Job 21:34

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Job 21:34


← Job 21:33 Job 21:34 (KJV) Job 22:1 →
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

How then comfortH5162 ye me in vainH1892, seeing in your answersH8666 there remainethH7604 falsehoodH4604?


Original Hebrew

וְאֵיךְ תְּנַחֲמוּנִי הָבֶל וּתְשׁוּבֹתֵיכֶם נִשְׁאַר־מָעַל׃ ס

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וְ֭/אֵיךְ
Ve./'eikh H349 HC/Ti and/ how?
תְּנַחֲמ֣וּ/נִי
te.na.cha.Mu./ni H5162 HVpi2mp/Sp1cs will you comfort/ me
הָ֑בֶל
Ha.vel H1892 HNcmsa vanity
וּ֝/תְשֽׁוּבֹתֵי/כֶ֗ם
u./te.shu.vo.tei./Khem H8666 HC/Ncfpc/Sp2mp and/ answers/ your
נִשְׁאַר
nish.'ar- H7604 HVNp3ms it remains
מָֽעַל
Ma.'al H4604 HNcmsa unfaithfulness
Strong's References
  • H1892 — הֶבֶל (hebel, heh'bel): or (rarely in the abs.) הֲבֵל (hăbêl); from הָבַל (hâbal) H1891; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb; [idiom] altogether, vain, vanity.
  • H4604 — מַעַל (maʻal, mah'-al): from מָעַל (mâʻal) H4603; treachery, i.e. sin; falsehood, grievously, sore, transgression, trespass, [idiom] very.
  • H5162 — נָחַם (nâcham, naw-kham'): a primitive root; properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself); comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
  • H7604 — שָׁאַר (shâʼar, shaw-ar'): a primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant; leave, (be) left, let, remain, remnant, reserve, the rest.
  • H8666 — תְּשׁוּבָה (tᵉshûwbâh, tesh-oo-baw'): or תְּשֻׁבָה (tᵉshubâh); from שׁוּב (shûwb) H7725; a recurrence (of time or place); a reply (as returned); answer, be expired, return.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H349 — אֵיךְ (ʼêyk, ake): also אֵיכָה (ʼêykâh) ; and אֵיכָכָה (ʼêykâkâh) ; prolonged from אַי (ʼay) H335; how? or how!; also where; how, what.
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Verse Cross-References

Reciprocal references (4): Job 6:25, Job 36:4, Daniel 5:10, Zechariah 10:2

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