'
*bəlîlô*: noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'its fodder/mixed provender'
*yiqṣôrû*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'they harvest/reap'
*wəḵerem*: conjunction *wə* + noun masculine singular construct - 'and vineyard of'
*rāšāʿ*: adjective masculine singular - 'wicked'
*yəlaqqēšû*: piel imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'they glean/gather'

Word Meanings

*śādeh*: field/land/open country
*bəlîlô*: its fodder/mixed feed/grain
*yiqṣôrû*: harvest/reap/cut
*ḵerem*: vineyard/orchard
*rāšāʿ*: wicked/evil/criminal person
*yəlaqqēšû*: glean/gather late fruits/collect

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 28:33 : 33 The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway;
Deut 28:51 : 51 and shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed; that also shall not leave thee grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of thy cattle, or the young of thy flock, until they have caused thee to perish.
Judg 6:3-6 : 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them; 4 and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. 5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it. 6 And Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah.
Mic 6:15 : 15 Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not anoint thee with oil; and the vintage, but shalt not drink the wine.

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