Job
Job 6:25
25How painful are honest words!
But what does your argument prove?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How | מַה־ | mah- | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| painful | נִּמְרְצ֥וּ | nim·rə·ṣū | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural | H4834 be sick |
| honest | יֹ֑שֶׁר | yō·šer | Noun - masculine singular | H3476 straightness, uprightness |
| words | אִמְרֵי־ | ’im·rê- | Noun - masculine plural construct | H561 something said |
| But what | וּמַה־ | ū·mah- | Conjunctive waw; Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| does your argument | יּוֹכִ֖יחַ | yō·w·ḵî·aḥ | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H3198 decide, adjudge, prove |
| prove | הוֹכֵ֣חַ | hō·w·ḵê·aḥ | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute | H3198 decide, adjudge, prove |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.