Job 24:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רֹעֵ֣ה עֲ֭קָרָה לֹ֣א תֵלֵ֑ד וְ֝אַלְמָנָ֗ה לֹ֣א יְיֵטִֽיב

Transliteration

Rōʿeh ʿăqārâ lōʾ tēlēd wəʾalmānâ lōʾ yəyēṭîb

Grammar Details

*Rōʿeh*: qal participle masculine singular - 'feeds on/associates with'
*ʿăqārâ*: adjective feminine singular - 'barren woman'
*lōʾ tēlēd*: negative particle + qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - 'who does not bear'
*wəʾalmānâ*: conjunction *wə* + noun feminine singular - 'and widow'
*lōʾ yəyēṭîb*: negative particle + hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'he does not do good'

Word Meanings

*Rōʿeh*: feeds on/associates with/consorts with
*ʿăqārâ*: barren woman/childless woman
*tēlēd*: bears/gives birth
*ʾalmānâ*: widow/bereaved woman
*yəyēṭîb*: does good/treats well/shows kindness

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 29:13 : 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Job 31:16-18 : 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; 17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; 18 (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
1 Sam 1:6-7 : 6 And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. 7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
Job 22:9 : 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 24:3 : 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

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