Job

Job 21:17–18

¹⁷How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?

Does disaster come upon them?

Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?

¹⁸Are they like straw before the wind,

like chaff swept away by a storm?

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
How often	כַּמָּ֤ה׀	kam·māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
is the lamp	נֵר־	nêr-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5216 lamp
of the wicked	רְשָׁ֘עִ֤ים	rə·šā·‘îm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7563 wicked, criminal
put out	יִדְעָ֗ךְ	yiḏ·‘āḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1846 go out, be extinguished
Does disaster	אֵידָ֑ם	’ê·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H343 distress, calamity
come	וְיָבֹ֣א	wə·yā·ḇō	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
upon them	עָלֵ֣ימוֹ	‘ā·lê·mōw	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H5921 height
Does	בְּאַפּֽוֹ׃	bə·’ap·pōw	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H639 nostril, nose, face, anger
apportion	יְחַלֵּ֥ק	yə·ḥal·lêq	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2505 divide, share
destruction	חֲ֝בָלִ֗ים	ḥă·ḇā·lîm	Noun - masculine plural	H2256 cord, territory, band

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Are	יִהְי֗וּ	yih·yū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
they like straw	כְּתֶ֥בֶן	kə·ṯe·ḇen	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular	H8401 straw
before	לִפְנֵי־	lip̄·nê-	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct	H6440 face, before
the wind	ר֑וּחַ	rū·aḥ	Noun - common singular	H7307 breath, wind, spirit
like chaff	וּ֝כְמֹ֗ץ	ū·ḵə·mōṣ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular	H4671 chaff
swept away	גְּנָבַ֥תּוּ	gə·nā·ḇat·tū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular; third person masculine singular	H1589 steal
by a storm	סוּפָֽה׃	sū·p̄āh	Noun - feminine singular	H5492 storm-wind

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

Job 21:17 Job 18:5–6 · Proverbs 13:9 · Proverbs 20:20

Job 21:18 Psalm 1:4 · Psalm 83:13 · Job 13:25 · Psalm 35:5 · Isaiah 17:13 · Jeremiah 13:24 · Isaiah 29:5

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.