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Whyמַדּוּעַdo the wickedרְשָׁעִיםlive,יִחְיוּgrow old,עָתְקוּand evenגַּםgrow mightyגָּבְרוּin wealth?חָיִל
Job 21:7
Study it in the app“Why do the wicked live, grow old, and even grow mighty in wealth?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 21:7, word by word
- Whyמַדּוּעַmadua
why?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appears- do the wickedרְשָׁעִיםreshaim
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “reshaim” appears- liveיִחְיוּyichyu
live
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “yichyu” appears- grow oldעָתְקוּatku
grow old
To grow old and lose strength with the years.
Where else “atku” appears- grow mightyגָּבְרוּgavru
prevail
To be more powerful, win out.
Where else “gavru” appears- in wealthחָיִלchayil
wealth
The goods and wealth someone gathers.
Where else “chayil” appears
The context
6When I remember, I am troubled, and trembling seizes my flesh.
7 · This verse (above)
8Their offspring is established before them, with them, and their offshoots before their eyes.