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Is it saidהַאֲמֹרto a king,לְמֶלֶךְ‘Perverse!’בְּלִיָּעַלand ‘Wicked!’רָשָׁעtoאֶלnobles?נְדִיבִים
Job 34:18
Study it in the app“Is it said to a king, ‘Perverse!’ and ‘Wicked!’ to nobles?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 34:18, word by word
- Is it saidאֲמֹרamor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amor” appears- to a kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- ‘Perverse!’בְּלִיָּעַלbeliyaal
worthlessness, wickedness
Worthlessness, a thing of no value: "sons of belial" are worthless people who do evil. Later it was used as a name for the evil one (2 Corinthians 6:15).
Where else “beliyaal” appears- and ‘Wicked!’רָשָׁעrasha
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rasha” appears- noblesנְדִיבִיםnedivim
noble
A man of rank who governs or decides; the prince of a people.
Where else “nedivim” appears
The context
17Can even one who hates justice govern? Or will you declare wicked the righteous mighty one?
18 · This verse (above)
19To him who does not show partiality to princes nor regard the rich above the poor, for the work of his hands are they all.