Job 21:28 Go deeper
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For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? (KJV)
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כִּ֤יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Job 21:28 word 1
תֹֽאמְר֗וּto.me.Ruyou say
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Job 21:28 word 2
אַיֵּ֥ה'ai.Yehwhere?
Lemma: אַיֵּה (ay.yeh) · Strong's: H0346
Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)
Meaning: where?
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 18:9, Genesis 19:5, Genesis 22:7, Genesis 38:21, Judges 6:13, Judges 9:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0346; TAHOT Job 21:28 word 3
בֵית\־veit-[is the] house of
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Job 21:28 word 4
נָדִ֑יבna.Diva noble [person]
Lemma: נָדִיב (na.div) · Strong's: H5081H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: noble
Used 23 times. Also: Numbers 21:18, 1 Samuel 2:8, Job 12:21, Job 34:18, Psalms 47:9, Psalms 83:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5081H; TAHOT Job 21:28 word 5
וְ֝אַיֵּ֗הve.'ai.Yehand where?
Lemma: אַיֵּה (ay.yeh) · Strong's: H0346
Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)
Meaning: where?
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 18:9, Genesis 19:5, Genesis 22:7, Genesis 38:21, Judges 6:13, Judges 9:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0346; TAHOT Job 21:28 word 6
אֹ֤הֶל\׀'O.hel[is the] tent of
Lemma: אֹ֫הֶל (o.hel) · Strong's: H0168G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: tent
Used 327 times. Also: Genesis 4:20, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 13:5, Genesis 18:1, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 18:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0168G; TAHOT Job 21:28 word 7
מִשְׁכְּנ֬וֹתmish.ke.Not[the] dwelling places of
Lemma: מִשְׁכָּן (mish.kan) · Strong's: H4908
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: tabernacle
Used 139 times. Also: Exodus 25:9, Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:6, Exodus 26:7, Exodus 26:12, Exodus 26:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4908; TAHOT Job 21:28 word 8
רְשָׁעִֽים\׃re.sha.'Imwicked [people]
Lemma: רָשָׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7563
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
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 21:28 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| you say | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Where | → | אַיֵּה H0346 where? |
| now is the nobleman’s | → | נָדִיב H5081H noble |
| house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| and where | → | אַיֵּה H0346 where? |
| are the tents | → | אֹ֫הֶל H0168G tent |
| in which the wicked | → | רָשָׁע H7563 wicked |
| dwell | → | מִשְׁכָּן H4908 tabernacle |
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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