Job 21:34
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood? | So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.” | How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth only falsehood? |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and how? | וְ֭אֵיךְ | VE-'eikh | H0349A | how?אֵיךְ (ekh) interrog adv how? |
| will you comfort me | תְּנַחֲמ֣וּנִי | te-na-cha-MU-ni | H5162G | to be sorry: comfortנָחַם (na.cham) : comfort 1) to be sorry, console oneself, repent, regret, comfort, be comforted 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be sorry, be moved to pity, have compassion 1a2) to be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent 1a3) to comfort oneself, be comforted 1a4) to comfort oneself, ease oneself 1b) (Piel) to comfort, console 1c) (Pual) to be comforted, be consoled 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to be sorry, have compassion 1d2) to rue, repent of 1d3) to comfort oneself, be comforted 1d4) to ease oneself Also means: na.cham (נָחַם ": relent" H5162H) |
| vanity | הָ֑בֶל | HA-vel | H1892 | vanityהֶ֫בֶל (he.vel) 1) vapour, breath 1a) breath, vapour 1b) vanity (fig.) adv 2) vainly |
| and answers your | וּ֝תְשֽׁוּבֹתֵיכֶ֗ם | u-te-shu-vo-tei-KHEM | H8666 | turnתְּשׁוּבָה (te.shu.vah) 1) a recurrence, an answer, return 1a) return 1a1) completion of a year, return of a year 1b) at the return (construct) 1c) answer, reply |
| it remains | נִשְׁאַר־ | nish-'ar- | H7604 | to remainשָׁאַר (sha.ar) 1) to remain, be left over, be left behind 1a) (Qal) to remain 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be left over, be left alive, survive 1b1a) remainder, remnant (participle) 1b2) to be left behind 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to leave over, spare 1c2) to leave or keep over 1c3) to have left 1c4) to leave (as a gift) |
| unfaithfulness | מָֽעַל׃ ס | MA-'al | H4604 | unfaithfulnessמַ֫עַל (ma.al) 1) unfaithful or treacherous act, trespass 1a) against man 1b) against God |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.