Hebrew Interlinear

Job 20:23 Interlinear

Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Job 20:23, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.

When he is about to fill his belly God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him and shall rain it upon him while he is eating

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1יְהִ֤י׀H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2לְמַלֵּ֬אH4390When he is about to fillto fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
3בִטְנ֗וֹH990his bellythe belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
4יְֽשַׁלַּחH7971God shall castto send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
5בּ֭וֹH0
6חֲר֣וֹןH2740the furya burning of anger
7אַפּ֑וֹH639of his wrathproperly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
8וְיַמְטֵ֥רH4305upon him and shall rainto rain
9עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
10בִּלְחוּמֽוֹ׃H3894it upon him while he is eatingproperly, eaten, i.e., food; also flesh, i.e., body

Verse Context

Job 20:22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits every hand...
Job 20:23 (current) When he is about to fill his belly God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him and shall rain it upon him while he is eating
Job 20:24He shall flee weapon from the iron shall strike him through and the bow of steel...

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