Job 22:15 Go deeper
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Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? (KJV)
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הַאֹ֣רַחha.'O.rach¿ a path of
Lemma: אֹ֫רַח (o.rach) · Strong's: H0734
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: way
Used 57 times. Also: Genesis 18:11, Genesis 49:17, Judges 5:6, Job 6:18, Job 6:19, Job 8:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0734; TAHOT Job 22:15 word 1
עוֹלָ֣םo.Lamantiquity
Lemma: עוֹלָם (o.lam) · Strong's: H5769J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: forever: antiquity
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Deuteronomy 32:7, Joshua 24:2, 1 Samuel 27:8, Psalms 24:7, Psalms 24:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5769J; TAHOT Job 22:15 word 2
תִּשְׁמֹ֑רtish.Morwill you keep
Lemma: שָׁמַר (sha.mar) · Strong's: H8104G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to keep: obey
Used 202 times. Also: Genesis 17:9, Genesis 17:10, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 26:5, Genesis 37:11, Exodus 12:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8104G; TAHOT Job 22:15 word 3
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.Sherwhich
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Job 22:15 word 4
דָּרְכ֣וּda.re.Khuthey have trodden
Lemma: דָּרַךְ (da.rakh) · Strong's: H1869
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to tread
Used 62 times. Also: Numbers 24:17, Deuteronomy 1:36, Deuteronomy 11:24, Deuteronomy 11:25, Deuteronomy 33:29, Joshua 1:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1869; TAHOT Job 22:15 word 5
מְתֵי\־me.tei-men of
Lemma: מַת (mat) · Strong's: H4962
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: man
Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 34:30, Deuteronomy 2:34, Deuteronomy 3:6, Deuteronomy 4:27, Deuteronomy 26:5, Deuteronomy 28:62 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4962; TAHOT Job 22:15 word 6
אָֽוֶן\׃'A.venwickedness
Lemma: אָ֫וֶן (a.ven) · Strong's: H0205G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: evil: wickedness
Used 66 times. Also: 1 Samuel 15:23, Job 4:8, Job 11:11, Job 11:14, Job 15:35, Job 21:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0205G; TAHOT Job 22:15 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Will you stay | → | שָׁמַר H8104G to keep: obey |
| on the ancient | → | עוֹלָם H5769J forever: antiquity |
| path | → | אֹ֫רַח H0734 way |
| that | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| wicked | → | אָ֫וֶן H0205G evil: wickedness |
| men | → | מַת H4962 man |
| have trod | → | דָּרַךְ H1869 to tread |
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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