Job 18:3
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
חָשַׁב
châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...
חַי
chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...
קָלָה
qâlâh
to be light (as implied in rapid motion), but figuratively, only (be (causatively, hold) in contempt)
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Key Terms in This Verse
קָלָה qâlâh
to be light (as implied in rapid motion), but figuratively, only (be (causatively, hold) in contempt)
Study H7034 →חָשַׁב châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, ...
Study H2803 →חַי chay
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Study H2416 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →Cross References
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
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