Job 9:29
Old Testament • 3 words with Strong's data
"If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
עָמָל
ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
שָׁוְא
shâvᵉʼ
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, object...
Key Terms in This Verse
עָמָל ʻâmâl
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
Study H5999 →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 →Cross References
Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
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