Job 15:23
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָדַד
nâdad
properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
פּוּץ
pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
כּוּן
kûwn
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, ...
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
Key Terms in This Verse
נָדַד nâdad
properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
Study H5074 →פּוּץ pûwts
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
Study H6327 →כּוּן kûwn
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render su...
Study H3559 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →לֶחֶם lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Study H3899 →יוֹם yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
Study H3117 →Cross References
Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be a...
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
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