Job 6:18 Go deeper

The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. (KJV)

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יִ֭לָּ֣פְתוּyi.La.fe.tuthey twist

Lemma: לָפַת (la.phat) · Strong's: H3943

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVNi3mp)

Meaning: to twist

Used 3 times. Also: Judges 16:29, Ruth 3:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3943; TAHOT Job 6:18 word 1

אָרְח֣וֹת'a.re.Chot[the] paths of

Lemma: אֹ֫רַח (o.rach) · Strong's: H0734

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: way

Used 57 times. Also: Genesis 18:11, Genesis 49:17, Judges 5:6, Job 6:19, Job 8:13, Job 13:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0734; TAHOT Job 6:18 word 2

דַּרְכָּ֑םdar.Kamway their

Lemma: דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) · Strong's: H1870L

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: way: journey

Used 155 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:21, Genesis 24:27, Genesis 24:40, Genesis 24:42, Genesis 24:48 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1870L; TAHOT Job 6:18 word 3

יַעֲל֖וּya.'a.Luthey go up

Lemma: עָלָה (a.lah) · Strong's: H5927G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)

Meaning: to ascend: rise

Used 615 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 19:28, Genesis 19:30, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5927G; TAHOT Job 6:18 word 4

בַתֹּ֣הוּva.To.huin the wasteland

Lemma: תֹּ֫הוּ (to.hu) · Strong's: H8414

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

Meaning: formlessness

Used 20 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Deuteronomy 32:10, 1 Samuel 12:21, Job 12:24, Job 26:7, Psalms 107:40 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8414; TAHOT Job 6:18 word 5

וְיֹאבֵֽדוּ\׃ve.yo.Ve.duso they may perish

Lemma: אָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H0006

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqu3mp)

Meaning: to perish

Used 183 times. Also: Exodus 10:7, Leviticus 23:30, Leviticus 26:38, Numbers 16:33, Numbers 17:12, Numbers 21:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0006; TAHOT Job 6:18 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

Caravans	→	אֹ֫רַח H0734 way
turn aside	→	לָפַת H3943 to twist
from their routes	→	דֶּ֫רֶךְ H1870L way: journey
they go	→	עָלָה H5927G to ascend: rise
into the wasteland	→	תֹּ֫הוּ H8414 formlessness
and perish	→	אָבַד H0006 to perish

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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