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Would thatאָבִיJobאִיּוֹבwere testedיִבָּחֵןtoעַדthe endנֶצַחforעַלhis answersתְּשֻׁבֹתlike menבְּאַנְשֵׁיof wickedness!אָוֶן
Job 34:36
Study it in the app“Would that Job were tested to the end for his answers like men of wickedness!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 34:36, word by word
- Would thatאָבִיavi
my desire, would that
A word that appears only once in the Bible (Job 34:36) and expresses a wish: "would that." Its exact sense is uncertain.
Where else “avi” appears- Jobאִיּוֹבiyov
Job
Job: the man of the land of Uz, blameless and upright, whose story of suffering and of questions to God is told in the book that bears his name. Ezekiel 14:14 and James 5:11 also mention him.
Where else “iyov” appears- were testedיִבָּחֵןyibachen
test, examine
Test, examine to find out whether something is true or genuine, as metal is tested.
Where else “yibachen” appears- the endנֶצַחnetsach
forever
Forever, without end; with not, never again.
Where else “netsach” appears- his answersתְּשֻׁבֹתteshuvot
answer
What someone answers in order to defend himself or reply to another.
Where else “teshuvot” appears- like menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of wickednessאָוֶןaven
wickedness
The evil one does.
Where else “aven” appears
The context
35‘Job does not speak with knowledge, and his words are not with prudence.’
36 · This verse (above)
37For he adds to his sin transgression; among us he claps his hands, and multiplies his sayings against El.”