Job 4:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲלֹא־נִסַּ֣ע יִתְרָ֣ם בָּ֑ם יָ֝מ֗וּתוּ וְלֹ֣א בְחָכְמָֽה׃

Transliteration

Is not hălōʾ-nissaʿ yitrām in bām yāmûtû and not wə-lōʾ in bə-ḥāḵmāh

Grammar Details

• *hălōʾ-nissaʿ*: interrogative particle + negative particle + Niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is not pulled up
• *yitrām*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their tent cord
• *bām*: preposition + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in them
• *yāmûtû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they die
• *wə-lōʾ*: waw conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *bə-ḥāḵmāh*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - in wisdom

Word Meanings

• *nissaʿ*: to pull up/remove/journey
• *yitrām*: their tent cord/excess/abundance
• *yāmûtû*: to die/expire/perish
• *ḥāḵmāh*: wisdom/skill/knowledge

Referenced Verses

• Job 36:12 : 12 But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
• Job 8:22 : 22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
• Luke 16:22-23 : 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
• Jas 1:11 : 11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
• Job 18:21 : 21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
• Ps 39:5 : 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state{H8737)} is altogether vanity. Selah.
• Ps 39:11 : 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty{H8803)} to consume away{H8686)} like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
• Ps 49:14 : 14 Like sheep they are laid{H8804)} in the grave; death shall feed{H8799)} on them; and the upright shall have dominion{H8799)} over them in the morning; and their beauty{H8675)} shall consume{H8763)} in the grave from their dwelling.
• Ps 49:20 : 20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth{H8799)} not, is like{H8738)} the beasts that perish{H8738)}.
• Ps 146:3-4 : 3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. 4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
• Isa 2:22 : 22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
• Isa 14:16 : 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
• Luke 12:20 : 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?