Job 9:23

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This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.	If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.	The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

If the scourge^H7752 slay^H4191 suddenly^H6597, he will laugh^H3932 at the trial^H4531 of the innocent^H5355.

Original Hebrew

אִם־שֹׁוט יָמִית פִּתְאֹם לְמַסַּת נְקִיִּם יִלְעָג׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אִם	'i.mo.Sho-	H518	HC	if
שׁ֭וֹט	Shot	H7752	HNcmsa	a scourge
יָמִ֣ית	ya.Mit	H4191	HVhi3ms	it kills
פִּתְאֹ֑ם	pit.'Om	H6597	HD	suddenly
לְ/מַסַּ֖ת	le./ma.Sat	H4531	HR/Ncfsc	(to)/ (the) despair of
נְקִיִּ֣ם	ne.ki.Yim	H5355	HAampa	innocent (ones)
יִלְעָֽג	yil.'Ag	H3932	HVqi3ms	he mocks

Strong's References

H3932 — לָעַג (lâʻag, law-ag'): a primitive root; to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly; have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.
H4191 — מוּת (mûwth, mooth): a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill; [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.
H4531 — מַסָּה (maççâh, mas-saw'): from נָסָה (nâçâh) H5254; a testing, of men (judicial) or of God (querulous); temptation, trial.
H5355 — נָקִי (nâqîy, naw-kee'): or נָקִיא (nâqîyʼ); (Joel 4:19; Jonah [1:14), from נָקָה (nâqâh) H5352; innocent; blameless, clean, clear, exempted, free, guiltless, innocent, quit.
H6597 — פִּתְאוֹם (pithʼôwm, pith-ome'): or פִּתְאֹם (pithʼôm); from פֶּתַע (pethaʻ) H6621; instantly; straightway, sudden(-ly).
H7752 — שׁוֹט (shôwṭ, shote): from שׁוּט (shûwṭ) H7751; a lash (literally or figuratively); scourge, whip.

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

H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References

he will — 2 Samuel 14:15, 2 Samuel 14:17, Job 4:7, Job 8:20, Psalms 44:22, Ezekiel 14:19-21, Ezekiel 21:13, Hebrews 11:36-37
If the — Job 1:13-19, Job 2:7

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