Job 21:8 Go deeper

Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. (KJV)

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זַרְעָ֤םzar.'Amoffspring their

Lemma: זֶ֫רַע (ze.ra) · Strong's: H2233H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: seed: children

Used 177 times. Also: Genesis 3:15, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 7:3, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 13:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2233H; TAHOT Job 21:8 word 1

נָכ֣וֹןna.Khon[is] established

Lemma: כּוּן (kun) · Strong's: H3559H

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrmsa)

Meaning: to establish: establish

Used 99 times. Also: Genesis 41:32, Exodus 15:17, Joshua 3:17, Joshua 4:3, Joshua 4:4, Judges 16:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3559H; TAHOT Job 21:8 word 2

לִפְנֵיהֶ֣םlif.nei.Hem<to> before them

Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: face

Used 411 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:16, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 11:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6440H; TAHOT Job 21:8 word 3

עִמָּ֑ם'i.Mamwith them

Lemma: עִם (im) · Strong's: H5973A

Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)

Meaning: with

Used 980 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5973A; TAHOT Job 21:8 word 4

וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֗םve.tze.'e.tza.'ei.Hemand descendants their

Lemma: צֶאֱצָא (tse.e.tsa) · Strong's: H6631

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: offspring

Used 11 times. Also: Job 5:25, Job 27:14, Job 31:8, Isaiah 22:24, Isaiah 34:1, Isaiah 42:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6631; TAHOT Job 21:8 word 5

לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם\׃le.'ei.nei.Hemto eyes their

Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)

Meaning: eye

Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Job 21:8 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

Their descendants	→	זֶ֫רַע H2233H seed: children
are established	→	כּוּן H3559H to establish: establish
around them	→	עִם H5973A with
. . .	→	פָּנֶה H6440H face
and their offspring	→	צֶאֱצָא H6631 offspring
before their eyes	→	עַ֫יִן H5869A eye

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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