Job 3:14 Go deeper
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With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves; (KJV)
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עִם\־'im-with
Lemma: עִם (im) · Strong's: H5973A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
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 3:14 word 1
מְ֭לָכִיםMe.la.khimkings
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT Job 3:14 word 2
וְיֹ֣עֲצֵיve.Yo.'a.tzeiand counselors of
Lemma: יָעַץ (ya.ats) · Strong's: H3289
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to advise
Used 79 times. Also: Exodus 18:19, Numbers 24:14, 2 Samuel 15:12, 2 Samuel 16:23, 2 Samuel 17:7, 2 Samuel 17:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3289; TAHOT Job 3:14 word 3
אָ֑רֶץ'A.retz[the] earth
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Job 3:14 word 4
הַבֹּנִ֖יםha.bo.Nimthe [ones who] rebuilt
Lemma: בָּנָה (ba.nah) · Strong's: H1129
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to build
Used 374 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1129; TAHOT Job 3:14 word 5
חֳרָב֣וֹתcho.ra.Votruins
Lemma: חׇרְבָּה (chor.bah) · Strong's: H2723
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: desolation
Used 42 times. Also: Leviticus 26:31, Leviticus 26:33, Ezra 9:9, Psalms 9:6, Psalms 102:6, Psalms 109:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2723; TAHOT Job 3:14 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| with | → | עִם H5973A with |
| kings | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| and counselors | → | יָעַץ H3289 to advise |
| of the earth | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| who built | → | בָּנָה H1129 to build |
| for themselves | → | |
| cities now in ruins | → | חׇרְבָּה H2723 desolation |
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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