Job 24:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִתֶּן־ל֣וֹ לָ֭בֶטַח וְיִשָּׁעֵ֑ן וְ֝עֵינֵ֗יהוּ עַל־דַּרְכֵיהֶֽם

Transliteration

Yitten-lô lābeṭaḥ wəyiššāʿēn wəʿênêhû ʿal-darkêhem

Grammar Details

• *Yitten-lô*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + preposition *lə* + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'he gives to him'
• *lābeṭaḥ*: preposition *lə* + noun masculine singular - 'for security'
• *wəyiššāʿēn*: conjunction *wə* + niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'and he relies'
• *wəʿênêhû*: conjunction *wə* + noun feminine dual construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'and his eyes'
• *ʿal-darkêhem*: preposition *ʿal* + noun feminine plural construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'upon their ways'

Word Meanings

• *Yitten-lô*: gives to him/grants him
• *lābeṭaḥ*: for security/in safety
• *wəyiššāʿēn*: and he relies/leans/depends
• *wəʿênêhû*: and his eyes/his sight/his attention
• *ʿal-darkêhem*: upon their ways/over their paths

Referenced Verses

• Prov 15:3 : 3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
• Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
• Job 11:11 : 11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
• Job 12:6 : 6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
• Ps 10:13-14 : 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
• Ps 11:4-5 : 4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. 5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
• Ps 73:3-9 : 3 For I was envious{H8765)} at the foolish{H8802)}, when I saw{H8799)} the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. 5 They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued{H8792)} like other men. 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain{H8804)}; violence covereth{H8799)} them as a garment. 7 Their eyes stand out{H8804)} with fatness: they have more{H8804)} than heart could wish. 8 They are corrupt{H8686)}, and speak{H8762)} wickedly concerning oppression: they speak{H8762)} loftily. 9 They set{H8804)} their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh{H8799)} through the earth. 10 Therefore his people return{H8799)}{H8675)}{H8686)} hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out{H8735)} to them. 11 And they say{H8804)}, How doth God know{H8804)}? and is there knowledge in the most High? 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase{H8689)} in riches.
• Prov 5:21 : 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
• Prov 25:21-23 : 21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: 22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee. 23 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
• Eccl 5:8 : 8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
• Eccl 8:11 : 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
• Isa 10:8-9 : 8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? 9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? 10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; 11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
• Isa 56:12 : 12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
• Jer 12:1-3 : 1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? 2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. 3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
• Amos 8:7 : 7 The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
• Amos 9:2 : 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
• Hab 1:13 : 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
• Luke 12:16-20 : 16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? 18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
• Luke 12:45 : 45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
• 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.