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becauseאֲשֶׁר עַל כֵּןthey turned awayסָרוּfrom following him,מֵאַחֲרָיוand noneוְכָל לֹאof his waysדְּרָכָיוdid they understand,הִשְׂכִּילוּ
Job 34:27
Study it in the app“because they turned away from following him, and none of his ways did they understand,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 34:27, word by word
- they turned awayסָרוּsaru
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “saru” appears- of his waysדְּרָכָיderachay
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derachay” appears- did they understandהִשְׂכִּילוּhiskilu
act wisely
To grasp what matters and act wisely.
Where else “hiskilu” appears
The context
26As wicked men he strikes them in a place where people see,
27 · This verse (above)
28so as to bring to him the cry of the poor, and the cry of the afflicted he hears.