Job
Job 16:3–4
3Is there no end to your long-winded speeches?
What provokes you to continue testifying?
4I could also speak like you
if you were in my place;
I could heap up words against you
and shake my head at you.
Word by word
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Job 16:3
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Is there no end | הֲקֵ֥ץ | hă·qêṣ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7093 end |
| to your long-winded | ר֑וּחַ | rū·aḥ | Noun - common singular | H7307 breath, wind, spirit |
| speeches | לְדִבְרֵי־ | lə·ḏiḇ·rê- | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct | H1697 speech, word |
| What | מַה־ | mah- | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| provokes you | יַּ֝מְרִֽיצְךָ֗ | yam·rî·ṣə·ḵā | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular | H4834 be sick |
| to | כִּ֣י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| continue testifying | תַעֲנֶֽה׃ | ṯa·‘ă·neh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H6030 answer, respond |
Job 16:4
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | אָנֹכִי֮ | ’ā·nō·ḵî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H595 I |
| could also | גַּ֤ם׀ | gam | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| speak | אֲדַ֫בֵּ֥רָה | ’ă·ḏab·bê·rāh | Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular | H1696 speak |
| like you | כָּכֶ֪ם | kā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | |
| if | ל֤וּ־ | lū- | Preposition | H3863 if |
| you | נַפְשְׁכֶ֡ם | nap̄·šə·ḵem | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine plural | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| were | יֵ֪שׁ | yêš | Adverb | H3426 being, substance, existence |
| in my | נַפְשִׁ֗י | nap̄·šî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| place | תַּ֤חַת | ta·ḥaṯ | Preposition | H8478 the under part |
| I could heap up | אַחְבִּ֣ירָה | ’aḥ·bî·rāh | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular | H2266 unite |
| words | בְּמִלִּ֑ים | bə·mil·lîm | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural | H4405 word, speech, utterance |
| against you | עֲלֵיכֶ֣ם | ‘ă·lê·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | H5921 height |
| and shake | וְאָנִ֥יעָה | wə·’ā·nî·‘āh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular | H5128 quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter |
| my head | רֹאשִֽׁי׃ | rō·šî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H7218 head |
| at you | עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם | ‘ă·lê·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | H5921 height |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Job 16:4 Psalm 22:7 · Psalm 109:25 · Lamentations 2:15 · Jeremiah 18:16 · 2 Kings 19:21
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.