Job 34:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־אָ֭מַר לֹ֣א יִסְכָּן־גָּ֑בֶר בִּ֝רְצֹת֗וֹ עִם־אֱלֹהִֽים׃

Transliteration

kî-ʾāmar lōʾ yiskān-gāber birṣōtô ʿim-ʾĕlōhîm

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ʾāmar*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has said
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yiskān*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he profits
*gāber*: masculine singular noun - man
*birṣōtô*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his delighting/when he takes pleasure
*ʿim*: preposition - with
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun - God

Word Meanings

*yiskān*: profits/benefits/gains advantage
*gāber*: man/person/individual
*birṣōtô*: in his delighting/when he takes pleasure/in his being pleased
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/deity/divine being (plural form used as singular divine reference)

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 35:3 : 3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
Mal 3:14 : 14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
Job 9:22-23 : 22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
Job 9:30-31 : 30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Ps 37:4 : 4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give{H8799)} thee the desires of thine heart.
Job 21:14-16 : 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? 16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 21:30 : 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
Job 22:17 : 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
Job 27:10 : 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

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