Hebrew Interlinear
Job 21:17 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Job 21:17, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“ How oft is the candle of the wicked put out and how oft cometh their destruction sorrows upon them! God distributeth in his anger”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | כַּמָּ֤ה׀ | H4100 | properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and | |
| 2 | נֵר | H5216 | How oft is the candle | a lamp (i.e., the burner) or light (literally or figuratively) |
| 3 | רְשָׁ֘עִ֤ים | H7563 | of the wicked | morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person |
| 4 | יִדְעָ֗ךְ | H1846 | put out | to be extinguished; figuratively, to expire or be dried up |
| 5 | וְיָבֹ֣א | H935 | and how oft cometh | to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) |
| 6 | עָלֵ֣ימוֹ | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 7 | אֵידָ֑ם | H343 | their destruction | oppression; by implication misfortune, ruin |
| 8 | חֲ֝בָלִ֗ים | H2256 | sorrows | ruin |
| 9 | יְחַלֵּ֥ק | H2505 | upon them! God distributeth | to be smooth (figuratively) |
| 10 | בְּאַפּֽוֹ׃ | H639 | in his anger | properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire |
Verse Context
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Job 21:17 (current) How oft is the candle of the wicked put out and how oft cometh their destruction sorrows upon them! God distributeth in his anger
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