23
Ifאִםa scourgeשׁוֹטkillsיָמִיתsuddenly,פִּתְאֹםhe mocksיִלְעָגat the trialלְמַסַּתof the innocent.נְקִיִּם
Job 9:23
Study it in the app“If a scourge kills suddenly, he mocks at the trial of the innocent.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 9:23, word by word
- a scourgeשׁוֹטshot
whip, scourge
Whip, scourge: a lash for striking animals or people. It is also used as an image of a punishment.
Where else “shot” appears- killsיָמִיתyamit
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “yamit” appears- suddenlyפִּתְאֹםpitom
suddenly
Suddenly, in an instant.
Where else “pitom” appears- he mocksיִלְעָגyilag
mock
To laugh at someone with contempt, to make him look ridiculous.
Where else “yilag” appears- at the trialמַסַּתmasat
trial
Putting someone through hardships that reveal what is in them.
Where else “masat” appears- of the innocentנְקִיִּםnekiyim
innocent
Without guilt: blood of one who did no wrong.
Where else “nekiyim” appears
Translation note
“At the trial”: others understand the word as “despair.”
The context
22It is one thing; therefore I say, ‘The blameless and the wicked he consumes.’
23 · This verse (above)
24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; the face of its judges he covers. If not he, then who is it?