Job 13:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲ֭טוֹב כִּֽי־יַחְקֹ֣ר אֶתְכֶ֑ם אִם־כְּהָתֵ֥ל בֶּ֝אֱנ֗וֹשׁ תְּהָתֵ֥לּוּ בֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

hăṭôb kî-yaḥqōr ʾetkem ʾim-kehātēl beʾĕnôš tehātēllû bô

Grammar Details

*hăṭôb*: interrogative particle + adjective, masculine singular - good
*kî*: conjunction - that/when
*yaḥqōr*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he examines/searches
*ʾetkem*: direct object marker with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you
*ʾim*: conditional particle - if/whether
*kehātēl*: preposition + infinitive construct, Hiphil - as mocking
*beʾĕnôš*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - at man
*tehātēllû*: verb, Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you mock/deceive
*bô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - at him

Word Meanings

*yaḥqōr*: examines/searches/investigates
*kehātēl*: as mocking/as deceiving
*ʾĕnôš*: man/mortal/mankind
*tehātēllû*: mock/deceive/delude

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 17:10 : 10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Gal 6:7-8 : 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Job 12:16 : 16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
Job 17:2 : 2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
Job 34:36 : 36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.
Ps 44:21 : 21 Shall not God search this out{H8799)}? for he knoweth{H8802)} the secrets of the heart.
Ps 139:23 : 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Isa 28:22 : 22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

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