14 {
"verseID": "Job.21.14",
"source": "וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ לָ֭אֵל ס֣וּר מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וְדַ֥עַת דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א חָפָֽצְנוּ׃",
"text": "*wə-yōʾmərû lā-ʾēl sûr mimmennû wə-daʿat dərākêkā lōʾ ḥāpāṣnû*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yōʾmərû*": "conjunctive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they say",
"*lā-ʾēl*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - to God",
"*sûr*": "Qal imperative, masculine singular - depart/turn aside",
"*mimmennû*": "preposition with 1st person plural suffix - from us",
"*wə-daʿat*": "conjunctive waw + noun feminine singular construct - and knowledge of",
"*dərākêkā*": "noun feminine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your ways",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*ḥāpāṣnû*": "Qal perfect, 1st person common plural - we desire"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾāmar*": "to say/speak/tell",
"*ʾēl*": "God/deity/mighty one",
"*sûr*": "to turn aside/depart",
"*daʿat*": "knowledge/perception",
"*derek*": "way/road/journey/manner",
"*ḥāpēṣ*": "to delight in/desire/please"
}
}
15 {
"verseID": "Job.21.15",
"source": "מַה־שַׁדַּ֥י כִּֽי־נַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּ וּמַה־נּ֝וֹעִ֗יל כִּ֣י נִפְגַּע־בּֽוֹ׃",
"text": "*mah-šadday kî-naʿabdennû û-mah-nôʿîl kî nipgaʿ-bô*",
"grammar": {
"*mah*": "interrogative pronoun - what",
"*šadday*": "noun masculine singular - Almighty",
"*kî*": "conjunction - that",
"*naʿabdennû*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person common plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - we should serve him",
"*û-mah*": "conjunctive waw + interrogative pronoun - and what",
"*nôʿîl*": "Hiphil imperfect, 1st person common plural - we should profit/gain",
"*kî*": "conjunction - if/when",
"*nipgaʿ*": "Qal imperfect, 1st person common plural - we meet/encounter",
"*bô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - with him"
},
"variants": {
"*šadday*": "Almighty/All-sufficient (divine name)",
"*ʿābad*": "to work/serve",
"*yāʿal*": "to gain/profit/avail",
"*pāgaʿ*": "to meet/encounter/intercede/entreat"
}
}
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"
}
}