Job
Chapter 21
Verse 34
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Job 21

World English Bible, Verse 34

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34 So how can you comfort me with nonsense, because in your answers there remains only falsehood?”

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Job 21:34. 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 44
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.

וְ֭אֵיךְ תְּנַחֲמ֣וּנִי הָ֑בֶל וּ֝תְשֽׁוּבֹתֵיכֶ֗ם נִשְׁאַר־מָֽעַל׃ ס

6 word entries
וְ֭אֵיךְ
Lemma
c/349 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + particle
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H349
Occurrences
18
תְּנַחֲמ֣וּנִי
Lemma
5162
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel imperfect 2rd person masculine plural + suffix
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H5162
Occurrences
57
הָ֑בֶל
Lemma
1892
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H1892
Occurrences
58
וּ֝תְשֽׁוּבֹתֵיכֶ֗ם
Lemma
c/8666
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction + noun common feminine plural construct + suffix
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H8666
Occurrences
2
נִשְׁאַר
Lemma
7604
Morphology
Hebrew: verb niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7604
Occurrences
76
מָֽעַל
Lemma
4604
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H4604
Occurrences
17
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.

Πῶς δὲ παρακαλεῖτέ με κενά; τὸ δὲ ἐμὲ καταπαύσασθαι ἀφʼ ὑμῶν οὐδέν.

12 word entries
Πῶς
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
πῶς
Transliteration
pos
Morphology
interrogative adverb
Gloss
how?
Part of Speech
adverb
Definition
Interrogative adverb meaning how.
Occurrences
125
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
παρακαλεῖτέ
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
parakaleite
Morphology
vocative singular, imperative, or 3rd singular verb ending depending on context
Gloss
form requires context
Part of Speech
verb/noun form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
με
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
ἐγώ
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
pronoun, nominative first-person singular
Gloss
I
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
First-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
11445
κενά
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
kena
Morphology
nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative 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
3
τὸ
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
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
ἐμὲ
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
ἐγώ
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
pronoun, nominative first-person singular
Gloss
I
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
First-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
11445
καταπαύσασθαι
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
katapaysasthai
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
ἀφʼ
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
aph
Morphology
preposition with genitive, elided form
Gloss
from, away from
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided/aspirated form of ἀπό.
Occurrences
3869
ὑμῶν
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
σύ
Transliteration
sy
Morphology
pronoun, nominative second-person singular
Gloss
you
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
Second-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
12950
οὐδέν
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
oyden
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
23
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.

ܘܐܝܟܐ ܬܠܒܒܘܢܢܝ ܗܒܠܐ ܘܬܝܒܬܐ ܕܦܬ̈ܓܡܘܗܝ ܝܬܪܘ ܩܕܡܝ

7 word entries
ܘܐܝܟܐ
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'yk'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
10
ܬܠܒܒܘܢܢܝ
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
tlbbwnny
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܗܒܠܐ
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
31
ܘܬܝܒܬܐ
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
wtybt'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
ܕܦܬ̈ܓܡܘܗܝ
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
dptgmwhy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
47
ܝܬܪܘ
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
ytrw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2
ܩܕܡܝ
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
qdmy
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
124
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.

וְהֵיךְ תְּנַחֲמוּנַנִי לְמָא וּתְיוּבְתְּכוֹן אִשְׁתַּתַּר בְּהוֹן שְׁקָר׃

7 word entries
וְהֵיךְ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
היך
Transliteration
whyk
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
459
תְּנַחֲמוּנַנִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
tnchmwnny
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
לְמָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
למא
Transliteration
lm'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
187
וּתְיוּבְתְּכוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wtywbtkwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
אִשְׁתַּתַּר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'shttr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
בְּהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
הון
Transliteration
bhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1262
שְׁקָר׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
שקר
Transliteration
shqr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
132
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.

Quomodo igitur consolamini me frustra, cum responsio vestra repugnare ostensa sit veritati?]

12 word entries
quomodo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quomodo
Transliteration
quomodo
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
284
igitur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
igitur
Transliteration
igitur
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
420
consolamini
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
consolamini
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
94
me
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ego
Transliteration
me
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
6108
frustra
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
frustra
Transliteration
frustra
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
48
cum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
cum
Transliteration
cum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
5272
responsio
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
responsio
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
4
vestra
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uester
Transliteration
vestra
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1504
repugnare
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
repugno
Transliteration
repugnare
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
9
ostensa
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ostendo
Transliteration
ostensa
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
240
sit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
veritati
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ueritas
Transliteration
veritati
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
269

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“I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!

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Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

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Job 42:7

It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.

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