Job 5:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־לֶֽ֭אֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּ֑עַשׂ וּ֝פֹתֶ֗ה תָּמִ֥ית קִנְאָֽה׃

Transliteration

kî-to-ʾĕwîl yaharāg-kāʿaś û-fōteh tāmît qināʾh

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *ʾĕwîl*: noun, masculine singular - fool
• *yaharāg*: imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will kill
• *kāʿaś*: noun, masculine singular - vexation/anger
• *û*: conjunction - and
• *fōteh*: participle, masculine singular - simple one/seduced one
• *tāmît*: imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will kill/slay
• *qināʾh*: noun, feminine singular - jealousy/envy/zeal

Word Meanings

• *ʾĕwîl*: fool/foolish one
• *yaharāg*: kills/slays
• *kāʿaś*: vexation/anger/grief
• *fōteh*: simple one/naïve person/one easily persuaded
• *qināʾh*: jealousy/envy/passion

Referenced Verses

• Gen 30:1 : 1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
• 1 Sam 18:8-9 : 8 And Saul was very wroth, and this saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? 9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
• Job 18:4 : 4 Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
• Ps 14:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.
• Ps 75:4 : 4 I said unto the arrogant, Deal not arrogantly; And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
• Ps 92:6 : 6 A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:
• Ps 107:17 : 17 Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
• Prov 1:22-23 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge? 23 Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.
• Prov 8:5 : 5 O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.
• Prov 12:16 : 16 A fool's vexation is presently known; But a prudent man concealeth shame.
• Eccl 7:9 : 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
• Hos 7:11 : 11 And Ephraim is like a silly dove, without understanding: they call unto Egypt, they go to Assyria.
• Jonah 4:9 : 9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
• Rom 2:8 : 8 but unto them that are factious, and obey not the truth, but obey unrighteousness, [shall be] wrath and indignation,
• 2 Tim 3:6 : 6 For of these are they that creep into houses, and take captive silly women laden with sins, led away by divers lusts,