Job 15:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹא־יַאֲמִין שׁוּב מִנִּי־חֹשֶׁךְ וְצָפוּי הוּא אֱלֵי־חָרֶב

Transliteration

lōʾ-yaʾămîn šûḇ minnî-ḥōšeḵ wə-ṣāp̄ûy hûʾ ʾĕlê-ḥāreḇ

Grammar Details

*lōʾ-yaʾămîn*: negative particle + hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he does not believe
*šûḇ*: qal infinitive construct - returning
*minnî-ḥōšeḵ*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - from darkness
*wə-ṣāp̄ûy*: conjunction + qal passive participle, masculine singular - and watched/waited for
*hûʾ*: 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he
*ʾĕlê-ḥāreḇ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - to the sword

Word Meanings

*ʾāman*: to believe, trust, have faith in
*šûḇ*: to return, turn back, repent
*ḥōšeḵ*: darkness, obscurity
*ṣāp̄āh*: to watch, look out, keep watch
*ḥereḇ*: sword, knife, cutting instrument

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 6:33 : 33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
Job 6:11 : 11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
Job 9:16 : 16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
Job 19:29 : 29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
Job 20:24-25 : 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. 25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
Job 27:14 : 14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
Isa 8:21-22 : 21 And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward. 22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
Matt 27:5 : 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

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