Job 9:29 Go deeper

If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? (KJV)

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אָנֹכִ֥י'a.no.KhiI

Lemma: אָֽנֹכִ֫י (a.no.khi) · Strong's: H0595

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)

Meaning: I

Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 3:10, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0595; TAHOT Job 9:29 word 1

אֶרְשָׁ֑ע'er.Sha'I will be guilty

Lemma: רָשַׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7561

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: be wicked

Used 33 times. Also: Exodus 22:9, Deuteronomy 25:1, 1 Samuel 14:47, 2 Samuel 22:22, 1 Kings 8:32, 1 Kings 8:47 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7561; TAHOT Job 9:29 word 2

לָמָּה\־la.mah-<to> why?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Job 9:29 word 3

זֶּ֝֗הZehthis

Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088

Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)

Meaning: this

Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Job 9:29 word 4

הֶ֣בֶלHe.velvanity

Lemma: הֶ֫בֶל (he.vel) · Strong's: H1892

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

Meaning: vanity

Used 73 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:21, 1 Kings 16:13, 1 Kings 16:26, 2 Kings 17:15, Job 7:16, Job 21:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1892; TAHOT Job 9:29 word 5

אִיגָֽע\׃'i.Ga'will I labor

Lemma: יָגֵעַ (ya.ga) · Strong's: H3021

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: be weary/toil

Used 26 times. Also: Joshua 7:3, Joshua 24:13, 2 Samuel 23:10, Psalms 6:6, Psalms 69:3, Proverbs 23:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3021; TAHOT Job 9:29 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

Since I am	→	אָֽנֹכִ֫י H0595 I
already found guilty	→	רָשַׁע H7561 be wicked
why	→	מָה H4100 what?
. . .	→	זֶה H2088 this
should I labor	→	יָגֵעַ H3021 be weary/toil
in vain	→	הֶ֫בֶל H1892 vanity

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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