Job

Job 19:28

²⁸If you say, ‘Let us persecute him,

since the root of the matter lies with him,^e’

Footnotes

e 19:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts with me

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you say	תֹ֭אמְרוּ	ṯō·mə·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
persecute	נִּרְדָּף־	nir·dāp̄-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural	H7291 pursue, chase, persecute
him	ל֑וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
since the root	וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ	wə·šō·reš	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H8328 root
of the matter	דָּ֝בָ֗ר	dā·ḇār	Noun - masculine singular	H1697 speech, word
lies	נִמְצָא־	nim·ṣā-	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H4672 attain to, find
with him	בִֽי׃	ḇî	Preposition; first person common singular

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.