Job 34:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאָרַ֣ח לְ֭חֶבְרָה עִם־פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן וְ֝לָלֶ֗כֶת עִם־אַנְשֵׁי־רֶֽשַׁע׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾāraḥ ləḥebrāh ʿim-pōʿălê ʾāwen wə-lāleket ʿim-ʾanšê-rešaʿ

Grammar Details

*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
*ʾanšê*: masculine plural construct noun - men of
*rešaʿ*: masculine singular noun - wickedness

Word Meanings

*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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 1:1 : 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:
Ps 26:4 : 4 I have not sat with men of falsehood; Neither will I go in with dissemblers.
Ps 50:18 : 18 When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers.
Prov 13:20 : 20 Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
Ps 73:12-15 : 12 Behold, these are the wicked; And, being alway at ease, they increase in riches. 13 Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency; 14 For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning. 15 If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
Prov 1:15 : 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:
Prov 2:12 : 12 To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;
Prov 4:14 : 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, And walk not in the way of evil men.
Job 2:10 : 10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Job 11:3 : 3 Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Job 15:5 : 5 For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Job 22:15 : 15 Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?

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