Job 34:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאָרַ֣ח לְ֭חֶבְרָה עִם־פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן וְ֝לָלֶ֗כֶת עִם־אַנְשֵׁי־רֶֽשַׁע׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾāraḥ ləḥebrāh ʿim-pōʿălê ʾāwen wə-lāleket ʿim-ʾanšê-rešaʿ

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾāraḥ*: waw conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he goes/travels
*ləḥebrāh*: preposition + feminine singular noun - for company/fellowship
*ʿim*: preposition - with
*pōʿălê*: masculine plural construct noun - workers of/doers of
*ʾāwen*: masculine singular noun - iniquity/wickedness
*wə-lāleket*: waw conjunction + preposition + Qal infinitive construct - and to walk
*ʾanšê*: masculine plural construct noun - men of
*rešaʿ*: masculine singular noun - wickedness

Word Meanings

*ʾāraḥ*: goes/travels/journeys
*ləḥebrāh*: for company/in fellowship/in association
*pōʿălê ʾāwen*: workers of iniquity/evildoers/those who practice wickedness
*lāleket*: to walk/to go/to travel
*ʾanšê-rešaʿ*: wicked men/evil men/men of wickedness

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Referenced Verses

Ps 1:1 : 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Ps 26:4 : 4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
Ps 50:18 : 18 When thou sawest{H8804)} a thief, then thou consentedst{H8799)} with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers{H8764)}.
Prov 13:20 : 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Ps 73:12-15 : 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase{H8689)} in riches. 13 Verily I have cleansed{H8765)} my heart in vain, and washed{H8799)} my hands in innocency. 14 For all the day long have I been plagued{H8803)}, and chastened every morning. 15 If I say{H8804)}, I will speak{H8762)} thus; behold, I should offend{H8804)} against the generation of thy children.
Prov 1:15 : 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
Prov 2:12 : 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
Prov 4:14 : 14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
Job 2:10 : 10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Job 11:3 : 3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Job 15:5 : 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Job 22:15 : 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

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