Job 36:21
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
פָּנָה
pânâh
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
בָּחַר
bâchar
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
בָּחַר
bâchar
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →Cross References
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before hi...
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave ...
Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
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