Job 9:24
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
כָּסָה
kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
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...
שָׁפַט
shâphaṭ
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literall...
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
Key Terms in This Verse
כָּסָה kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
Study H3680 →שָׁפַט shâphaṭ
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
Study H8199 →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 preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →חָלַל châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
Study H2490 →Cross References
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went ...
But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whom...
And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me ...
From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of ...
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
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