be afraidגּוּרוּyourselvesלָכֶםofמִפְּנֵיthe sword,חֶרֶבforכִּיwrathחֵמָהis iniquitiesעֲוֺנוֹתof the sword,חָרֶבso thatלְמַעַןyou may knowתֵּדְעוּןthatשַׁthere is judgment.”דּוּן
Job 19:29
Study it in the app“be afraid yourselves of the sword, for wrath is iniquities of the sword, so that you may know that there is judgment.””
With the Hebrew beneath
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Job 19:29, word by word
- be afraidגּוּרוּguru
dread
Another word spelled the same: to dread.
Where else “guru” appears- ofפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- wrathחֵמָהchema
fury
Literally "heat": burning anger, of a person or of YHWH.
Where else “chema” appears- is iniquitiesעֲוֺנוֹתavonot
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avonot” appears- you may knowתֵּדְעוּtedu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “tedu” appears- there is judgmentדּוּןdun
judgment
What the judge decides.
Where else “dun” appears
Translation note
“Iniquities of the sword”: a phrase of uncertain sense; perhaps “faults that the sword punishes.”
The context
28If you say, ‘How shall we pursue him?’ and that the root of the matter is found in me,
29 · This verse (above)