Job
Chapter 21
Verse 7
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Job 21

World English Bible Updated, Verse 7

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7 “Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Job 21:7. 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 39
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.

מַדּ֣וּעַ רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִחְי֑וּ עָ֝תְק֗וּ גַּם־גָּ֥בְרוּ חָֽיִל׃

7 word entries
מַדּ֣וּעַ
Lemma
4069
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H4069
Occurrences
62
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
Lemma
7563
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H7563
Occurrences
201
יִחְי֑וּ
Lemma
2421
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H2421
Occurrences
140
עָ֝תְק֗וּ
Lemma
6275
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H6275
Occurrences
5
גַּם
Lemma
1571
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H1571
Occurrences
508
גָּ֥בְרוּ
Lemma
1396
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal perfect 3rd person common gender plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1396
Occurrences
18
חָֽיִל
Lemma
2428
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H2428
Occurrences
164
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.

Διὰ τί ἀσεβεῖς ζῶσι, πεπαλαίωνται δὲ καὶ ἐν πλούτῳ;

9 word entries
Διὰ
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
διά
Transliteration
dia
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
through, because of
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided form of διά.
Occurrences
881
τί
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
ἀσεβεῖς
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
asebeis
Morphology
adjective, nominative/accusative masculine/feminine plural
Gloss
ungodly, impious
Part of Speech
adjective
Definition
Ungodly, impious, or wicked.
Occurrences
143
ζῶσι
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
zosi
Morphology
dative singular or indeclinable form 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
4
πεπαλαίωνται
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
pepalaiontai
Morphology
nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
δὲ
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
δέ
Transliteration
de
Morphology
postpositive conjunction/particle
Gloss
but, and, now
Part of Speech
conjunction/particle
Definition
Postpositive connective conjunction.
Occurrences
4634
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
ἐν
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
ἐν
Transliteration
en
Morphology
preposition with dative
Gloss
in, among, with
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
13086
πλούτῳ
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
ployto
Morphology
dative singular masculine/neuter 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
17
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.

ܡܛܠ ܡܢܐ ܪ̈ܫܝܥܐ ܚ̈ܝܝܢ ܘܡܥܬܩܝܢ ܓܢܒܪ̈ܝ ܚܝܠܐ

7 word entries
ܡܛܠ
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
ܡܛܠ
Transliteration
mtl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2606
ܡܢܐ
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
ܡܢܐ
Transliteration
mn'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
299
ܪ̈ܫܝܥܐ
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
rshy''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
77
ܚ̈ܝܝܢ
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
hyyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
25
ܘܡܥܬܩܝܢ
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
wm'tqyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܓܢܒܪ̈ܝ
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
gnbry
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
43
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
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.

מָדֵין רַשִׁיעַיָא יְחוֹן אַתְקִיפוּ לְחוֹד קְנוֹי נִכְסִין׃

7 word entries
מָדֵין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
דין
Transliteration
mdyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
684
רַשִׁיעַיָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
rshy'y'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
166
יְחוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ychwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
10
אַתְקִיפוּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'tqypw
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
15
לְחוֹד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
חוד
Transliteration
lchwd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
149
קְנוֹי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
qnwy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
נִכְסִין׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
nksyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
39
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.

Quare ergo impii vivunt, sublevati sunt, confortatique divitiis?

9 word entries
quare
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quare
Transliteration
quare
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
224
ergo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ergo
Transliteration
ergo
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1237
impii
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
impius
Transliteration
impii
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
267
vivunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uiuo
Transliteration
vivunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
524
sublevati
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
subleuo
Transliteration
sublevati
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
23
sunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
confortatique
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
confortatique
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
101
{confortatique}
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
que
Transliteration
{confortatique}
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
4392
divitiis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
divitiis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
94

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 12:6

The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their god in their hands.

7 relevance votes

Psalms 37:35

I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

6 relevance votes

Psalms 17:10

They close up their callous hearts. With their mouth they speak proudly.

4 relevance votes

Habakkuk 1:13

You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,

4 relevance votes

Daniel 4:17

“‘The sentence is by the decree of the watchers and the demand by the word of the holy ones, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.’

3 relevance votes
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