Job 4:21 Go deeper
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Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom. (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 4:21 word 1
נִסַּ֣עni.Sa'has it been pulled up
Lemma: נָסַע (na.sa) · Strong's: H5265
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNp3ms)
Meaning: to set out
Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 11:2, Genesis 12:9, Genesis 13:11, Genesis 20:1, Genesis 33:12, Genesis 33:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5265; TAHOT Job 4:21 word 2
יִתְרָ֣םyit.Ramtent cord their
Lemma: יֶ֫תֶר (ye.ter) · Strong's: H3499B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: cord
Used 5 times. Also: Judges 16:7, Judges 16:8, Judges 16:9, Psalms 11:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3499B; TAHOT Job 4:21 word 3
יָ֝מ֗וּתוּya.Mu.tuwill they die?
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to die
Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT Job 4:21 word 4
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and 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 4:21 word 5
בְחָכְמָֽה\׃ve.cha.khe.Mahwith wisdom
Lemma: חׇכְמָה (chokh.mah) · Strong's: H2451
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: wisdom
Used 153 times. Also: Exodus 28:3, Exodus 31:3, Exodus 31:6, Exodus 35:26, Exodus 35:31, Exodus 35:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2451; TAHOT Job 4:21 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Are not their tent cords | → | יֶ֫תֶר H3499B cord |
| pulled up | → | נָסַע H5265 to set out |
| so that they die | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
| without | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| wisdom | → | חׇכְמָה H2451 wisdom |
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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