Job
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Verse 4
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Job 9

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4 He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Job 9:4. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 52
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

חֲכַ֣ם לֵ֭בָב וְאַמִּ֣יץ כֹּ֑חַ מִֽי־הִקְשָׁ֥ה אֵ֝לָ֗יו וַיִּשְׁלָֽם׃

8 word entries
חֲכַ֣ם
Lemma
2450
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H2450
Occurrences
104
לֵ֭בָב
Lemma
3824
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3824
Occurrences
188
וְאַמִּ֣יץ
Lemma
c/533
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + adjective
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H533
Occurrences
4
כֹּ֑חַ
Lemma
3581 b
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H3581
Occurrences
87
מִֽי
Lemma
4310
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H4310
Occurrences
333
הִקְשָׁ֥ה
Lemma
7185
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7185
Occurrences
18
אֵ֝לָ֗יו
Lemma
413
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H413
Occurrences
5170
וַיִּשְׁלָֽם
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal sequential imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H7999
Occurrences
28
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Σοφὸς γάρ ἐστι διανοίᾳ, κραταιός τε καὶ μέγας· τίς σκληρὸς γενόμενος ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ὑπέμεινεν;

14 word entries
Σοφὸς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
sophos
Morphology
adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
wise
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
Wise, skilled, or prudent.
Occurrences
61
γάρ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
γάρ
Transliteration
gar
Morphology
postpositive explanatory conjunction
Gloss
for, because
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Explanatory or causal conjunction.
Occurrences
1390
ἐστι
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
esti
Morphology
verb, present active indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it is
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
5427
διανοίᾳ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
dianoia
Morphology
dative singular feminine pattern
Gloss
to/for ...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
27
κραταιός
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
krataios
Morphology
nominative masculine singular or genitive neuter singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
5
τε
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
τε
Transliteration
te
Morphology
enclitic particle/conjunction
Gloss
and, also
Part of Speech
particle/conjunction
Definition
Connective enclitic particle.
Occurrences
247
καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
μέγας
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
megas
Morphology
adjective, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
great, large
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
Great, large, important, or mighty.
Occurrences
653
τίς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
τίς
Transliteration
tis
Morphology
interrogative/indefinite pronoun
Gloss
who, someone
Part of Speech
interrogative/indefinite pronoun
Definition
Interrogative or indefinite pronoun depending on accent/context.
Occurrences
1124
σκληρὸς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
skleros
Morphology
nominative masculine singular or genitive neuter singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
12
γενόμενος
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
genomenos
Morphology
nominative masculine singular or genitive neuter singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
28
ἐναντίον
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
enantion
Morphology
preposition/adverb
Gloss
before, opposite, against
Part of Speech
preposition/adverb
Definition
Before, opposite, in the presence of, or against.
Occurrences
414
αὐτοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
autos
Morphology
pronoun, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
he, himself
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Third-person personal/intensive pronoun.
Occurrences
26672
ὑπέμεινεν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
ypemeinen
Morphology
verb, aorist/imperfect active indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
he/she ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܚܟܝܡ ܠܒܐ ܗܘ ܘܥܫܝܢ ܚܝܠܐ ܡܢܘ ܐܬܩܫܝ ܠܘܬܗ ܘܗܘܐ ܫܠܡ

10 word entries
ܚܟܝܡ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
hkym
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
19
ܠܒܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܠܒܐ
Transliteration
lb'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
95
ܗܘ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܗܘ
Transliteration
hu
Morphology
pronoun/copula, masculine singular
Gloss
he, it, is
Occurrences
2003
ܘܥܫܝܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
w'shyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
7
ܚܝܠܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
hyl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
331
ܡܢܘ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܡܢܘ
Transliteration
mnw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
227
ܐܬܩܫܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'tqshy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܠܘܬܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
lwth
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
165
ܘܗܘܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
whw'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
367
ܫܠܡ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܫܠܡ
Transliteration
shlm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
72
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

חַכִּימָא לִבָּא וְאַלֵים חֵילָא מַן אַקְשֵׁי לְוָתֵיהּ וְאַשְׁלֵם׃

8 word entries
חַכִּימָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
chkym'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
44
לִבָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לבא
Transliteration
lb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
168
וְאַלֵים
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'lym
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
5
חֵילָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
chyl'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
218
מַן
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
מן
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
from, out of, than
Occurrences
2836
אַקְשֵׁי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'qshy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
4
לְוָתֵיהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
lwtyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
112
וְאַשְׁלֵם׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'shlm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
20
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Sapiens corde est, et fortis robore: quis restitit ei, et pacem habuit?

12 word entries
sapiens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sapio
Transliteration
sapiens
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
37
corde
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cor
Transliteration
corde
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
1028
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
fortis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
fortis
Transliteration
fortis
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
326
robore
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
robur
Transliteration
robore
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
49
quis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quis
Transliteration
quis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1619
restitit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
resisto
Transliteration
restitit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
89
ei
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
ei
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
pacem
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pax
Transliteration
pacem
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
346
habuit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
habeo
Transliteration
habuit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
1641

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Job 36:5

Truly, God gives up the hard-hearted, and will not give life to the sinner.

7 relevance votes

Romans 11:33

O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.

4 relevance votes

Ephesians 3:20

Now to him who is able to do in full measure more than all our desires or thoughts, through the power which is working in us,

4 relevance votes

Job 9:19

If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?

3 relevance votes

Proverbs 29:1

A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.

3 relevance votes

Ephesians 3:10

So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,

3 relevance votes

Daniel 2:20

And Daniel said in answer, May the name of God be praised for ever and ever: for wisdom and strength are his:

2 relevance votes

Job 12:13

With him there is wisdom and strength; power and knowledge are his.

2 relevance votes

Ephesians 1:8

Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;

2 relevance votes

Job 6:10

So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.

2 relevance votes

Psalms 136:5

To him who by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

2 relevance votes

Psalms 104:24

O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made.

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