Job 19:2
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
צָרַר
tsârar
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Key Terms in This Verse
צָרַר tsârar
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
Study H6887 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
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