Job

Job 21:7–12

⁷Why do the wicked live on,

growing old and increasing in power?

⁸Their descendants are established around them,

and their offspring before their eyes.

⁹Their homes are safe from fear;

no rod of punishment from God is upon them.

¹⁰Their bulls breed without fail;

their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.

¹¹They send forth their little ones like a flock;

their children skip about,

¹²singing to the tambourine and lyre

and making merry at the sound of the flute.

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
Why	מַדּ֣וּעַ	mad·dū·a‘	Interrogative	H4069 wherefore?
do the wicked	רְשָׁעִ֣ים	rə·šā·‘îm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7563 wicked, criminal
live on	יִחְי֑וּ	yiḥ·yū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2421 live
growing old	עָ֝תְק֗וּ	‘ā·ṯə·qū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H6275 move, proceed, advance
and	גַּם־	gam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
increasing	גָּ֥בְרוּ	gā·ḇə·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1396 be strong, mighty
in power	חָֽיִל׃	ḥā·yil	Noun - masculine singular	H2428 strength, efficiency, wealth, army

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Their descendants	זַרְעָ֤ם	zar·‘ām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H2233 sowing, seed, offspring
are established	נָכ֣וֹן	nā·ḵō·wn	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H3559 be firm
around them	עִמָּ֑ם	‘im·mām	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H5973 with
and their offspring	וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֗ם	wə·ṣe·’ĕ·ṣā·’ê·hem	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H6631 issue, offspring, produce
before their eyes	לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃	lə·‘ê·nê·hem	Preposition-l; Noun - cdc; third person masculine plural	H5869 eye

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Their homes	בָּתֵּיהֶ֣ם	bāt·tê·hem	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H1004 house
are safe	שָׁל֣וֹם	šā·lō·wm	Noun - masculine singular	H7965 completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
from fear	מִפָּ֑חַד	mip·pā·ḥaḏ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H6343 dread
no	וְלֹ֤א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
rod of punishment	שֵׁ֖בֶט	šê·ḇeṭ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7626 rod, staff, club, sceptre
from God	אֱל֣וֹהַּ	’ĕ·lō·w·ah	Noun - masculine singular	H433 god, God
upon them	עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃	‘ă·lê·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H5921 height

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Their bulls	שׁוֹר֣וֹ	šō·w·rōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H7794 head of cattle
breed	עִ֭בַּר	‘ib·bar	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on
without	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
fail	יַגְעִ֑ל	yaḡ·‘il	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1602 abhor, loathe
their cows	פָּ֝רָת֗וֹ	pā·rā·ṯōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H6510 heifer, cow
bear calves	תְּפַלֵּ֥ט	tə·p̄al·lêṭ	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H6403 escape
and do not	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
miscarry	תְשַׁכֵּֽל׃	ṯə·šak·kêl	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7921 be bereaved

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They send forth	יְשַׁלְּח֣וּ	yə·šal·lə·ḥū	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7971 send
their little ones	עֲוִילֵיהֶ֑ם	‘ă·wî·lê·hem	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H5759 young boy
like a flock	כַ֭צֹּאן	ḵaṣ·ṣōn	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - common singular	H6629 small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks
their children	וְ֝יַלְדֵיהֶ֗ם	wə·yal·ḏê·hem	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H3206 child, son, boy, youth
skip about	יְרַקֵּדֽוּן׃	yə·raq·qê·ḏūn	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun	H7540 skip about

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