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Heהוּאwandersנֹדֵדfor bread:לַלֶּחֶם‘Where is it?’;אַיֵּהhe knowsיָדַעthatכִּיthe dayיוֹםof darknessחֹשֶׁךְis readyנָכוֹןat his hand.בְּיָדוֹ
Job 15:23
Study it in the app“He wanders for bread: ‘Where is it?’; he knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 15:23, word by word
- wandersנֹדֵדnoded
wander
To roam like a fugitive.
Where else “noded” appears- for breadלֶּחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- he knowsיָדַעyada
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yada” appears- the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of darknessחֹשֶׁךְchoshech
gloom
Distress, ignorance or death.
Where else “choshech” appears- is readyנָכוֹןnachon
prepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “nachon” appears- at his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears
The context
22He does not believe that he will return from darkness, and he is stalked by the sword.
23 · This verse (above)
24Anguish and distress terrify him; they overpower him like a king ready for the assault.