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It isהִיאone thing;אַחַתthereforeעַל כֵּןI say,אָמַרְתִּי‘The blamelessתָּםand the wickedוְרָשָׁעheהוּאconsumes.’מְכַלֶּה
Job 9:22
Study it in the app“It is one thing; therefore I say, ‘The blameless and the wicked he consumes.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 9:22, word by word
- one thingאַחַתachat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appears- I sayאָמַרְתִּיamarti
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarti” appears- ‘The blamelessתָּםtam
blameless
Upright, without deceit.
Where else “tam” appears- and the wickedרָשָׁעrasha
wicked
One who does evil, the opposite of the righteous.
Where else “rasha” appears- consumes.’מְכַלֶּהmechale
destroy
To put an end to something, destroy it.
Where else “mechale” appears
The context
21Blameless I am; I do not know myself; I despise my life.
22 · This verse (above)
23If a scourge kills suddenly, he mocks at the trial of the innocent.