Job 21:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כַּמָּ֤ה ׀ נֵר־רְשָׁ֘עִ֤ים יִדְעָ֗ךְ וְיָבֹ֣א עָלֵ֣ימוֹ אֵידָ֑ם חֲ֝בָלִ֗ים יְחַלֵּ֥ק בְּאַפּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

kammâ nēr-rəšāʿîm yidʿāk wə-yābōʾ ʿālêmô ʾêdām ḥăbālîm yəḥallēq bə-ʾappô

Grammar Details

*kammâ*: interrogative adverb - how often
*nēr*: noun masculine singular construct - lamp of
*rəšāʿîm*: noun masculine plural - wicked ones
*yidʿāk*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is extinguished
*wə-yābōʾ*: conjunctive waw + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and comes
*ʿālêmô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix (poetic form) - upon them
*ʾêdām*: noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their calamity
*ḥăbālîm*: noun masculine plural - pains/pangs/destructions
*yəḥallēq*: Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he distributes/apportions
*bə-ʾappô*: preposition + noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his anger

Word Meanings

*nēr*: lamp/light
*dāʿak*: to be extinguished/go out
*bôʾ*: to come/go/enter
*ʾêd*: calamity/distress/destruction
*ḥebel*: pain/pang/destruction/cord
*ḥālaq*: to divide/apportion/distribute
*ʾap*: nose/anger/wrath

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 18:5-6 : 5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. 6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
Job 18:18 : 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Ps 32:10 : 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Ps 90:7-9 : 7 For we are consumed{H8804)} by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled{H8738)}. 8 Thou hast set{H8804)} our iniquities before thee, our secret{H8803)} sins in the light of thy countenance. 9 For all our days are passed away{H8804)} in thy wrath: we spend{H8765)} our years as a tale that is told.
Prov 13:9 : 9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Prov 24:20 : 20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
Matt 25:8 : 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
Luke 12:46 : 46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
Rom 2:8-9 : 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

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