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Dealהַסְכֶּןwith him,עִמּוֹplease,נָאand be at peace;וּשְׁלםby thisבָּהֶםgoodטוֹבָהwill come to you.תְּבוֹאַתְךָ
Job 22:21
Study it in the app“Deal with him, please, and be at peace; by this good will come to you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 22:21, word by word
- Dealהַסְכֶּןhasken
be accustomed
To be used to something.
Where else “hasken” appears- and be at peaceשְׁלםshelm
make peace
To come to terms with someone.
Where else “shelm” appears- goodטוֹבָהtova
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appears- will come to youתְּבוֹאַתְtevoat
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tevoat” appears
Translation note
“Deal with him”: become familiar with him, get on good terms with him. The Hebrew says “with him,” without naming God.
The context
20‘Surely our adversaries have been wiped out, and what was left of them fire has consumed.’
21 · This verse (above)
22Receive, please, instruction from his mouth, and lay his sayings in your heart.