Job 21:17
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נִיר
nîyr
a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
שֶׁבֶר
sheber
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
חָלַק
châlaq
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
חֶבֶל
chebel
a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a c...
אַף
ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Key Terms in This Verse
חָלַק châlaq
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
Study H2505 →חֶבֶל chebel
a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especi...
Study H2256 →שֶׁבֶר sheber
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
Study H7667 →אַף ʼaph
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
Study H639 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
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