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Forכִּיhe has said,אָמַר‘It does notלֹאprofitיִסְכָּןa manגָּבֶרto take pleasureבִּרְצֹתוֹinעִםElohim.’אֱלֹהִים
Job 34:9
Study it in the app“For he has said, ‘It does not profit a man to take pleasure in Elohim.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 34:9, word by word
- he has saidאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- profitיִסְכָּןyiskan
be useful
To be of use, be useful.
Where else “yiskan” appears- a manגָּבֶרgaver
man
Man, a grown man in his strength.
Where else “gaver” appears- to take pleasureרְצֹתretsot
take pleasure
To look on someone with pleasure.
Where else “retsot” appears- Elohim.’אֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears
The context
8and goes in company with those who work wickedness, and walks with men of wickedness?
9 · This verse (above)
10Therefore, men of heart, listen to me: far be it from El to do wickedness, and from Shaddai to do injustice.