Job

Job 22:15–18

¹⁵Will you stay on the ancient path

that wicked men have trod?

¹⁶They were snatched away before their time,

and their foundations were swept away by a flood.

¹⁷They said to God, ‘Depart from us.

What can the Almighty do to us?’

¹⁸But it was He who filled their houses with good things;

so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

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
Will you stay	תִּשְׁמֹ֑ר	tiš·mōr	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
on the ancient	עוֹלָ֣ם	‘ō·w·lām	Noun - masculine singular	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
path	הַאֹ֣רַח	ha·’ō·raḥ	Article; Noun - common singular construct	H734 way, path
that	אֲשֶׁ֖ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
wicked	אָֽוֶן׃	’ā·wen	Noun - masculine singular	H205 trouble, sorrow, wickedness
men	מְתֵי־	mə·ṯê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H4962 male, man
have trod	דָּרְכ֣וּ	dā·rə·ḵū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1869 tread, march

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They	אֲשֶֽׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
were snatched away	קֻמְּט֥וּ	qum·mə·ṭū	Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural	H7059 seize
before	וְלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
their time	עֵ֑ת	‘êṯ	Noun - common singular	H6256 time
and their foundations	יְסוֹדָֽם׃	yə·sō·w·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H3247 foundation, base
were swept away	יוּצַ֥ק	yū·ṣaq	Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3332 pour, cast, flow
by a flood	נָ֝הָ֗ר	nā·hār	Noun - masculine singular	H5104 stream, river

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They said	הָאֹמְרִ֣ים	hā·’ō·mə·rîm	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H559 utter, say
to God	לָ֭אֵל	lā·’êl	Preposition; Noun - masculine singular	H410 god
Depart	ס֣וּר	sūr	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H5493 turn aside
from us	מִמֶּ֑נּוּ	mim·men·nū	Preposition; first person common plural	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
What	וּמַה־	ū·mah-	Conjunctive waw; Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
can the Almighty	שַׁדַּ֣י	šad·day	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7706 Almighty
do	יִּפְעַ֖ל	yip̄·‘al	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6466 do, make
to us	לָֽמוֹ׃	lā·mōw	Preposition; third person masculine plural

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But it was He	וְה֤וּא	wə·hū	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
who filled	מִלֵּ֣א	mil·lê	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H4390 be full, fill
their houses	בָתֵּיהֶ֣ם	ḇāt·tê·hem	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H1004 house
with good things	ט֑וֹב	ṭō·wḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
so I stay far	רָ֣חֲקָה	rā·ḥă·qāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H7368 be, or become, far, distant
from the counsel	וַעֲצַ֥ת	wa·‘ă·ṣaṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H6098 counsel, advice
of the wicked	רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים	rə·šā·‘îm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7563 wicked, criminal