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Job 21

Job 21:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But Job
'Iyowb (Hebrew #347)
hated (i.e. persecuted); Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience
KJV usage: Job.
Pronounce: ee-yobe'
Origin: from 340
answered
`anah (Hebrew #6030)
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, X scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
and said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ministry on This Verse

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1-6:  Job shews that even in the judgment of man he has reason to be grieved.
7-15:  Sometimes the wicked prosper, though they despise God.
16-20:  Sometimes their destruction is manifest.
21-26:  The happy and unhappy are alike in death.
27-34:  The judgment of the wicked is in another world.
Job 21:1• 1But Job answered and said, (Job 21:1)
• He meets each of the speakers on his own ground and silences him. In this reply to Zophar he shows that his spirit is still unbroken, and answers with conclusiveness the semblance of arguments which he had pre-sented. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• The solemnity of his reply, which has to do with God (chap. 21:1-6). (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Job answered and said,