Job

Job 31:19–20

¹⁹if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing,

or a needy man without a cloak,

²⁰if his heart has not blessed me^b

for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,

Footnotes

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
if	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
I have seen	אֶרְאֶ֣ה	’er·’eh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7200 see
one perish	א֭וֹבֵד	’ō·w·ḇêḏ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H6 perish
for lack	מִבְּלִ֣י	mib·bə·lî	Preposition-m; Adverb	H1097 wearing out
of clothing	לְב֑וּשׁ	lə·ḇūš	Noun - masculine singular	H3830 garment, clothing, raiment
or a needy man	לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃	lā·’eḇ·yō·wn	Preposition-l, Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H34 in want, needy, poor
without	וְאֵ֥ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
a cloak	כְּ֝ס֗וּת	kə·sūṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H3682 covering

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
if	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
his heart	חֲלָצוֹ	ḥă·lå̄·ṣō	Noun - masculine dual construct; third person masculine singular	H2504 loins
has not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
blessed me	בֵרֲכ֣וּנִי	ḇê·ră·ḵū·nî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular	H1288 kneel, bless
for warming him	יִתְחַמָּֽם׃	yiṯ·ḥam·mām	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2552 be or become warm
with the fleece	וּמִגֵּ֥ז	ū·mig·gêz	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1488 shearing, mowing
of my sheep	כְּ֝בָשַׂי	kə·ḇā·śay	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H3532 lamb

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

Job 31:19 Job 22:6 · 1 John 3:18

Job 31:20 Deuteronomy 24:13

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.