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Job 21:17 — King James Version← Study notes

How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.


Job 21:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 21:1710 words
HebrewMeaning
כַּ/מָּ֤הkamāh
how often?pronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
נֵרnēr
the lamp ofnounH5216
lamp · light
רְשָׁ֘עִ֤יםrəšāʿiym
wicked peopleadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
יִדְעָ֗ךְyidəʿākə
is it extinguishedverbH1846
consumed · put out · quenched
וְ/יָבֹ֣אwəyābōʾ
and it may come?conjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
עָלֵ֣י/מוֹʿālēymwō
on thempronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אֵידָ֑/םʾēydām
calamity theirnounH343
destruction
חֲ֝בָלִ֗יםḥăbāliym
painnounH2256
coast · company · cord · country ···
יְחַלֵּ֥קyəḥalēq
does he apportion?verbH2505
distribute · divide · flatter · give ···
בְּ/אַפּֽ/וֹbəʾapwō
in anger hispronH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
Words 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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