Job 15:20 Go deeper
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The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. (KJV)
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כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Job 15:20 word 1
יְמֵ֣יye.Mei[the] days of
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: day
Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT Job 15:20 word 2
רָ֭שָׁעRa.sho'a wicked [person]
Lemma: רָשָׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7563
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: wicked
Used 262 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 2:13, Exodus 9:27, Exodus 23:1, Exodus 23:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7563; TAHOT Job 15:20 word 3
ה֣וּאhu'he
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Job 15:20 word 4
מִתְחוֹלֵ֑לmit.cho.Lel[is] writhing in pain
Lemma: חוּל (chul) · Strong's: H2342I
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVtrmsa)
Meaning: to twist: writh in pain
Used 21 times. Also: Deuteronomy 2:25, 1 Samuel 31:3, 1 Chronicles 10:3, Psalms 77:16, Isaiah 13:8, Isaiah 23:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2342I; TAHOT Job 15:20 word 5
וּמִסְפַּ֥רu.mis.Parand [the] number of
Lemma: מִסְפָּר (mis.par) · Strong's: H4557
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: number
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 34:30, Genesis 41:49, Exodus 16:16, Exodus 23:26, Leviticus 25:15, Leviticus 25:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4557; TAHOT Job 15:20 word 6
שָׁ֝נִ֗יםSha.Nimyears
Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: year
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Job 15:20 word 7
נִצְפְּנ֥וּnitz.pe.Nu[which] they have been stored up
Lemma: צָפַן (tsa.phan) · Strong's: H6845
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVNp3cp)
Meaning: to treasure
Used 29 times. Also: Exodus 2:2, Exodus 2:3, Joshua 2:4, Job 10:13, Job 14:13, Job 17:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6845; TAHOT Job 15:20 word 8
לֶעָרִֽיץ\׃le.'a.Ritzfor <the> ruthless [person]
Lemma: עָרִיץ (a.rits) · Strong's: H6184
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: ruthless
Used 20 times. Also: Job 6:23, Job 27:13, Psalms 37:35, Psalms 54:3, Psalms 86:14, Proverbs 11:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6184; TAHOT Job 15:20 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| A wicked | → | רָשָׁע H7563 wicked |
| man writhes in pain | → | חוּל H2342I to twist: writh in pain |
| all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| his | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| days | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
| only a few | → | מִסְפָּר H4557 number |
| years | → | שָׁנָה H8141 year |
| are reserved | → | צָפַן H6845 to treasure |
| for the ruthless | → | עָרִיץ H6184 ruthless |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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