Job 32:9 Go deeper
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Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. (KJV)
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לֹֽא\־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 32:9 word 1
רַבִּ֥יםra.Bimmany [people]
Lemma: רַב (rav) · Strong's: H7227A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: many
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 24:25, Genesis 25:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7227A; TAHOT Job 32:9 word 2
יֶחְכָּ֑מוּyech.Ka.muthey are wise
Lemma: חָכַם (cha.kham) · Strong's: H2449
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: be wise
Used 26 times. Also: Exodus 1:10, Deuteronomy 32:29, 1 Kings 4:31, Job 35:11, Psalms 19:7, Psalms 58:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2449; TAHOT Job 32:9 word 3
וּ֝זְקֵנִ֗יםu.ze.ke.Nimand old [people]
Lemma: זָקֵן (za.qen) · Strong's: H2205H
Parsing: Aampa (Aampa)
Meaning: old
Used 50 times. Also: Genesis 18:11, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 24:2, Genesis 25:8, Genesis 35:29, Genesis 43:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2205H; TAHOT Job 32:9 word 4
יָבִ֥ינוּya.Vi.nuthey understand
Lemma: בִּין (bin) · Strong's: H0995
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to understand
Used 168 times. Also: Genesis 41:33, Genesis 41:39, Deuteronomy 1:13, Deuteronomy 4:6, Deuteronomy 32:7, Deuteronomy 32:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0995; TAHOT Job 32:9 word 5
מִשְׁפָּֽט\׃mish.Patjustice
Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) · Strong's: H4941H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: justice
Used 165 times. Also: Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 21:9, Exodus 23:6, Numbers 27:5, Deuteronomy 10:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4941H; TAHOT Job 32:9 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| It is not only | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| the old | → | רַב H7227A many |
| who are wise | → | חָכַם H2449 be wise |
| or the elderly | → | זָקֵן H2205H old |
| who understand | → | בִּין H0995 to understand |
| justice | → | מִשְׁפָּט H4941H justice |
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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