16{
"verseID": "Job.21.16",
"source": "הֵ֤ן לֹ֣א בְיָדָ֣ם טוּבָ֑ם עֲצַ֥ת רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים רָ֣חֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃",
"text": "*hēn lōʾ bə-yādām ṭûbām ʿăṣat rəšāʿîm rāḥăqâ mennî*",
"grammar": {
"*hēn*": "interjection - behold/indeed",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*bə-yādām*": "preposition + noun feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in their hand",
"*ṭûbām*": "noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their prosperity",
"*ʿăṣat*": "noun feminine singular construct - counsel of",
"*rəšāʿîm*": "noun masculine plural - wicked ones",
"*rāḥăqâ*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - is far",
"*mennî*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - from me"
},
"variants": {
"*yād*": "hand/power",
"*ṭûb*": "goodness/prosperity/wealth",
"*ʿēṣâ*": "counsel/advice/plan",
"*rāšāʿ*": "wicked/guilty person",
"*rāḥaq*": "to be far/distant"
}
}
17{
"verseID": "Job.21.17",
"source": "כַּמָּ֤ה ׀ נֵר־רְשָׁ֘עִ֤ים יִדְעָ֗ךְ וְיָבֹ֣א עָלֵ֣ימוֹ אֵידָ֑ם חֲ֝בָלִ֗ים יְחַלֵּ֥ק בְּאַפּֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*kammâ nēr-rəšāʿîm yidʿāk wə-yābōʾ ʿālêmô ʾêdām ḥăbālîm yəḥallēq bə-ʾappô*",
"grammar": {
"*kammâ*": "interrogative adverb - how often",
"*nēr*": "noun masculine singular construct - lamp of",
"*rəšāʿîm*": "noun masculine plural - wicked ones",
"*yidʿāk*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is extinguished",
"*wə-yābōʾ*": "conjunctive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and comes",
"*ʿālêmô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix (poetic form) - upon them",
"*ʾêdām*": "noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their calamity",
"*ḥăbālîm*": "noun masculine plural - pains/pangs/destructions",
"*yəḥallēq*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he distributes/apportions",
"*bə-ʾappô*": "preposition + noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his anger"
},
"variants": {
"*nēr*": "lamp/light",
"*dāʿak*": "to be extinguished/go out",
"*bôʾ*": "to come/go/enter",
"*ʾêd*": "calamity/distress/destruction",
"*ḥebel*": "pain/pang/destruction/cord",
"*ḥālaq*": "to divide/apportion/distribute",
"*ʾap*": "nose/anger/wrath"
}
}
18{
"verseID": "Job.21.18",
"source": "יִהְי֗וּ כְּתֶ֥בֶן לִפְנֵי־ר֑וּחַ וּ֝כְמֹ֗ץ גְּנָבַ֥תּוּ סוּפָֽה׃",
"text": "*yihyû kəteben lipnê-rûaḥ û-kəmōṣ gənābattû sûpâ*",
"grammar": {
"*yihyû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they are",
"*kəteben*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - like straw/chaff",
"*lipnê*": "preposition + noun plural construct - before",
"*rûaḥ*": "noun feminine singular - wind",
"*û-kəmōṣ*": "conjunctive waw + preposition + noun masculine singular - and like chaff",
"*gənābattû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - steals it",
"*sûpâ*": "noun feminine singular - storm/whirlwind"
},
"variants": {
"*hāyâ*": "to be/become/exist",
"*teben*": "straw/chaff/stubble",
"*pānîm*": "face/presence",
"*rûaḥ*": "wind/breath/spirit",
"*mōṣ*": "chaff",
"*gānab*": "to steal/carry away",
"*sûpâ*": "storm/whirlwind/tempest"
}
}
19{
"verseID": "Job.21.19",
"source": "אֱל֗וֹהַּ יִצְפֹּן־לְבָנָ֥יו אוֹנ֑וֹ יְשַׁלֵּ֖ם אֵלָ֣יו וְיֵדָֽע׃",
"text": "*ʾĕlôah yiṣpōn-lə-bānāyw ʾônô yəšallēm ʾēlāyw wə-yēdāʿ*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾĕlôah*": "noun masculine singular - God",
"*yiṣpōn*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he stores up",
"*lə-bānāyw*": "preposition + noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - for his sons/children",
"*ʾônô*": "noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his iniquity",
"*yəšallēm*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he repays",
"*ʾēlāyw*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*wə-yēdāʿ*": "conjunctive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he knows"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾĕlôah*": "God/deity",
"*ṣāpan*": "to hide/store up/treasure",
"*bēn*": "son/child",
"*ʾāwen*": "iniquity/trouble/sorrow",
"*šālam*": "to be complete/repay/reward",
"*yādaʿ*": "to know/understand"
}
}
20{
"verseID": "Job.21.20",
"source": "יִרְא֣וּ *עינו **עֵינָ֣יו כִּיד֑וֹ וּמֵחֲמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃",
"text": "*yirʾû ʿênāyw kîdô û-mēḥămat šadday yišteh*",
"grammar": {
"*yirʾû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they see",
"*ʿênāyw*": "noun feminine dual construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix (Qere; Ketiv: *ʿênô*) - his eyes",
"*kîdô*": "noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his destruction",
"*û-mēḥămat*": "conjunctive waw + preposition + noun feminine singular construct - and from wrath of",
"*šadday*": "noun masculine singular - Almighty",
"*yišteh*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he drinks"
},
"variants": {
"*rāʾâ*": "to see/observe/perceive",
"*ʿayin*": "eye",
"*kîd*": "destruction/calamity/ruin",
"*ḥēmâ*": "heat/rage/wrath",
"*šadday*": "Almighty/All-sufficient (divine name)",
"*šātâ*": "to drink"
}
}