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1 Then Job answered,

2 “Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation.

3 Allow me, and I also will speak; After I have spoken, mock on.

4 As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn’t I be impatient?

5 Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.

6 When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.

7 “Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?

8 Their child is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their eyes.

9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

10 Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry.

11 They send out their little ones like a flock. Their children dance.

12 They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

13 They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.

14 They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we don’t want to know about your ways.

15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’

16 Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

17 “How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?

18 How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?

19 You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’ Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.

20 Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

21 For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

22 “Shall any teach God knowledge, since he judges those who are high?

23 One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

24 His pails are full of milk. The marrow of his bones is moistened.

25 Another dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.

26 They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.

27 “Behold, I know your thoughts, the devices with which you would wrong me.

28 For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?’

29 Haven’t you asked wayfaring men? Don’t you know their evidences,

30 that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led out to the day of wrath?

31 Who shall declare his way to his face? Who shall repay him what he has done?

32 Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men shall keep watch over the tomb.

33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. All men shall draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.

34 So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?”

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Hebrew interlinear — Job 21:1–34 (238 words)
1
  1. וַיַּ֥עַןwayyaʿan`anah: (properly) to eye; (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attentionH6030
  2. אִיּ֗וֹבʾiyyôbIyowb: hated (i.e. persecuted); Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patienceH347
  3. וַיֹּאמַֽר׃wayyōʾmaramar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
2
  1. שִׁמְע֣וּšimʿûshama`: to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085
  2. שָׁ֭מוֹעַšāmôaʿshama`: to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085
  3. מִלָּתִ֑יmillātîmillah: a word; collectively, a discourseH4405
  4. וּתְהִיûtĕhîhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
  5. זֹ֝֗אתzōtzo'th: this (often used adverb)H2063
  6. תַּנְח֥וּמֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃tanḥûmōtêkemtanchuwm: compassion, solaceH8575
3
  1. שָׂ֭אוּנִיśāʾûnînasa': to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)H5375
  2. וְאָנֹכִ֣יwĕʾānōkîanokiy: IH595
  3. אֲדַבֵּ֑רʾădabbērdabar: perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speakH1696
  4. וְאַחַ֖רwĕʾaḥarachar: (properly) the hind part; (generally, as adverb or conjunction) after (in various senses)H310
  5. דַּבְּרִ֣יdabbĕrîdabar: perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speakH1696
  6. תַלְעִֽיג׃talʿîgla`ag: to deride; (by implication) (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligiblyH3932
4
  1. הֶ֭אָנֹכִיheʾānōkîanokiy: IH595
  2. לְאָדָ֣םlĕʾādāmadam: ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)H120
  3. שִׂיחִ֑יśîḥîsiyach: a contemplation; (by implication) an utteranceH7879
  4. וְאִםwĕʾimim: (used very widely as demonstrative) lo!; (interrogatively) whether?H518
  5. מַ֝דּ֗וּעַmaddûaʿmadduwa`: what (is) known?; (by implication, adverbially) why?H4069
  6. לֹאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  7. תִקְצַ֥רtiqṣarקצרH7114
  8. רוּחִֽי׃rûḥîruwach: wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalationH7307
5
  1. פְּנוּpĕnûpanah: to turn; (by implication) to face, i.e. appear, look, etcH6437
  2. אֵלַ֥יʾēlayel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
  3. וְהָשַׁ֑מּוּwĕhāšammûshamem: to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive...H8074
  4. וְשִׂ֖ימוּwĕśîmûsuwm: to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)H7760
  5. יָ֣דyādyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
  6. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  7. פֶּֽה׃pepeh: the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech)H6310
6
  1. וְאִםwĕʾimim: (used very widely as demonstrative) lo!; (interrogatively) whether?H518
  2. זָכַ֥רְתִּיzākartîzakar: (properly) to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to rememberH2142
  3. וְנִבְהָ֑לְתִּיwĕnibhālĕttîbahal: to tremble inwardly (or palpitate); (figuratively) to be (suddenly) alarmed or agitatedH926
  4. וְאָחַ֥זwĕʾāḥazachaz: to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)H270
  5. בְּ֝שָׂרִ֗יbĕśārîbasar: flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, personH1320
  6. פַּלָּצֽוּת׃pallāṣûtpallatsuwth: affrightH6427
7
  1. מַדּ֣וּעַmaddûaʿmadduwa`: what (is) known?; (by implication, adverbially) why?H4069
  2. רְשָׁעִ֣יםrĕšāʿîmrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
  3. יִחְי֑וּyiḥyûchayah: to live, whether literally or figurativelyH2421
  4. עָ֝תְק֗וּʿātĕqû`athaq: to remove (intransitive or transitive) figuratively, to grow oldH6275
  5. גַּםgamgam: (properly) assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, thoughH1571
  6. גָּ֥בְרוּgābĕrûgabar: to be strong; (by implication) to prevail, act insolentlyH1396
  7. חָֽיִל׃ḥāyilchayil: probably a force, whether of men, means or other resourcesH2428
8
  1. זַרְעָ֤םzarʿāmzera`: seed; (figuratively) fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterityH2233
  2. נָכ֣וֹןnākônkuwn: (properly) to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular)H3559
  3. לִפְנֵיהֶ֣םlipnêhempaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  4. עִמָּ֑םʿimmām`im: adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applicationsH5973
  5. וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֗םwĕṣeʾĕṣāʾêhemtse'etsa': issue, i.e. produce, childrenH6631
  6. לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃lĕʿênêhem`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
9
  1. בָּתֵּיהֶ֣םbottêhembayith: a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)H1004
  2. שָׁל֣וֹםšālômshalowm: safe; (figuratively) well, happy, friendlyH7965
  3. מִפָּ֑חַדmippāḥadpachad: a (sudden) alarm; (properly) the object fearedH6343
  4. וְלֹ֤אwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  5. שֵׁ֖בֶטšēbeṭshebet: a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a...H7626
  6. אֱל֣וֹהַּʾĕlôahelowahh: a deity or the DeityH433
  7. עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ʿălêhem`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
10
  1. שׁוֹר֣וֹšôrôshowr: a bullock (as a traveller)H7794
  2. עִ֭בַּרʿibbar`abar: to cross overH5674
  3. וְלֹ֣אwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  4. יַגְעִ֑לyagʿilga`al: to detest; (by implication) to rejectH1602
  5. תְּפַלֵּ֥טtĕpallēṭpalat: to slip out, i.e. escape; causatively, to deliverH6403
  6. פָּ֝רָת֗וֹpārātôparah: a heiferH6510
  7. וְלֹ֣אwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  8. תְשַׁכֵּֽל׃tĕšakkēlshakol: (properly) to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortionH7921
11
  1. יְשַׁלְּח֣וּyĕšallĕḥûshalach: to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)H7971
  2. כַ֭צֹּאןkaṣṣōntso'n: a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats)H6629
  3. עֲוִילֵיהֶ֑םʿăwîlêhem`aviyl: a babeH5759
  4. וְ֝יַלְדֵיהֶ֗םwĕyaldêhemyeled: something born, i.e. a lad or offspringH3206
  5. יְרַקֵּדֽוּן׃yĕraqqēdûnraqad: (properly) to stamp, i.e. to spring about (wildly or for joy)H7540
12
  1. יִ֭שְׂאוּyiśʾûnasa': to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)H5375
  2. כְּתֹ֣ףkĕtōptoph: a tambourineH8596
  3. וְכִנּ֑וֹרwĕkinnôrkinnowr: a harpH3658
  4. וְ֝יִשְׂמְח֗וּwĕyiśmĕḥûsamach: probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesomeH8055
  5. לְק֣וֹלlĕqôlqowl: a voice or soundH6963
  6. עוּגָֽב׃ʿûgāb`uwgab: a reed-instrument of musicH5748
13
  1. יְבַלּ֣וּyĕballûbalah: to fail; (by implication) to wear out, decay (causatively, consume, spend)H1086
  2. בַטּ֣וֹבbaṭṭôbtowb: good (as an adjective) in the widest senseH2896
  3. יְמֵיהֶ֑םyĕmêhemyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  4. וּ֝בְרֶ֗גַעûbĕregaʿrega`: instant, moment, space, suddenlyH7281
  5. שְׁא֣וֹלšĕʾôlsh'owl: Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmatesH7585
  6. יֵחָֽתּוּ׃yēḥāttûnachath: to sink, i.e. descend; causatively, to press or lead downH5181
14
  1. וַיֹּאמְר֣וּwayyōʾmĕrûamar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
  2. לָ֭אֵלlāʾēlel: strength; (as adjective) mightyH410
  3. ס֣וּרsûrcuwr: to turn off (literal or figurative)H5493
  4. מִמֶּ֑נּוּmimmennûmin: (properly) a part of; (hence, prepositionally) from or out of (in many senses)H4480
  5. וְדַ֥עַתwĕdaʿatda`ath: knowledgeH1847
  6. דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָdĕrākêkāderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
  7. לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  8. חָפָֽצְנוּ׃ḥāpāṣĕnûchaphets: (properly) to incline to; (by implication) (literally but rarely) to bendH2654
15
  1. מַהmamah: (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?)H4100
  2. שַׁדַּ֥יšaddayShadday: the AlmightyH7706
  3. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  4. נַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּnaʿabdennû`abad: to work (in any sense); (by implication) to serve, tillH5647
  5. וּמַהûmamah: (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?)H4100
  6. נּ֝וֹעִ֗ילnôʿîlya`al: (properly) to ascend; (figuratively) to be valuable (objectivelyH3276
  7. כִּ֣יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  8. נִפְגַּעnipgaʿpaga`: to impinge, by accident or violence, or (figuratively) by importunityH6293
16
  1. הֵ֤ןhēnhen: lo!; (as expressing surprise) ifH2005
  2. לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  3. בְיָדָ֣םbĕyādāmyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
  4. טוּבָ֑םṭûbāmtuwb: (as a noun) good, in the widest sense. i.e. beauty, gladness, welfareH2898
  5. עֲצַ֥תʿăṣat`etsah: advice; (by implication) planH6098
  6. רְ֝שָׁעִ֗יםrĕšāʿîmrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
  7. רָ֣חֲקָהrāḥăqârachaq: to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively...H7368
  8. מֶֽנִּי׃mennîmin: (properly) a part of; (hence, prepositionally) from or out of (in many senses)H4480
17
  1. כַּמָּ֤ה׀kammâmah: (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?)H4100
  2. נֵרnērniyr: H5135) properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)H5216
  3. רְשָׁ֘עִ֤יםrĕšāʿîmrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
  4. יִדְעָ֗ךְyidʿākda`ak: to be extinguished; (figuratively) to expire or be dried upH1846
  5. וְיָבֹ֣אwĕyābōʾbow': to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)H935
  6. עָלֵ֣ימוֹʿālêmô`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  7. אֵידָ֑םʾêdāmeyd: oppression; (by implication) misfortune, ruinH343
  8. חֲ֝בָלִ֗יםḥăbālîmchebel: a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring lineH2256
  9. יְחַלֵּ֥קyĕḥallēqchalaq: to be smooth (figuratively); (by implication) (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separateH2505
  10. בְּאַפּֽוֹ׃bĕʾappôaph: (properly) the nose or nostril; (hence) the face, and occasionally a personH639
18
  1. יִהְי֗וּyihyûhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
  2. כְּתֶ֥בֶןkĕtebenteben: (properly) material, i.e. (specifically) refuse haum or stalks of grain (as chopped in threshing and used for...H8401
  3. לִפְנֵיlipnêpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  4. ר֑וּחַrûaḥruwach: wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalationH7307
  5. וּ֝כְמֹ֗ץûkĕmōṣmots: chaff (as pressed out, i.e. winnowed or (rather) threshed loose)H4671
  6. גְּנָבַ֥תּוּgĕnābattûganab: (literally or figuratively) to thieve; (by implication) to deceiveH1589
  7. סוּפָֽה׃sûpâcuwphah: a hurricaneH5492
19
  1. אֱל֗וֹהַּʾĕlôahelowahh: a deity or the DeityH433
  2. יִצְפֹּןyiṣpōntsaphan: to hide (by covering over); (by implication) to hoard or reserveH6845
  3. לְבָנָ֥יוlĕbānāywben: a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including...H1121
  4. אוֹנ֑וֹʾônôaven: (strictly) nothingness; (also) trouble, vanity, wickednessH205
  5. יְשַׁלֵּ֖םyĕšallēmshalam: to be safe (in mind, body or estate); (figuratively) to be completedH7999
  6. אֵלָ֣יוʾēlāywel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
  7. וְיֵדָֽע׃wĕyēdāʿyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
20
  1. יִרְא֣וּyirʾûra'ah: to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and...H7200
  2. עֵינָ֣וʿênāw`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
  3. כִּיד֑וֹkîdôkiyd: (figuratively) calamityH3589
  4. וּמֵחֲמַ֖תûmēḥămatchemah: heat; (figuratively) anger, poison (from its fever)H2534
  5. שַׁדַּ֣יšaddayShadday: the AlmightyH7706
  6. יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃yišteshathah: to imbibe (literally or figuratively)H8354
21
  1. כִּ֤יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. מַהmamah: (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?)H4100
  3. חֶפְצ֣וֹḥepṣôchephets: pleasure; (hence, abstractly) desireH2656
  4. בְּבֵית֣וֹbĕbêtôbayith: a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)H1004
  5. אַחֲרָ֑יוʾaḥărāywachar: (properly) the hind part; (generally, as adverb or conjunction) after (in various senses)H310
  6. וּמִסְפַּ֖רûmisparmicpar: a number; (definite) arithmetical numberH4557
  7. חֳדָשָׁ֣יוḥŏdāšāywchodesh: the new moon; (by implication) a monthH2320
  8. חֻצָּֽצוּ׃ḥuṣṣāṣûchatsats: (properly) to chop into, pierce or severH2686
22
  1. הַלְאֵ֥לhalʾēlel: strength; (as adjective) mightyH410
  2. יְלַמֶּדyĕlammedlamad: (properly) to goad; (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)H3925
  3. דָּ֑עַתdāʿatda`ath: knowledgeH1847
  4. וְ֝ה֗וּאwĕhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  5. רָמִ֥יםrāmîmruwm: to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)H7311
  6. יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃yišpôṭshaphat: to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against)H8199
23
  1. זֶ֗הzezeh: the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thatH2088
  2. יָ֭מוּתyāmûtmuwth: (literally or figuratively) to die; (causatively) to killH4191
  3. בְּעֶ֣צֶםbĕʿeṣem`etsem: a bone (as strong); by extension, the bodyH6106
  4. תֻּמּ֑וֹtummôtom: completeness; (figuratively) prosperityH8537
  5. כֻּ֝לּ֗וֹkullôkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  6. שַׁלְאֲנַ֥ןšalʾănanshal'anan: tranquilH7946
  7. וְשָׁלֵֽיו׃wĕšālêwshalev: tranquil; (in a bad sense) carelessH7961
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  1. עֲ֭טִינָיוʿăṭînāyw`atiyn: a receptacle (for milk, i.e. pail; (figuratively) breast)H5845
  2. מָלְא֣וּmolʾûmale': to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)H4390
  3. חָלָ֑בḥālābchalab: milk (as the richness of kine)H2461
  4. וּמֹ֖חַûmōaḥmoach: fat, i.e. marrowH4221
  5. עַצְמוֹתָ֣יוʿaṣmôtāyw`etsem: a bone (as strong); by extension, the bodyH6106
  6. יְשֻׁקֶּֽה׃yĕšuqqeshaqah: to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion toH8248
25
  1. וְזֶ֗הwĕzezeh: the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thatH2088
  2. יָ֭מוּתyāmûtmuwth: (literally or figuratively) to die; (causatively) to killH4191
  3. בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁbĕnepešnephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  4. מָרָ֑הmārâmar: (literally or figuratively) bitter; (as noun) bitternessH4751
  5. וְלֹֽאwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  6. אָ֝כַ֗לʾākalakal: to eat (literally or figuratively)H398
  7. בַּטּוֹבָֽה׃baṭṭôbâtowb: good (as an adjective) in the widest senseH2896
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  1. יַ֭חַדyaḥadyachad: (properly) a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedlyH3162
  2. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  3. עָפָ֣רʿāpār`aphar: dust (as powdered or gray); (hence) clay, earth, mudH6083
  4. יִשְׁכָּ֑בוּyiškābûshakab: to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)H7901
  5. וְ֝רִמָּ֗הwĕrimmârimmah: a maggot (as rapidly bred), literally or figurativelyH7415
  6. תְּכַסֶּ֥הtĕkassekacah: (properly) to plump, i.e. fill up hollowsH3680
  7. עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ʿălêhem`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
27
  1. הֵ֣ןhēnhen: lo!; (as expressing surprise) ifH2005
  2. יָ֭דַעְתִּיyādaʿtîyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
  3. מַחְשְׁבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑םmaḥšĕbôtêkemmachashabah: a contrivance; (concretely) a texture, machineH4284
  4. וּ֝מְזִמּ֗וֹתûmĕzimmôtmzimmah: a plan, usually evil (machination), sometimes good (sagacity)H4209
  5. עָלַ֥יʿālay`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  6. תַּחְמֹֽסוּ׃taḥmōsûchamac: to be violent; (by implication) to maltreatH2554
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  1. כִּ֤יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. תֹֽאמְר֗וּtōʾmĕrûamar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
  3. אַיֵּ֥הʾayyēayeh: where?H346
  4. בֵיתbêtbayith: a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)H1004
  5. נָדִ֑יבnādîbnadiyb: (properly) voluntary, i.e. generous; (hence) magnanimousH5081
  6. וְ֝אַיֵּ֗הwĕʾayyēayeh: where?H346
  7. אֹ֤הֶל׀ʾōhelohel: a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)H168
  8. מִשְׁכְּנ֬וֹתmiškĕnôtmishkan: a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the graveH4908
  9. רְשָׁעִֽים׃rĕšāʿîmrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
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  1. הֲלֹ֣אhălōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  2. שְׁ֭אֶלְתֶּםšĕʾeltemsha'al: to inquire; (by implication) to requestH7592
  3. ע֣וֹבְרֵיʿôbĕrê`abar: to cross overH5674
  4. דָ֑רֶךְdārekderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
  5. וְ֝אֹתֹתָ֗םwĕʾōtōtāmowth: a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etcH226
  6. לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  7. תְנַכֵּֽרוּ׃tĕnakkērûnakar: (properly) to scrutinize, i.e. look intently atH5234
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  1. כִּ֤יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. לְי֣וֹםlĕyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  3. אֵ֭ידʾêdeyd: oppression; (by implication) misfortune, ruinH343
  4. יֵחָ֣שֶׂךְyēḥāśekchasak: to restrain; (reflexively) refrainH2820
  5. רָ֑עrāʿra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
  6. לְי֖וֹםlĕyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  7. עֲבָר֣וֹתʿăbārôt`ebrah: an outburst of passionH5678
  8. יוּבָֽלוּ׃yûbālûyabal: (properly) to flow; causatively, to bring (especially with pomp)H2986
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  1. מִֽיmîmiy: who?; (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which?H4310
  2. יַגִּ֣ידyaggîdnagad: (properly) to front, i.e. stand boldly out oppositeH5046
  3. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  4. פָּנָ֣יוpānāywpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  5. דַּרְכּ֑וֹdarkôderek: a road (as trodden); (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverbH1870
  6. וְהֽוּאwĕhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  7. עָ֝שָׂ֗הʿāśâ`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
  8. מִ֣יmîmiy: who?; (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things) which?H4310
  9. יְשַׁלֶּםyĕšallemshalam: to be safe (in mind, body or estate); (figuratively) to be completedH7999
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  1. וְ֭הוּאwĕhûʾhuw': (the third person pronoun singular) he, she, or it (only expressed when emphatic or without a verb)H1931
  2. לִקְבָר֣וֹתliqbārôtqeber,: a sepulchreH6913
  3. יוּבָ֑לyûbālyabal: (properly) to flow; causatively, to bring (especially with pomp)H2986
  4. וְֽעַלwĕʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  5. גָּדִ֥ישׁgādîšgadiysh: a stack of sheaves; by analogy, a tombH1430
  6. יִשְׁקֽוֹד׃yišqôdshaqad: to be alert, i.e. sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill)H8245
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  1. מָֽתְקוּmātĕqûmathaq: to suck; (by implication) to relishH4985
  2. ל֗וֹlô
  3. רִגְבֵ֫יrigbêregeb: a lump of clayH7263
  4. נָ֥חַלnāḥalnachal: a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs)H5158
  5. וְ֭אַחֲרָיוwĕʾaḥărāywachar: (properly) the hind part; (generally, as adverb or conjunction) after (in various senses)H310
  6. כָּלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  7. אָדָ֣םʾādāmadam: ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)H120
  8. יִמְשׁ֑וֹךְyimšôkmashak: to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march...H4900
  9. וּ֝לְפָנָ֗יוûlĕpānāywpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  10. אֵ֣יןʾênayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
  11. מִסְפָּֽר׃mispārmicpar: a number; (definite) arithmetical numberH4557
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  1. וְ֭אֵיךְwĕʾêkeyk: how? or how!; (also) where?H349
  2. תְּנַחֲמ֣וּנִיtĕnaḥămûnînacham: (properly) to sigh, i.e. breathe stronglyH5162
  3. הָ֑בֶלhābelhebel: emptiness or vanity; (figuratively) something transitory and unsatisfactoryH1892
  4. וּ֝תְשֽׁוּבֹתֵיכֶ֗םûtĕšûbōtêkemtshuwbah: a recurrence (of time or place); a reply (as returned)H8666
  5. נִשְׁאַרnišʾarsha'ar: (properly) to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundantH7604
  6. מָֽעַל׃māʿalma`al: treachery, i.e. sinH4604

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Strong's words in Job 21 (6)
Strong's H4100 — מַה (ma)
mah (maw) (or mah {mah} or ma {maw}; or ma {mah}; also meh {meh};) p/i. 1. (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?) 2. (also, exclamation) what! (including how!) 3. (indefinitely) what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which) 4. often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses [a primitive particle] KJV: how (long, oft, (- soever)), (no-)thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.. Appears 4 times in Job 21.
Strong's H6440 — לִפְנֵיהֶ֣ם (lipnêhem)
paniym (paw-neem') (plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}) n-m. 1. the face (as the part that turns) 2. (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc. {used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively} [from H6437] KJV: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you. Root(s): H6437. Appears 4 times in Job 21.
Strong's H7563 — רְשָׁעִ֣ים (rĕšāʿîm)
rasha` (raw-shaw') adj. 1. morally wrong 2. (concretely) an (actively) bad person [from H7561] KJV: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong. Root(s): H7561. Appears 4 times in Job 21.
Strong's H1004 — בָּתֵּיהֶ֣ם (bottêhem)
bayith (bah'-yith) n-m. 1. a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) [probably from H1129 abbreviated] KJV: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out). Root(s): H1129. Appears 3 times in Job 21.
Strong's H1870 — דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָ (dĕrākêkā)
derek (deh'-rek) n-m. 1. a road (as trodden) 2. (figuratively) a course of life or mode of action, often adverb [from H1869] KJV: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever). Root(s): H1869. Appears 3 times in Job 21.
Strong's H310 — וְאַחַ֖ר (wĕʾaḥar)
achar (akh-ar') adv. 1. (properly) the hind part 2. (generally, as adverb or conjunction) after (in various senses) [from H309] KJV: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with. Root(s): H309. Appears 3 times in Job 21.

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“"And they remain as eternal sheep." What is the meaning of these words? They are those words that Christ spoke, "My sheep hear my voice, and I give them eternal life."”

— Origen (3rd century) on Job 21:11
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