Job 21:7 Go deeper

Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? (KJV)

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מַדּ֣וּעַma.Du.a'why?

Lemma: מַדּוּעַ (mad.du.a) · Strong's: H4069

Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)

Meaning: why?

Used 72 times. Also: Genesis 26:27, Genesis 40:7, Exodus 1:18, Exodus 2:18, Exodus 3:3, Exodus 5:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4069; TAHOT Job 21:7 word 1

רְשָׁעִ֣יםre.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 21:7 word 2

יִחְי֑וּyich.Yudo they live

Lemma: חָיָה (cha.yah) · Strong's: H2421

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to live

Used 279 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2421; TAHOT Job 21:7 word 3

עָ֝תְק֗וּ'a.te.Kuthey grow old

Lemma: עָתַק (a.taq) · Strong's: H6275

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to proceed

Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 12:8, Genesis 26:22, Job 9:5, Job 14:18, Job 18:4, Job 32:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6275; TAHOT Job 21:7 word 4

גַּם\־gam-also

Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: also

Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Job 21:7 word 5

גָּ֥בְרוּGa.ve.rudo they become strong?

Lemma: גָּבַר (ga.var) · Strong's: H1396

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to prevail

Used 25 times. Also: Genesis 7:18, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 7:24, Genesis 49:26, Exodus 17:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1396; TAHOT Job 21:7 word 6

חָֽיִל\׃Cha.yilstrength

Lemma: חַ֫יִל (cha.yil) · Strong's: H2428G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: strength

Used 90 times. Also: Genesis 47:6, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 18:25, Numbers 24:18, Deuteronomy 3:18, Joshua 1:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2428G; TAHOT Job 21:7 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Why	→	מַדּוּעַ H4069 why?
do the wicked	→	רָשָׁע H7563 wicked
live on	→	חָיָה H2421 to live
growing old	→	עָתַק H6275 to proceed
and	→	גַּם H1571 also
increasing	→	גָּבַר H1396 to prevail
in power	→	חַ֫יִל H2428G strength

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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