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“Shall a multitudeהֲרֹבof wordsדְּבָרִיםnotלֹאbe answered?יֵעָנֶהOrוְאִםshall a manאִישׁof lipsשְׂפָתַיִםbe righteous?יִצְדָּק
Job 11:2
Study it in the app““Shall a multitude of words not be answered? Or shall a man of lips be righteous?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 11:2, word by word
- “Shall a multitudeרֹבrov
multitude
A great crowd of people or things.
Where else “rov” appears- of wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- be answeredיֵעָנֶהyeane
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yeane” appears- shall a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of lipsשְׂפָתַיִםsefatayim
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sefatayim” appears- be righteousיִצְדָּקyitsdak
be righteous
To be in the clear before God.
Where else “yitsdak” appears
Translation note
“A man of lips”: one who talks a lot.
The context
1Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
2 · This verse (above)
3Shall your idle talk silence men? Shall you mock, and there be none to put you to shame?