14
withעִםkingsמְלָכִיםand counselorsוְיֹעֲצֵיof the earth,אָרֶץwho builtהַבֹּנִיםruinsחֳרָבוֹתfor themselves,לָמוֹ
Job 3:14
Study it in the app“with kings and counselors of the earth, who built ruins for themselves,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 3:14, word by word
- kingsמְלָכִיםmelachim
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appears- and counselorsיֹעֲצֵיyoatse
counselor
A trusted person who gives the king or a leader his opinion.
Where else “yoatse” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- who builtבֹּנִיםbonim
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “bonim” appears- ruinsחֳרָבוֹתchoravot
ruin, desolate place
A ruin, a destroyed and deserted place.
Where else “choravot” appears
Translation note
“Built ruins for themselves”: a phrase of uncertain sense. It may speak of buildings that today are ruins, or of ruins that they raised up again.
The context
13For now I would have lain down and been calm; I would have slept; then I would have rest
14 · This verse (above)
15or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.