Job
Job 24:25
25If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar
and reduce my words to nothing?”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If | וְאִם־ | wə·’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| this is not so | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| then | אֵ֭פוֹ | ’ê·p̄ōw | Conjunction | H645 then |
| who | מִ֣י | mî | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| can prove me a liar | יַכְזִיבֵ֑נִי | yaḵ·zî·ḇê·nî | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular | H3576 lie, be a liar |
| and reduce | וְיָשֵׂ֥ם | wə·yā·śêm | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular | H7760 put, place, set |
| my words | מִלָּתִֽי׃ס | mil·lā·ṯî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H4405 word, speech, utterance |
| to nothing | לְ֝אַ֗ל | lə·’al | Preposition-l; Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Job 9:24 · Job 6:28 · Job 11:2–3 · Job 27:4
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.