Job 4:19
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
מָעַט
mâʻaṭ
properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
חֹמֶר
chômer
properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
יָסַד
yâçad
to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult
עָפָר
ʻâphâr
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
דָּכָא
dâkâʼ
to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
Key Terms in This Verse
דָּכָא dâkâʼ
to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
Study H1792 →מָעַט mâʻaṭ
properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)
Study H4591 →חֹמֶר chômer
properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure
Study H2563 →יָסַד yâçad
to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult
Study H3245 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Study H834 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →Cross References
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:
Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
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