Job
Job 18:2–4
2“How long until you end these speeches?
Show some sense, and then we can talk.
3Why are we regarded as cattle,
as stupid in your sight?
4You who tear yourself in anger—
should the earth be forsaken on your account,
or the rocks be moved from their place?
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Job 18:2
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How long | אָ֤נָה׀ | ’ā·nāh | Adverb | H575 where? |
| until | עַד־ | ‘aḏ- | Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| you end | תְּשִׂימ֣וּן | tə·śî·mūn | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural; Paragogic nun | H7760 put, place, set |
| these speeches | לְמִלִּ֑ין | lə·mil·lîn | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine plural | H4405 word, speech, utterance |
| Show some sense | תָּ֝בִ֗ינוּ | tā·ḇî·nū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H995 discern |
| and then | וְאַחַ֥ר | wə·’a·ḥar | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H310 behind |
| we can talk | נְדַבֵּֽר׃ | nə·ḏab·bêr | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common plural | H1696 speak |
Job 18:3
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why | מַ֭דּוּעַ | mad·dū·a‘ | Interrogative | H4069 wherefore? |
| are we regarded | נֶחְשַׁ֣בְנוּ | neḥ·šaḇ·nū | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common plural | H2803 think, account |
| as cattle | כַבְּהֵמָ֑ה | ḵab·bə·hê·māh | Preposition-k, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H929 beast, animal, cattle |
| as stupid | נִ֝טְמִ֗ינוּ | niṭ·mî·nū | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common plural | H2933 be impure |
| in your sight | בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃ | bə·‘ê·nê·ḵem | Preposition-b; Noun - cdc; second person masculine plural | H5869 eye |
Job 18:4
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You who tear | טֹֽרֵ֥ף | ṭō·rêp̄ | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H2963 tear, rend, pluck |
| yourself | נַפְשׁ֗וֹ | nap̄·šōw | Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| in anger | בְּאַ֫פּ֥וֹ | bə·’ap·pōw | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H639 nostril, nose, face, anger |
| should the earth | אָ֑רֶץ | ’ā·reṣ | Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| be forsaken | תֵּעָ֣זַב | tê·‘ā·zaḇ | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | H5800 leave, forsake, loose |
| on your account | הַ֭לְמַעַנְךָ | hal·ma·‘an·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H4616 purpose, intent |
| or the rocks | צ֝֗וּר | ṣūr | Noun - masculine singular | H6697 rock, cliff |
| be moved | וְיֶעְתַּק־ | wə·ye‘·taq- | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H6275 move, proceed, advance |
| from their place | מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃ | mim·mə·qō·mōw | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H4725 standing, spot, condition |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Job 18:2 Proverbs 18:13 · Job 13:5–6
Job 18:3 Psalm 73:22 · Job 17:4 · Job 17:10
Job 18:4 Job 14:18 · Job 16:9 · Job 5:2 · Job 13:14
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.