Job 4:20

“From morning to evening they are shattered; without anyone noticing they perish forever.”

Job 4:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Job 4:20, word by word

From morningבֹּקֶרboker

morning

Morning, dawn.

Where else “boker” appears
to eveningעֶרֶבerev

evening

Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.

Where else “erev” appears
they are shatteredיֻכַּתּוּyukatu

crush

To beat something to pieces.

Where else “yukatu” appears
withoutבְּלִיbeli

without; not

Without; not; nothing.

Where else “beli” appears
anyone noticingמֵשִׂיםmesim

take to heart

"Set the face": decide; "set in the heart": pay attention.

Where else “mesim” appears
they perishיֹאבֵדוּyovedu

perish

To die, be ruined.

Where else “yovedu” appears
foreverנֶצַחnetsach

forever

Forever, without end; with not, never again.

Where else “netsach” appears

The context

19how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust; they crush them before the moth.

20 · This verse (above)

21Is not their cord pulled up within them? They die, and not with wisdom.’

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