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Soכֵּןare the pathsאָרְחוֹתof allכָּלwho forgetשֹׁכְחֵיEl,אֵלand the hopeוְתִקְוַתof the godlessחָנֵףperishes,תֹּאבֵד
Job 8:13
Study it in the app“So are the paths of all who forget El, and the hope of the godless perishes,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 8:13, word by word
- are the pathsאָרְחוֹתarchot
path
A road; or a way of life.
Where else “archot” appears- who forgetשֹׁכְחֵיshochche
forget
Forget.
Where else “shochche” appears- Elאֵלel
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appears- and the hopeתִקְוַתtikvat
hope
What one hopes for, and the reason to hope.
Where else “tikvat” appears- of the godlessחָנֵףchanef
godless, profane
Godless: one who lives without regard for God; defiled, profane.
Where else “chanef” appears- perishesתֹּאבֵדtoved
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “toved” appears
The context
12While it is still in its greenness, not cut down, it dries up before any grass.
13 · This verse (above)
14whose confidence is cut off, and whose security is a spider’s house.