Job
Job 21:14
14Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone!
For we have no desire to know Your ways.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yet they say | וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ | way·yō·mə·rū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H559 utter, say |
| to God | לָ֭אֵל | lā·’êl | Preposition; Noun - masculine singular | H410 god |
| Leave us alone | ס֣וּר | sūr | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H5493 turn aside |
| For we have no | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| desire | חָפָֽצְנוּ׃ | ḥā·p̄ā·ṣə·nū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural | H2654 delight in |
| to know | וְדַ֥עַת | wə·ḏa·‘aṯ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H1847 knowledge |
| Your ways | דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָ | də·rā·ḵe·ḵā | Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Job 22:17 · Romans 8:7 · Psalm 10:4 · 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12 · John 3:19–20 · John 15:23–24 · 2 Timothy 4:3–4 · Proverbs 1:29
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.