Job 11:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.”

Job 11:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 11:209 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/עֵינֵ֥יwəʿēynēy

eyeconjH5869

outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···

רְשָׁעִ֗יםrəšāʿiym

guiltyadjH7563

condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong

תִּ֫כְלֶ֥ינָהtikəleynāh

accomplishverbH3615

cease · consume · determine · destroy ···

וּ֭/מָנוֹסwmānwōs

escapeconjH4498

apace · way to flee · flight · refuge

אָבַ֣דʾābad

breakverbH6

destroy · not escape · fail · lose ···

מִנְ/הֶ֑םminəhem

abovepronH4480

after · among · at · because of ···

וְ֝/תִקְוָתָ֗/םwətiqəwātām

expectationconjH8615

hope · live · thing that I long for

מַֽפַּחmapaḥ

giving upnounH4646

נָֽפֶשׁnāpeš

anynounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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