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Let him notאַלtrustיַאֲמֵןin emptiness,בַּשָּׁיוled astray,נִתְעָהforכִּיemptinessשָׁוְאwill beתִּהְיֶהwhat he gets in exchange.תְמוּרָתוֹ
Job 15:31
Study it in the app“Let him not trust in emptiness, led astray, for emptiness will be what he gets in exchange.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 15:31, word by word
- trustיַאֲמֵןyaamen
believe
To rely on someone and on what they say: Abram with YHWH.
Where else “yaamen” appears- in emptinessשָּׁיוshayv
emptiness
Something of no value; using YHWH's name lightly.
Where else “shayv” appears- led astrayנִתְעָהnita
wander, go astray
Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.
Where else “nita” appears- will beתִּהְיֶהtihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appears- what he gets in exchangeתְמוּרָתtemurat
substitute
What is given in exchange for something else; a substitute; also a reward.
Where else “temurat” appears
The context
30He will not depart from darkness; the flame will dry up his shoot, and he will depart by the breath of his mouth.
31 · This verse (above)
32Before his day it will be fulfilled, and his branch will not be green.