Job 38:14

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That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?	It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.	And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

It is turned^H2015 as clay^H2563 to the seal^H2368; and they stand^H3320 as a garment^H3830.

Original Hebrew

תִּתְהַפֵּךְ כְּחֹמֶר חֹותָם וְיִתְיַצְּבוּ כְּמֹו לְבוּשׁ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
תִּ֭תְהַפֵּךְ	Tit.ha.pekh	H2015	HVti3fs	it is changed
כְּ/חֹ֣מֶר	ke./Cho.mer	H2563	HR/Ncmsc	like/ (the) clay of
חוֹתָ֑ם	cho.Tam	H2368	HNcmsa	a seal
וְ֝/יִֽתְיַצְּב֗וּ	ve./yit.ya.tze.Vu	H3320	HC/Vti3mp	so/ they may stand forth
כְּמ֣וֹ	ke.Mo	H3644	HR	like
לְבֽוּשׁ	le.Vush	H3830	HNcmsa	clothing

Strong's References

H2015 — הָפַךְ (hâphak, haw-fak'): a primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert; [idiom] become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).
H2368 — חוֹתָם (chôwthâm, kho-thawm'): or חֹתָם (chôthâm); from חָתַם (châtham) H2856; a signature-ring; seal, signet.
H2563 — חֹמֶר (chômer, kho'mer): from חָמַר (châmar) H2560; properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure; clay, heap, homer, mire, motion.
H3320 — יָצַב (yâtsab, yaw-tsab'): a primitive root; to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue; present selves, remaining, resort, set (selves), (be able to, can, with-) stand (fast, forth, -ing, still, up).
H3830 — לְבוּשׁ (lᵉbûwsh, leb-oosh'): or לְבֻשׁ (lᵉbush); from לָבַשׁ (lâbash) H3847; a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife; apparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment, vestment, vesture.

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

H3644 — כְּמוֹ (kᵉmôw, kem-o'): or כָּמוֹ (kâmôw); (compare כֵּן (kên) H3651); a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, so; according to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.

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Reciprocal references (1): James 2:5

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