Job 21:7-9 : 7 {
"verseID": "Job.21.7",
"source": "מַדּ֣וּעַ רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִחְי֑וּ עָ֝תְק֗וּ גַּם־גָּ֥בְרוּ חָֽיִל׃",
"text": "*maddûaʿ rəšāʿîm yiḥyû ʿātəqû gam-gābrû ḥāyil*",
"grammar": {
"*maddûaʿ*": "interrogative adverb - why",
"*rəšāʿîm*": "noun masculine plural - wicked ones",
"*yiḥyû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they live",
"*ʿātəqû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they grow old",
"*gam*": "adverb - also/even",
"*gābrû*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they grow mighty",
"*ḥāyil*": "noun masculine singular - power/wealth/strength"
},
"variants": {
"*rāšāʿ*": "wicked/guilty person",
"*ḥāyâ*": "to live/exist",
"*ʿāteq*": "to move/advance/grow old",
"*gābar*": "to be strong/mighty/prevail",
"*ḥāyil*": "strength/wealth/army/valor"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Job.21.8",
"source": "זַרְעָ֤ם נָכ֣וֹן לִפְנֵיהֶ֣ם עִמָּ֑ם וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֗ם לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃",
"text": "*zarʿām nākôn lipnêhem ʿimmām wə-ṣeʾĕṣāʾêhem lə-ʿênêhem*",
"grammar": {
"*zarʿām*": "noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their seed/offspring",
"*nākôn*": "Niphal participle, masculine singular - established/secure",
"*lipnêhem*": "preposition + noun common plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - before them",
"*ʿimmām*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - with them",
"*wə-ṣeʾĕṣāʾêhem*": "conjunctive waw + noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and their descendants",
"*lə-ʿênêhem*": "preposition + noun feminine dual construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - before their eyes"
},
"variants": {
"*zeraʿ*": "seed/offspring/descendants",
"*kûn*": "to be firm/established/prepared",
"*pānîm*": "face/presence",
"*ṣeʾĕṣāʾîm*": "offspring/descendants",
"*ʿayin*": "eye/spring"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "Job.21.9",
"source": "בָּתֵּיהֶ֣ם שָׁל֣וֹם מִפָּ֑חַד וְלֹ֤א שֵׁ֖בֶט אֱל֣וֹהַּ עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃",
"text": "*bāttêhem šālôm mippāḥad wə-lōʾ šēbeṭ ʾĕlôah ʿălêhem*",
"grammar": {
"*bāttêhem*": "noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their houses",
"*šālôm*": "noun masculine singular - peace/safety",
"*mippāḥad*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - from fear/dread",
"*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunctive waw + negative particle - and not",
"*šēbeṭ*": "noun masculine singular construct - rod/staff of",
"*ʾĕlôah*": "noun masculine singular - God",
"*ʿălêhem*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - upon them"
},
"variants": {
"*bayit*": "house/dwelling",
"*šālôm*": "peace/safety/welfare/completeness",
"*pāḥad*": "fear/dread/terror",
"*šēbeṭ*": "rod/staff/scepter/tribe",
"*ʾĕlôah*": "God/deity"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Job.21.10",
"source": "שׁוֹר֣וֹ עִ֭בַּר וְלֹ֣א יַגְעִ֑ל תְּפַלֵּ֥ט פָּ֝רָת֗וֹ וְלֹ֣א תְשַׁכֵּֽל׃",
"text": "*šôrô ʿibbar wə-lōʾ yagʿil təpallēṭ pārātô wə-lōʾ təšakkēl*",
"grammar": {
"*šôrô*": "noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his bull",
"*ʿibbar*": "Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - impregnates/breeds",
"*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunctive waw + negative particle - and not",
"*yagʿil*": "Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - fails/aborts",
"*təpallēṭ*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - delivers/gives birth",
"*pārātô*": "noun feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his cow",
"*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunctive waw + negative particle - and not",
"*təšakkēl*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - miscarries/is bereaved"
},
"variants": {
"*šôr*": "bull/ox",
"*ʿābar*": "to pass over/impregnate (in Piel)",
"*gāʿal*": "to abhor/reject/fail (in Hiphil context)",
"*pālaṭ*": "to escape/deliver (in Piel: give birth)",
"*pārâ*": "cow/heifer",
"*šākal*": "to be bereaved/miscarry"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Job.21.11",
"source": "יְשַׁלְּח֣וּ כַ֭צֹּאן עֲוִילֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝יַלְדֵיהֶ֗ם יְרַקֵּדֽוּן׃",
"text": "*yəšalləḥû kaṣṣōʾn ʿăwîlêhem wə-yaldêhem yəraqqēdûn*",
"grammar": {
"*yəšalləḥû*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they send out",
"*kaṣṣōʾn*": "preposition + definite article + noun feminine singular - like the flock",
"*ʿăwîlêhem*": "noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their young ones",
"*wə-yaldêhem*": "conjunctive waw + noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and their children",
"*yəraqqēdûn*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they skip about/dance"
},
"variants": {
"*šālaḥ*": "to send/let go/stretch out",
"*ṣōʾn*": "sheep/flock",
"*ʿăwîl*": "young child/boy",
"*yeled*": "child/boy/youth",
"*rāqad*": "to skip/dance"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Job.21.12",
"source": "יִ֭שְׂאוּ כְּתֹ֣ף וְכִנּ֑וֹר וְ֝יִשְׂמְח֗וּ לְק֣וֹל עוּגָֽב׃",
"text": "*yiśʾû kətōp wə-kinnôr wə-yiśməḥû lə-qôl ʿûgāb*",
"grammar": {
"*yiśʾû*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they lift up/carry",
"*kətōp*": "preposition + noun masculine singular - with timbrel/tambourine",
"*wə-kinnôr*": "conjunctive waw + noun masculine singular - and lyre/harp",
"*wə-yiśməḥû*": "conjunctive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and they rejoice",
"*lə-qôl*": "preposition + noun masculine singular construct - to the sound of",
"*ʿûgāb*": "noun masculine singular - flute/pipe"
},
"variants": {
"*nāśāʾ*": "to lift/carry/take",
"*tōp*": "timbrel/tambourine",
"*kinnôr*": "lyre/harp",
"*śāmaḥ*": "to rejoice/be glad",
"*qôl*": "voice/sound",
"*ʿûgāb*": "flute/pipe/reed instrument"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Job.21.13",
"source": "*יבלו **יְכַלּ֣וּ בַטּ֣וֹב יְמֵיהֶ֑ם וּ֝בְרֶ֗גַע שְׁא֣וֹל יֵחָֽתּוּ׃",
"text": "*yəkallû baṭṭôb yəmêhem û-bəregaʿ šəʾôl yēḥāttû*",
"grammar": {
"*yəkallû*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural (Ketiv: *yiblû*) - they spend/complete",
"*baṭṭôb*": "preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular - in the good/prosperity",
"*yəmêhem*": "noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their days",
"*û-bəregaʿ*": "conjunctive waw + preposition + noun masculine singular - and in a moment",
"*šəʾôl*": "noun feminine singular - Sheol/underworld",
"*yēḥāttû*": "Niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they descend/go down"
},
"variants": {
"*kālâ*": "to complete/finish/spend (Ketiv: *bālâ* - to wear out/consume)",
"*ṭôb*": "good/pleasant/agreeable",
"*yôm*": "day/time",
"*regaʿ*": "moment/instant",
"*šəʾôl*": "underworld/grave/death",
"*ḥātat*": "to be broken/dismayed/go down"
}
}
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"
}
}