Job 19:29

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

Job 19:29 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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,

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