Job
Chapter 4
Verse 20
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Job 4

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20 Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Job 4:20. 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 55
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.

מִבֹּ֣קֶר לָעֶ֣רֶב יֻכַּ֑תּוּ מִבְּלִ֥י מֵ֝שִׂ֗ים לָנֶ֥צַח יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃

7 word entries
מִבֹּ֣קֶר
Lemma
m/1242
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1242
Occurrences
1
לָעֶ֣רֶב
Lemma
l/6153
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H6153
Occurrences
5
יֻכַּ֑תּוּ
Lemma
3807
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hophal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3807
Occurrences
7
מִבְּלִ֥י
Lemma
m/1097
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H1097
Occurrences
20
מֵ֝שִׂ֗ים
Lemma
7760 a
Morphology
Hebrew: verb hiphil participle active
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7760
Occurrences
271
לָנֶ֥צַח
Lemma
l/5331
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H5331
Occurrences
31
יֹאבֵֽדוּ
Lemma
6
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H6
Occurrences
103
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.

καὶ ἀπὸ πρωΐθεν μέχρι ἑσπέρας οὐκ ἔτι εἰσὶ, παρὰ τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι αὐτοὺς ἑαυτοῖς βοηθῆσαι, ἀπώλοντο.

16 word entries
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
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
πρωΐθεν
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
proithen
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
9
μέχρι
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
mechri
Morphology
preposition/conjunction
Gloss
until, as far as
Part of Speech
preposition/conjunction
Definition
Until, up to, as far as.
Occurrences
40
ἑσπέρας
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
hesperas
Morphology
noun, feminine genitive singular or accusative plural
Gloss
evening
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Evening.
Occurrences
96
οὐκ
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
ἔτι
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
ἔτι
Transliteration
eti
Morphology
adverb
Gloss
still, yet, again
Part of Speech
adverb
Definition
Still, yet, further.
Occurrences
520
εἰσὶ
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
eisi
Morphology
verb, present active indicative, 3rd plural
Gloss
they are
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
5427
παρὰ
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
para
Morphology
preposition
Gloss
from, beside, with
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Elided form of παρά.
Occurrences
776
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
μὴ
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
μή
Transliteration
me
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not, lest
Part of Speech
particle
Definition
Negative particle commonly used with non-indicative moods.
Occurrences
2979
δύνασθαι
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
dynasthai
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
9
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
ἑαυτοῖς
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
heautou
Morphology
reflexive pronoun, genitive masculine/neuter singular
Gloss
of himself, his own
Part of Speech
reflexive pronoun
Definition
Reflexive pronoun himself, herself, itself, themselves.
Occurrences
462
βοηθῆσαι
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
boethesai
Morphology
Greek -σαι form; likely aorist infinitive or middle/passive verb form depending on context
Gloss
to ...
Part of Speech
infinitive/verb form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
18
ἀπώλοντο
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
apolonto
Morphology
verb, middle/passive indicative, 3rd plural pattern
Gloss
they were ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
18
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.

ܡܢ ܨܦܪܐ ܠܪܡܫܐ ܢܬܡܟܟܘܢ ܕܠܐ ܢܬܬܣܝܡܘܢ ܥܡܘܪ̈ܝܢ ܠܥܠܡ ܘܢܐܒܕܘܢ

9 word entries
ܡܢ
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
ܡܢ
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
5552
ܨܦܪܐ
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
spr'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
38
ܠܪܡܫܐ
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
lrmsh'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
15
ܢܬܡܟܟܘܢ
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
ntmkkwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
9
ܕܠܐ
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
ܕܠܐ
Transliteration
dl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
1157
ܢܬܬܣܝܡܘܢ
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
nttsymwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
1
ܥܡܘܪ̈ܝܢ
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
'mwryn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
1
ܠܥܠܡ
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
l'lm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
295
ܘܢܐܒܕܘܢ
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'bdwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
12
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.

מִצְפַר לִרְמַשׁ מִשְׁתַּפְפִין מִן דְלֵית מְשַׁוֵי לְהוֹן אַרְכָּא לְעַלְמָא יְהוֹבְדוּן׃

10 word entries
מִצְפַר
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
צפר
Transliteration
mtspr
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
30
לִרְמַשׁ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
רמש
Transliteration
lrmsh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
7
מִשְׁתַּפְפִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
mshtppyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1
מִן
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
דְלֵית
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
לית
Transliteration
dlyt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
629
מְשַׁוֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
שוי
Transliteration
mshwy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
94
לְהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
הון
Transliteration
lhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1262
אַרְכָּא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'rk'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
21
לְעַלְמָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
l'lm'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
549
יְהוֹבְדוּן׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
yhwbdwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
8
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.

De mane usque ad vesperam succidentur; et quia nullus intelligit, in æternum peribunt.

13 word entries
de
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
de
Transliteration
de
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
4779
mane
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mane
Transliteration
mane
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
203
usque
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
usque
Transliteration
usque
Morphology
GreLa POS: adverb
Occurrences
1221
ad
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ad
Transliteration
ad
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
7531
vesperum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
uesper
Transliteration
vesperum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
94
succidentur
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
succido
Transliteration
succidentur
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
44
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
quia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quia
Transliteration
quia
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
2543
nullus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nullus
Transliteration
nullus
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
196
intellegit
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
intellegit
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
211
in
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
in
Transliteration
in
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss
in
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
in, into, among, on
Etymology
Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences
22264
aeternum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
aeternum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
306
peribunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
pereo
Transliteration
peribunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
250

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 20:7

yet he will perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

4 relevance votes

Psalms 37:36

But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.

2 relevance votes

Job 14:14

If a man dies, will he live again? I would wait all the days of my warfare, until my release should come.

2 relevance votes

Job 14:2

He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.

2 relevance votes

Job 14:20

You forever prevail against him, and he departs. You change his face, and send him away.

2 relevance votes

Psalms 92:7

though the wicked spring up as the grass, and all the evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.

2 relevance votes

Proverbs 10:7

The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot.

2 relevance votes

Job 18:17

His memory will perish from the earth. He will have no name in the street.

2 relevance votes

2 Chronicles 21:20

He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He departed with no one’s regret. They buried him in David’s city, but not in the tombs of the kings.

2 relevance votes

Job 16:22

For when a few years have come, I will go the way of no return.

2 relevance votes

2 Chronicles 15:6

They were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God troubled them with all adversity.

2 relevance votes

Psalms 39:13

Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away and exist no more.”

2 relevance votes
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