Job

Job 22:9–10

⁹You sent widows away empty-handed,

and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

¹⁰Therefore snares surround you,

and sudden peril terrifies you;

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You sent widows	אַ֭לְמָנוֹת	’al·mā·nō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H490 widow
away	שִׁלַּ֣חְתָּ	šil·laḥ·tā	Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H7971 send
empty-handed	רֵיקָ֑ם	rê·qām	Adverb	H7387 emptily, vainly
and the strength	וּזְרֹע֖וֹת	ū·zə·rō·‘ō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct	H2220 arm, shoulder, strength
of the fatherless	יְתֹמִ֣ים	yə·ṯō·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3490 orphan
was crushed	יְדֻכָּֽא׃	yə·ḏuk·kā	Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1792 crush

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Therefore	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
snares	פַחִ֑ים	p̄a·ḥîm	Noun - masculine plural	H6341 bird-trap
surround you	סְבִיבוֹתֶ֣יךָ	sə·ḇî·ḇō·w·ṯe·ḵā	Adverb; second person masculine singular	H5439 circuit, round about
and sudden	פִּתְאֹֽם׃	piṯ·’ōm	Adverb	H6597 suddenness
peril	פַּ֣חַד	pa·ḥaḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H6343 dread
terrifies you	וִֽ֝יבַהֶלְךָ	wî·ḇa·hel·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular	H926 alarm, dismay

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

Job 22:9 Job 24:21 · Job 24:3 · Ezekiel 22:7 · Isaiah 10:2 · Job 31:21

Job 22:10 Job 6:4 · Job 18:8–10 · Job 13:21 · 1 Thessalonians 5:3 · Proverbs 1:27 · Psalm 11:6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.