Job 5:22 Go deeper
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At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. (KJV)
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לְשֹׁ֣דle.Shodto destruction
Lemma: שֹׁד (shod) · Strong's: H7701
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: violence
Used 25 times. Also: Job 5:21, Psalms 12:5, Proverbs 21:7, Proverbs 24:2, Isaiah 13:6, Isaiah 16:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7701; TAHOT Job 5:22 word 1
וּלְכָפָ֣ןu.le.kha.Fanand to famine
Lemma: כָּפָן (ka.phan) · Strong's: H3720
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: famine
Used 2 times. Also: Job 30:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3720; TAHOT Job 5:22 word 2
תִּשְׂחָ֑קtis.Chakyou will laugh
Lemma: שָׂחַק (sa.chaq) · Strong's: H7832
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to laugh
Used 36 times. Also: Judges 16:25, Judges 16:27, 1 Samuel 18:7, 2 Samuel 2:14, 2 Samuel 6:5, 2 Samuel 6:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7832; TAHOT Job 5:22 word 3
וּֽמֵחַיַּ֥תu.me.chai.Yatand from [the] animal[s] of
Lemma: חַיָּה (chay.yah) · Strong's: H2416C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: living thing
Used 105 times. Also: Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2416C; TAHOT Job 5:22 word 4
הָ֝אָ֗רֶץha.'A.retzthe earth
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: soil
Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 18:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776H; TAHOT Job 5:22 word 5
אַל\־'al-may not
Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Job 5:22 word 6
תִּירָֽא\׃ti.Ra'you be afraid
Lemma: יָרֵא (ya.re) · Strong's: H3372G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqj2ms)
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 5:22 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You will laugh | → | שָׂחַק H7832 to laugh |
| at destruction | → | שֹׁד H7701 violence |
| and famine | → | כָּפָן H3720 famine |
| and need not | → | אַל H0408 not |
| fear | → | יָרֵא H3372G to fear |
| the beasts | → | חַיָּה H2416C living thing |
| of the earth | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776H land: soil |
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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