Job 19:28

“If you say, ‘How shall we pursue him?’ and that the root of the matter is found in me,”

Job 19:28 · direct translation from the Hebrew
Study it in the app

With the Hebrew beneath

28

Job 19:28, word by word

you sayתֹאמְרוּtomru

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “tomru” appears
shall we pursue him?’נִּרְדָּףnirdaf

pursue

To go after someone to catch them.

Where else “nirdaf” appears
and that the rootשֹׁרֶשׁshoresh

shoot

What gives rise to something; a shoot from a stock, like a descendant of Jesse.

Where else “shoresh” appears
of the matterדָּבָרdavar

thing

A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.

Where else “davar” appears
is foundנִמְצָאnimtsa

find

To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.

Where else “nimtsa” appears

The context

27whom I will see for myself, and my eyes will look on him, and not a stranger. My kidneys are consumed within my bosom.

28 · This verse (above)

29be afraid yourselves of the sword, for wrath is iniquities of the sword, so that you may know that there is judgment.”

Read all of Job 19

How to use it