Job 36:6 Go deeper
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He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. (KJV)
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לֹא\־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 36:6 word 1
יְחַיֶּ֥הye.chai.Yehhe preserves alive
Lemma: חָיָה (cha.yah) · Strong's: H2421
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpi3ms)
Meaning: to live
Used 279 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2421; TAHOT Job 36:6 word 2
רָשָׁ֑עra.Sha'[the] wicked
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 36:6 word 3
וּמִשְׁפַּ֖טu.mish.Patand [the] justice of
Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) · Strong's: H4941H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
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 36:6 word 4
עֲנִיִּ֣ים'a.ni.Yimafflicted [people]
Lemma: עָנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H6041
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: afflicted
Used 71 times. Also: Exodus 22:25, Leviticus 19:10, Leviticus 23:22, Deuteronomy 15:11, Deuteronomy 24:12, Deuteronomy 24:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6041; TAHOT Job 36:6 word 5
יִתֵּֽן\׃yi.Tenhe gives
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to give: give
Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Job 36:6 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| He does not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| keep the wicked | → | רָשָׁע H7563 wicked |
| alive | → | חָיָה H2421 to live |
| but He grants | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| justice | → | מִשְׁפָּט H4941H justice |
| to the afflicted | → | עָנִי H6041 afflicted |
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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