Job

Job 21:12–13

¹²singing to the tambourine and lyre

and making merry at the sound of the flute.

¹³They spend their days in prosperity

and go down to Sheol in peace.^a

Footnotes

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.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
singing	יִ֭שְׂאוּ	yiś·’ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5375 lift, take, carry
to the tambourine	כְּתֹ֣ף	kə·ṯōp̄	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular	H8596 timbrel, tambourine
and lyre	וְכִנּ֑וֹר	wə·ḵin·nō·wr	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H3658 lyre
and making merry	וְ֝יִשְׂמְח֗וּ	wə·yiś·mə·ḥū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8055 rejoice, be glad
at the sound	לְק֣וֹל	lə·qō·wl	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6963 sound, voice
of the flute	עוּגָֽב׃	‘ū·ḡāḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H5748 reed-instrument

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They spend	יְבַלּוּ	yə·ḇal·lū	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1086 become old and worn out
their days	יְמֵיהֶ֑ם	yə·mê·hem	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H3117 day
in prosperity	בַטּ֣וֹב	ḇaṭ·ṭō·wḇ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
and go down	יֵחָֽתּוּ׃	yê·ḥāt·tū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5181 go down, descend
to Sheol	שְׁא֣וֹל	šə·’ō·wl	Noun - common singular	H7585 underworld
in peace	וּ֝בְרֶ֗גַע	ū·ḇə·re·ḡa‘	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H7281 a moment

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 21:12 Genesis 4:21 · Amos 6:4–6 · Isaiah 5:12

Job 21:13 Job 36:11

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.