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Job 6:21

For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid.
Job 6:21
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

כִּֽי־עַ֭תָּה הֱיִ֣יתֶם ל֑וֹ תִּֽרְא֥וּ חֲ֝תַ֗ת וַתִּירָֽאוּ׃

  1. כִּֽי־ki-“for”
    Particle · from כִּי · “for” · Strong's H3588A
  2. עַ֭תָּה'A.tah“now”
    Adverb · from עַתָּ֫ה · “now” · Strong's H6258
  3. הֱיִ֣יתֶםhe.Yi.tem“you have become”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural · from הָיָה · “to be” · Strong's H1961
  4. ל֑וֹlo“<into> it”
    Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from Os3m · “him” · Strong's H9033
    Qere: the scribes' reading in the margin
  5. תִּֽרְא֥וּtir.'U“you have seen”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural · from רָאָה · “see” · Strong's H7200G
  6. חֲ֝תַ֗תcha.Tat“a terror”
    Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from חֲתַת · “terror” · Strong's H2866
  7. וַתִּירָֽאוּ׃va.ti.Ra.'u“and you were afraid”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural · from יָרֵא · “frightening(DANGER)” · Strong's H3372G
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)