Job 21:17
How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.This verse in the real world
When
Who
In what words
- דָּעַךְdâʻakto be extinguished; figuratively, to expire or be dried up
- אֵידʼêydoppression; by implication misfortune, ruin
- נִירnîyra lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)
- חֶבֶלchebela rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritanc
- חָלַקchâlaqto be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to appor
- רָשָׁעrâshâʻmorally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- בּוֹאbôwʼto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Job 18:5–6, Pro 20:20, Pro 13:9, Job 18:18, Luk 12:46, Mat 25:8, Pro 24:20, Psa 90:7–9