Job
Job 4:7
7Consider now, I plead:
Who, being innocent, has ever perished?
Or where have the upright been destroyed?
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consider | זְכָר־ | zə·ḵār- | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H2142 remember |
| now | נָ֗א | nā | Interjection | H4994 I (we) pray, now |
| I plead | נָ֗א | nā | Interjection | H4994 I (we) pray, now |
| Who | מִ֤י | mî | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| being innocent | נָקִ֣י | nā·qî | Adjective - masculine singular | H5355 clean, free from, exempt |
| has ever perished | אָבָ֑ד | ’ā·ḇāḏ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H6 perish |
| Or where | וְ֝אֵיפֹ֗ה | wə·’ê·p̄ōh | Conjunctive waw; Interrogative | H375 where? |
| have the upright | יְשָׁרִ֥ים | yə·šā·rîm | Adjective - masculine plural | H3477 straight, right |
| been destroyed | נִכְחָֽדוּ׃ | niḵ·ḥā·ḏū | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural | H3582 hide, efface |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Psalm 37:25 · 2 Peter 2:9 · Job 36:7 · Acts 28:4 · Job 8:20 · Ecclesiastes 7:15 · Job 9:22–23 · Ecclesiastes 9:1–2
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.