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The uprightיְשָׁרִיםare appalledיָשֹׁמּוּatעַלthis,זֹאתand the innocentוְנָקִיrouses himselfיִתְעֹרָרagainstעַלthe godless.חָנֵף
Job 17:8
Study it in the app“The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent rouses himself against the godless.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 17:8, word by word
- The uprightיְשָׁרִיםyesharim
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yesharim” appears- are appalledיָשֹׁמּוּyashomu
be appalled
To be struck with dread at the ruin.
Where else “yashomu” appears- and the innocentנָקִיnaki
innocent
Without guilt: blood of one who did no wrong.
Where else “naki” appears- rouses himselfיִתְעֹרָרyitorar
awake
To rouse from sleep or inactivity; in prayer, to ask God to act.
Where else “yitorar” appears- the godlessחָנֵףchanef
godless, profane
Godless: one who lives without regard for God; defiled, profane.
Where else “chanef” appears
The context
7And my eye has grown dim from vexation, and my limbs are like a shadow, all of them.
8 · This verse (above)
9And the righteous holds fast to his way, and the one pure of hands grows in firmness.