Job 5:21 Go deeper
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Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. (KJV)
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בְּשׁ֣וֹטbe.Shotin [the] whip of
Lemma: שׁוֹט (shot) · Strong's: H7752
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: whip
Used 10 times. Also: 1 Kings 12:11, 1 Kings 12:14, 2 Chronicles 10:11, 2 Chronicles 10:14, Job 9:23, Proverbs 26:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7752; TAHOT Job 5:21 word 1
לָ֭שׁוֹןLa.shon[the] tongue
Lemma: לָשׁוֹן (la.shon) · Strong's: H3956G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: tongue
Used 93 times. Also: Exodus 4:10, Exodus 11:7, Joshua 10:21, Judges 7:5, 2 Samuel 23:2, Job 6:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3956G; TAHOT Job 5:21 word 2
תֵּחָבֵ֑אte.cha.Ve'you will be hidden
Lemma: חָבָא (cha.va) · Strong's: H2244
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVNi2ms)
Meaning: to hide
Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 31:27, Joshua 6:17, Joshua 6:25, Joshua 10:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2244; TAHOT Job 5:21 word 3
וְֽלֹא\־ve.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 5:21 word 4
תִירָ֥אti.Ra'you will be afraid
Lemma: יָרֵא (ya.re) · Strong's: H3372G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to fear
Used 205 times. Also: Genesis 3:10, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:15, Genesis 19:30, Genesis 20:8, Genesis 21:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3372G; TAHOT Job 5:21 word 5
מִ֝שֹּׁ֗דmi.Shodfrom destruction
Lemma: שֹׁד (shod) · Strong's: H7701
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: violence
Used 25 times. Also: Job 5:22, Psalms 12:5, Proverbs 21:7, Proverbs 24:2, Isaiah 13:6, Isaiah 16:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7701; TAHOT Job 5:21 word 6
כִּ֣יkiif
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Job 5:21 word 7
יָבֽוֹא\׃ya.Vo'it will come
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Job 5:21 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You will be hidden | → | חָבָא H2244 to hide |
| from the scourge | → | שׁוֹט H7752 whip |
| of the tongue | → | לָשׁוֹן H3956G tongue |
| and will not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| fear | → | יָרֵא H3372G to fear |
| havoc | → | שֹׁד H7701 violence |
| when | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| it comes | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
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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