Job
Chapter 21
Verse 17
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Job 21

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17 “How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Job 21:17. 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 62
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.

כַּמָּ֤ה ׀ נֵר־רְשָׁ֘עִ֤ים יִדְעָ֗ךְ וְיָבֹ֣א עָלֵ֣ימוֹ אֵידָ֑ם חֲ֝בָלִ֗ים יְחַלֵּ֥ק בְּאַפּֽוֹ׃

10 word entries
כַּמָּ֤ה
Lemma
k/4100
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + particle
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4100
Occurrences
12
נֵר
Lemma
5216 a
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5216
Occurrences
25
רְשָׁ֘עִ֤ים
Lemma
7563
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H7563
Occurrences
201
יִדְעָ֗ךְ
Lemma
1846
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H1846
Occurrences
9
וְיָבֹ֣א
Lemma
c/935
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H935
Occurrences
984
עָלֵ֣ימוֹ
Lemma
5921 a
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5921
Occurrences
4903
אֵידָ֑ם
Lemma
343
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H343
Occurrences
20
חֲ֝בָלִ֗ים
Lemma
2256 b
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H2256
Occurrences
6
יְחַלֵּ֥ק
Lemma
2505 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H2505
Occurrences
36
בְּאַפּֽוֹ
Lemma
b/639
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct + suffix
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H639
Occurrences
49
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.

Οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀσεβῶν λύχνος σβεσθήσεται, ἐπελεύσεται δὲ αὐτοῖς ἡ καταστροφὴ, ὠδῖνες δὲ αὐτοὺς ἕξουσιν ἀπὸ ὀργῆς.

19 word entries
Οὐ
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
οὐ
Transliteration
ou
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Negative particle before rough breathing.
Occurrences
5892
μὴν
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
μήν
Transliteration
men
Morphology
emphatic particle
Gloss
surely, indeed
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Emphatic particle meaning surely or indeed.
Occurrences
274
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
ἀλλὰ
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
alla
Morphology
conjunction
Gloss
but, rather
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Adversative conjunction.
Occurrences
489
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
ἀσεβῶν
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
asebon
Morphology
adjective/substantive, genitive plural
Gloss
of the ungodly
Part of Speech
adjective/substantive
Definition
Ungodly, impious, wicked.
Occurrences
143
λύχνος
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
lychnos
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
10
σβεσθήσεται
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
sbesthesetai
Morphology
verb, future middle indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it will ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
17
ἐπελεύσεται
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
epeleysetai
Morphology
verb, future middle indicative, 3rd singular
Gloss
he/she/it will ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
11
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
αὐτοῖς
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
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
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
καταστροφὴ
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
katastrophe
Morphology
nominative feminine 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
8
ὠδῖνες
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
odines
Morphology
proper noun, likely indeclinable or context-dependent inflected form
Gloss
Ὠδῖνες
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Generated proper-name alignment. Exact identity should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
17
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
αὐτοὺς
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
ἕξουσιν
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
exoysin
Morphology
verb, present/future active indicative, 3rd plural
Gloss
they ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
7
ἀπὸ
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
ἀπό
Transliteration
apo
Morphology
preposition with genitive
Gloss
from, away from
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided/aspirated form of ἀπό.
Occurrences
3869
ὀργῆς
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
orges
Morphology
noun, feminine genitive singular
Gloss
of anger, wrath
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Wrath, anger, or indignation.
Occurrences
216
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.

ܟܡܐ ܢܕܥܟ ܫܪܓܗܘܢ ܕܪ̈ܫܝܥܐ ܘܢܐܬܐ ܥܠܝܗܘܢ ܬܒܪܐ ܚܒܠܐ ܢܦܠܓ ܪܘܓܙܗ

10 word entries
ܟܡܐ
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
ܟܡܐ
Transliteration
km'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
25
ܢܕܥܟ
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
nd'k
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
11
ܫܪܓܗܘܢ
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
shrghwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
1
ܕܪ̈ܫܝܥܐ
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
drshy''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
47
ܘܢܐܬܐ
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
wn't'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
24
ܥܠܝܗܘܢ
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
'lyhwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
349
ܬܒܪܐ
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
tbr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
24
ܚܒܠܐ
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
hbl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
38
ܢܦܠܓ
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
nplg
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
7
ܪܘܓܙܗ
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
rwgzh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
61
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.

כְּמָא שְׁרָגָא דְרַשִׁיעֵי יִטְפֵי וְיֵיתֵי עֲלֵיהוֹן תַּבְרֵיהוֹן עַדְבִין יְפַלֵג בְּרוּגְזֵיהּ׃

10 word entries
כְּמָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
כמא
Transliteration
km'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
322
שְׁרָגָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
shrg'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
10
דְרַשִׁיעֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
drshy'y
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
98
יִטְפֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ytpy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
4
וְיֵיתֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wyyty
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
82
עֲלֵיהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'lyhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
342
תַּבְרֵיהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tbryhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
עַדְבִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'dbyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
15
יְפַלֵג
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
yplg
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
2
בְּרוּגְזֵיהּ׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
brwgzyh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
72
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.

Quoties lucerna impiorum extinguetur, et superveniet eis inundatio, et dolores dividet furoris sui?

13 word entries
quotiens
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
quotiens
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
7
lucerna
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
lucerna
Transliteration
lucerna
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
64
impiorum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
impius
Transliteration
impiorum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
267
extinguetur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
extinguetur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
47
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
superveniet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
superveniet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
50
eis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
is
Transliteration
eis
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
17810
inundatio
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
inundatio
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
6
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
dolores
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
dolor
Transliteration
dolores
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
119
dividet
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
diuido
Transliteration
dividet
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
192
furoris
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
furor
Transliteration
furoris
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
233
sui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
suus
Transliteration
sui
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5783

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.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.

3 relevance votes

Proverbs 20:20

Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

3 relevance votes

Job 18:18

He will be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

2 relevance votes

Proverbs 24:20

for there will be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.

2 relevance votes

Matthew 25:8

The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’

2 relevance votes

Psalms 32:10

Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in Yahweh.

2 relevance votes

Luke 12:46

then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn’t expecting him and in an hour that he doesn’t know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.

2 relevance votes
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