Job 31:3 Go deeper
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Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? (KJV)
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הֲלֹא\־ha.lo'-¿ not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Job 31:3 word 1
אֵ֥יד'eid[does] calamity
Lemma: אֵיד (ed) · Strong's: H0343
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: calamity
Used 24 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:35, 2 Samuel 22:19, Job 18:12, Job 21:17, Job 21:30, Job 30:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0343; TAHOT Job 31:3 word 2
לְעַוָּ֑לle.'a.Val[belong] to an evil-doer
Lemma: עַוָּל (av.val) · Strong's: H5767
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: unjust
Used 5 times. Also: Job 18:21, Job 27:7, Job 29:17, Zephaniah 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5767; TAHOT Job 31:3 word 3
וְ֝נֵ֗כֶרve.Ne.kherand misfortune
Lemma: נֶ֫כֶר (ne.kher) · Strong's: H5235
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: misfortune
Used 2 times. Also: Obadiah 1:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5235; TAHOT Job 31:3 word 4
לְפֹ֣עֲלֵיle.Fo.'a.leito [those who] do
Lemma: פָּעַל (pa.al) · Strong's: H6466
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to work
Used 57 times. Also: Exodus 15:17, Numbers 23:23, Deuteronomy 32:27, Job 7:20, Job 11:8, Job 22:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6466; TAHOT Job 31:3 word 5
אָֽוֶן\׃'A.ven<of> wickedness
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 31:3 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Does not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| disaster | → | אֵיד H0343 calamity |
| come to the unjust | → | עַוָּל H5767 unjust |
| and calamity | → | נֶ֫כֶר H5235 misfortune |
| to the workers | → | פָּעַל H6466 to work |
| of iniquity | → | אָ֫וֶן H0205G evil: wickedness |
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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