Job 20:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בִּמְלֹ֣אות שִׂ֭פְקוֹ יֵ֣צֶר ל֑וֹ כָּל־יַ֖ד עָמֵ֣ל תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃

Transliteration

bi- mĕlōʾwt śipqô yēṣer lô kāl- yad ʿāmēl tĕbôʾennû

Grammar Details

*bi-*: preposition - in
*mĕlōʾwt*: infinitive construct - fullness
*śipqô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his sufficiency
*yēṣer*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it is distressed/narrow
*lô*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him
*kāl-*: adjective, masculine singular construct - all/every
*yad*: noun, feminine singular construct - hand
*ʿāmēl*: adjective, masculine singular - toiling/laboring
*tĕbôʾennû*: qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - it comes to him

Word Meanings

*mĕlōʾwt*: fullness/abundance/being full
*śipqô*: his sufficiency/his abundance/his satisfaction
*yēṣer*: is distressed/is in straits/is narrow
*yad*: hand/power
*ʿāmēl*: toiling/laboring/suffering/miserable
*tĕbôʾennû*: comes to him/arrives at him/befalls him

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 24:2 : 2 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
Job 1:15 : 15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job 1:17 : 17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job 3:17 : 17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
Job 15:29 : 29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
Job 16:11 : 11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
Job 18:7 : 7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
Ps 39:5 : 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state{H8737)} is altogether vanity. Selah.
Eccl 2:18-20 : 18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. 20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
Isa 10:6 : 6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Rev 18:7 : 7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

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