Job 21:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זַרְעָ֤ם נָכ֣וֹן לִפְנֵיהֶ֣ם עִמָּ֑ם וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֗ם לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

zarʿām nākôn lipnêhem ʿimmām wə-ṣeʾĕṣāʾêhem lə-ʿênêhem

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*zeraʿ*: seed/offspring/descendants
*kûn*: to be firm/established/prepared
*pānîm*: face/presence
*ṣeʾĕṣāʾîm*: offspring/descendants
*ʿayin*: eye/spring

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

Job 5:3-4 : 3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Job 18:19 : 19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
Job 20:10 : 10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
Job 20:28 : 28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
Ps 17:14 : 14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Prov 17:6 : 6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

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