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He givesיִתֶּןhimלוֹsecurity,לָבֶטַחand he leans on it;וְיִשָּׁעֵןand his eyesוְעֵינֵיהוּare onעַלtheir ways.דַּרְכֵיהֶם
Job 24:23
Study it in the app“He gives him security, and he leans on it; and his eyes are on their ways.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 24:23, word by word
- He givesיִתֶּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- securityבֶטַחvetach
security, safely
Security, confidence; living "securely", without fear. Sometimes unsuspecting.
Where else “vetach” appears- and he leans on itיִשָּׁעֵןyishaen
rely
To trust in YHWH, or in supports that fail.
Where else “yishaen” appears- and his eyesעֵינֵיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- their waysדַּרְכֵיdarche
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darche” appears
The context
22And he drags off the mighty by his strength; he rises up, and no one is sure of life.
23 · This verse (above)
24They are exalted a little while, and are gone; and they are brought low, like all they are gathered up, and like the heads of grain they wither.