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In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. (KJV)
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בִּמְלֹ֣אותbim.Lotwhen is full
Lemma: מָלֵא (ma.le) · Strong's: H4390
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to fill
Used 249 times. Also: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 21:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4390; TAHOT Job 20:22 word 1
שִׂ֭פְקוֹSif.kovsufficiency his
Lemma: שֵׂ֫פֶק (se.pheq) · Strong's: H5607B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: sufficiency
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5607B; TAHOT Job 20:22 word 2
יֵ֣צֶרYe.tzerit will be distress
Lemma: יָצַר (ya.tsar) · Strong's: H3334
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: be distressed
Used 10 times. Also: Genesis 32:7, Judges 2:15, Judges 10:9, 1 Samuel 30:6, 2 Samuel 13:2, Nehemiah 9:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3334; TAHOT Job 20:22 word 3
כָּל\־kol-every
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 20:22 word 4
יַ֖דyadhand of
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: hand
Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Job 20:22 word 5
עָמֵ֣ל'a.Mela sufferer
Lemma: עָמֵל (a.mel) · Strong's: H6001A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: labour(er)
Used 4 times. Also: Judges 5:26, Job 3:20, Proverbs 16:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6001A; TAHOT Job 20:22 word 6
תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּ\׃te.vo.'E.nuit will come to him
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Job 20:22 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| In the midst | → | מָלֵא H4390 to fill |
| of his plenty | → | שֵׂ֫פֶק H5607B sufficiency |
| he will be distressed | → | יָצַר H3334 be distressed |
| the full | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| force | → | יָד H3027G hand |
| of misery | → | עָמֵל H6001A labour(er) |
| will come upon him | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
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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