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Job 8— explore original Hebrew and Greek words with Strong's concordance.

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Verse 1

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	וַ֭יַּעַן	way·ya·‘an	And answered	H6030
1	בִּלְדַּ֥ד	bil·daḏ	Bildad	H1085
2	הַשּׁוּחִ֗י､	haš·šū·ḥî,	the Shuhite	H7747
3	וַיֹאמַֽר׃‪‬､	wa·yō·mar	and said	H0559

Verse 2

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	עַד־	‘aḏ-	how	H5704
1	אָ֥ן	’ān	long	H0575
2	תְּמַלֶּל־	tə·mal·lel-	will you speak	H4448
3	אֵ֑לֶּה	’êl·leh;	these [things]	H0428
4	וְר֥וּחַ؟	wə·rū·aḥ	and a wind	H7307
5	כַּ֝בִּיר	kab·bîr	strong	H3524
6	אִמְרֵי־	’im·rê-	the words	H0561
7	פִֽיךָ׃.	p̄î·ḵā.	of your mouth [be like]	H6310

Verse 3

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	הַ֭אֵל	ha·’êl	Does God	H0410
1	יְעַוֵּ֣ת	yə·‘aw·wêṯ	subvert	H5791
2	מִשְׁפָּ֑ט؟	miš·pāṭ;	judgment	H4941
3	וְאִם־	wə·’i·mō·ša-	Or	H0518
4	שַׁ֝דַּ֗י	day,	the Almighty	H7706
5	יְעַוֵּֽת־	yə·‘aw·wêṯ-	does pervert	H5791
6	צֶֽדֶק׃؟	ṣe·ḏeq.	justice	H6664

Verse 4

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	אִם־	’im-	if	H0518
1	בָּנֶ֥יךָ	bā·ne·ḵā	your sons	H1121
2	חָֽטְאוּ־	ḥā·ṭə·’ū-	have sinned	H2398
3	ל֑וֹ	lōw;	against Him
4	וַֽ֝יְשַׁלְּחֵ֗ם	way·šal·lə·ḥêm,	and He has cast them away	H7971
5	בְּיַד־	bə·yaḏ-	for	H3027
6	פִּשְׁעָֽם׃–	piš·‘ām.	their transgression	H6588

Verse 5

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	אִם־	’im-	if	H0518
1	אַ֭תָּה	’at·tāh	you	H0859
2	תְּשַׁחֵ֣ר	tə·ša·ḥêr	would earnestly seek	H7836
3	אֶל־	’el-	unto	H0413
4	אֵ֑ל	’êl;	God	H0410
5	וְאֶל־	wə·’e·lō·ša-	and to	H0413
6	שַׁ֝דַּ֗י–	day,	the Almighty	H7706
7	תִּתְחַנָּֽן׃.	tiṯ·ḥan·nān.	make your supplication	H2603

Verse 6

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	אִם־	’im-	If	H0518
1	זַ֥ךְ	zaḵ	pure	H2134
2	וְיָשָׁ֗ר–	wə·yā·šār,	and upright	H3477
3	אָ֥תָּה	’āt·tāh	you [were]	H0859
4	כִּי־	kî-	surely	H3588
5	עַ֭תָּה	‘at·tāh	now	H6258
6	יָעִ֣יר	yā·‘îr	He would awake	H5782
7	עָלֶ֑יךָ	‘ā·le·ḵā;	for you	H5921
8	וְ֝שִׁלַּ֗ם	wə·šil·lam,	and prosper	H7999
9	נְוַ֣ת	nə·waṯ	dwelling place	H5116
10	צִדְקֶֽךָ׃.	ṣiḏ·qe·ḵā.	your rightful	H6664

Verse 7

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	וְהָיָ֣ה	wə·hā·yāh	And Though was	H1961
1	רֵאשִׁיתְךָ֣	rê·šî·ṯə·ḵā	your beginning	H7225
2	מִצְעָ֑ר､	miṣ·‘ār;	small	H4705
3	וְ֝אַחֲרִיתְךָ֗	wə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯə·ḵā,	and yet your latter end	H0319
4	יִשְׂגֶּ֥ה	yiś·geh	would increase	H7685
5	מְאֹֽד׃.	mə·’ōḏ.	abundantly	H3966

Verse 8

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	כִּֽי־	kî-	For	H3588
1	שְׁאַל־､	šə·’al-	inquire	H7592
2	נָ֭א､	nā	please	H4994
3	לְדֹ֣ר､	lə·ḏōr	and of the age	H1755
4	רִישׁ֑וֹן	rî·šō·wn;	former	H7223
5	וְ֝כוֹנֵ֗ן	wə·ḵō·w·nên,	and consider	H3559
6	לְחֵ֣קֶר	lə·ḥê·qer	The things discovered by	H2714
7	אֲבוֹתָֽם׃.	’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām.	their fathers	H0001

Verse 9

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	כִּֽי־	kî-	for	H3588
1	תְמ֣וֹל､	ṯə·mō·wl	yesterday	H8543
2	אֲ֭נַחְנוּ	’ă·naḥ·nū	we [were born]	H0587
3	וְלֹ֣א､	wə·lō	and nothing	H3808
4	נֵדָ֑ע	nê·ḏā‘;	know	H3045
5	כִּ֤י	kî	because	H3588
6	צֵ֖ל	ṣêl	a shadow	H6738
7	יָמֵ֣ינוּ	yā·mê·nū	our days [are]	H3117
8	עֲלֵי־	‘ă·lê-	on	H5921
9	אָֽרֶץ׃.	’ā·reṣ.	earth	H0776

Verse 10

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	הֲלֹא־	hă·lō-	Will not	H3808
1	הֵ֣ם	hêm	they	H1992
2	י֭וֹרוּךָ	yō·w·rū·ḵā	teach you	H3384
3	יֹ֣אמְרוּ	yō·mə·rū	and tell	H0559
4	לָ֑ךְ	lāḵ;	you
5	וּ֝מִלִּבָּ֗ם؟	ū·mil·lib·bām,	and from their heart	H3820
6	יוֹצִ֥אוּ	yō·w·ṣi·’ū	utter	H3318
7	מִלִּֽים׃.	mil·lîm.	words	H4405

Verse 11

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	הֲיִֽגְאֶה־	hă·yiḡ·’eh-	Can grow up	H1342
1	גֹּ֭מֶא	gō·me	the papyrus	H1573
2	בְּלֹ֣א	bə·lō	without	H3808
3	בִצָּ֑ה؟	ḇiṣ·ṣāh;	a marsh	H1207
4	יִשְׂגֶּה־	yiś·geh-	can flourish	H7685
5	אָ֥חוּ	’ā·ḥū	the rushes	H0260
6	בְלִי־	ḇə·lî-	without	H1097
7	מָֽיִם׃؟	mā·yim.	water	H4325

Verse 12

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	עֹדֶ֣נּוּ	‘ō·ḏen·nū	while it [is] yet	H5750
1	בְ֭אִבּוֹ､	ḇə·’ib·bōw	green	H0003
2	לֹ֣א	lō	[and] not	H3808
3	יִקָּטֵ֑ף､	yiq·qā·ṭêp̄;	cut down	H6998
4	וְלִפְנֵ֖י	wə·lip̄·nê	and before	H6440
5	כָל־	ḵāl	any	H3605
6	חָצִ֣יר	ḥā·ṣîr	[other] plant	H2682
7	יִיבָֽשׁ׃.	yî·ḇāš.	it withers	H3001

Verse 13

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	כֵּ֗ן	kên,	So	H3651
1	אָ֭רְחוֹת	’ā·rə·ḥō·wṯ	[are] the paths	H0734
2	כָּל־	kāl-	of all	H3605
3	שֹׁ֣כְחֵי	šō·ḵə·ḥê	who forget	H7911
4	אֵ֑ל–	’êl;	God	H0410
5	וְתִקְוַ֖ת	wə·ṯiq·waṯ	and the hope	H8615
6	חָנֵ֣ף	ḥā·nêp̄	of the hypocrite	H2611
7	תֹּאבֵֽד׃､	tō·ḇêḏ.	shall perish	H0006

Verse 14

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	אֲשֶׁר־	’ă·šer-	Whose	H0834
1	יָק֥וֹט､	yā·qō·wṭ	shall be cut off	H6990
2	כִּסְל֑וֹ	kis·lōw;	confidence	H3689
3	וּבֵ֥ית	ū·ḇêṯ	and a web	H1004
4	עַ֝כָּבִ֗ישׁ	‘ak·kā·ḇîš,	of spider	H5908
5	מִבְטַחֽוֹ׃.	miḇ·ṭa·ḥōw.	whose trust [is]	H4009

Verse 15

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	יִשָּׁעֵ֣ן	yiš·šā·‘ên	He leans	H8172
1	עַל־	‘al-	on	H5921
2	בֵּ֭יתוֹ､	bê·ṯōw	his house	H1004
3	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	but not	H3808
4	יַעֲמֹ֑ד–	ya·‘ă·mōḏ;	it does stand	H5975
5	יַחֲזִ֥יק､	ya·ḥă·zîq	He holds fast	H2388
6	בּ֝֗וֹ	bōw,	it
7	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	but not	H3808
8	יָקֽוּם׃.	yā·qūm.	it does endure	H6965

Verse 16

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	רָטֹ֣ב	rā·ṭōḇ	Grows green	H7373
1	ה֭וּא	hū	He	H1931
2	לִפְנֵי־	lip̄·nê-	in	H6440
3	שָׁ֑מֶשׁ､	šā·meš;	the sun	H8121
4	וְעַ֥ל	wə·‘al	and in	H5921
5	גַּ֝נָּת֗וֹ	gan·nā·ṯōw,	his garden	H1593
6	יֹֽנַקְתּ֥וֹ	yō·naq·tōw	his branches	H3127
7	תֵצֵֽא׃.	ṯê·ṣê.	spread out	H3318

Verse 17

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	עַל־	‘al-	Around	H5921
1	גַּ֭ל､	gal	the rock heap	H1530
2	שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו	šā·rā·šāw	His roots	H8328
3	יְסֻבָּ֑כוּ	yə·sub·bā·ḵū;	wrap	H5440
4	בֵּ֖ית	bêṯ	a place in	H1004
5	אֲבָנִ֣ים	’ă·ḇā·nîm	the stones	H0068
6	יֶחֱזֶֽה׃.	ye·ḥĕ·zeh.	[And] look for	H2372

Verse 18

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	אִם־	’im-	If	H0518
1	יְבַלְּעֶ֥נּוּ	yə·ḇal·lə·‘en·nū	he is destroyed	H1104
2	מִמְּקוֹמ֑וֹ､	mim·mə·qō·w·mōw;	from his place	H4725
3	וְכִ֥חֶשׁ	wə·ḵi·ḥeš	and [it] will deny	H3584
4	בּ֝֗וֹ	bōw,	him
5	לֹ֣א	lō	[saying] not	H3808
6	רְאִיתִֽיךָ׃.	rə·’î·ṯî·ḵā.	I have seen you	H7200

Verse 19

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	הֶן־､	hen-	Behold	H2005
1	ה֭וּא	hū	that [is]	H1931
2	מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ	mə·śō·wś	the joy	H4885
3	דַּרְכּ֑וֹ､	dar·kōw;	of His way	H1870
4	וּ֝מֵעָפָ֗ר	ū·mê·‘ā·p̄ār,	and out of the earth	H6083
5	אַחֵ֥ר	’a·ḥêr	others	H0312
6	יִצְמָֽחוּ׃.	yiṣ·mā·ḥū.	will grow	H6779

Verse 20

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	הֶן־､	hen-	Behold	H2005
1	אֵ֭ל	’êl	God	H0410
2	לֹ֣א	lō	not	H3808
3	יִמְאַס־	yim·’as-	will cast away	H3988
4	תָּ֑ם	tām;	the blameless	H8535
5	וְלֹֽא־	wə·lō-	nor	H3808
6	יַ֝חֲזִ֗יק	ya·ḥă·zîq,	will He uphold	H2388
7	בְּיַד־	bə·yaḏ-	-	H3027
8	מְרֵעִֽים׃.	mə·rê·‘îm.	the evildoers	H7489

Verse 21

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Yet	H5704
1	יְמַלֵּ֣ה	yə·mal·lêh	He will fill	H4390
2	שְׂח֣וֹק､	śə·ḥō·wq	with laughing	H7814
3	פִּ֑יךָ	pî·ḵā;	your mouth	H6310
4	וּשְׂפָתֶ֥יךָ	ū·śə·p̄ā·ṯe·ḵā	and your lips	H8193
5	תְרוּעָֽה׃.	ṯə·rū·‘āh.	with rejoicing	H8643

Verse 22

#	Original	Translit.	English	Strong's
0	שֹׂנְאֶ֥יךָ	śō·nə·’e·ḵā	Those who hate you	H8130
1	יִלְבְּשׁוּ־	yil·bə·šū-	will be clothed	H3847
2	בֹ֑שֶׁת–	ḇō·šeṯ;	with shame	H1322
3	וְאֹ֖הֶל	wə·’ō·hel	and the dwelling place	H0168
4	רְשָׁעִ֣ים	rə·šā·‘îm	of the wicked	H7563
5	אֵינֶֽנּוּ׃.	’ê·nen·nū.	will come to nothing	H0369
6	פ	p̄	-