Job 34:18 Go deeper

Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? (KJV)

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הַאֲמֹ֣רha.'a.Mor¿ to say

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Job 34:18 word 1

לְמֶ֣לֶךְle.Me.lekhto a king

Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

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 34:18 word 2

בְּלִיָּ֑עַלbe.li.Ya.'alworthless person

Lemma: בְּלִיַּ֫עַל (be.liy.ya.al) · Strong's: H1100I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: Belial: worthless

Used 8 times. Also: Deuteronomy 15:9, Psalms 101:3, Proverbs 6:12, Proverbs 16:27, Proverbs 19:28, Nahum 1:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1100I; TAHOT Job 34:18 word 3

רָ֝שָׁ֗עra.Sha'wicked [one]

Lemma: רָשָׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7563

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: wicked

Used 262 times. Also: Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 2:13, Exodus 9:27, Exodus 23:1, Exodus 23:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7563; TAHOT Job 34:18 word 4

אֶל\־'el-to

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Job 34:18 word 5

נְדִיבִֽים\׃ne.di.Vimnoble [people]

Lemma: נָדִיב (na.div) · Strong's: H5081H

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)

Meaning: noble

Used 23 times. Also: Numbers 21:18, 1 Samuel 2:8, Job 12:21, Job 21:28, Psalms 47:9, Psalms 83:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5081H; TAHOT Job 34:18 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

who says	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
to kings	→	מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king
[You are] worthless	→	בְּלִיַּ֫עַל H1100I Belial: worthless
and to	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
nobles	→	נָדִיב H5081H noble
[You are] wicked	→	רָשָׁע H7563 wicked

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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