Job 21:34
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָחַם
nâcham
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavora...
שָׁוְא
shâvᵉʼ
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, object...
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
תְּשׁוּבָה
tᵉshûwbâh
a recurrence (of time or place); a reply (as returned)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
שֶׁקֶר
sheqer
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
Key Terms in This Verse
תְּשׁוּבָה tᵉshûwbâh
a recurrence (of time or place); a reply (as returned)
Study H8666 →שָׁאַר shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
Study H7604 →נָחַם nâcham
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
Study H5162 →שָׁוְא shâvᵉʼ
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
Study H7723 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →Cross References
I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me t...
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