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Job 21

Job 21:34 KJV (With Strong’s)

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How then comfort
nacham (Hebrew #5162)
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
KJV usage: comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
Pronounce: naw-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
ye me inv vain
hebel (Hebrew #1892)
from 1891; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
KJV usage: X altogether, vain, vanity.
Pronounce: heh'bel
Origin: or (rarely in the abs.) habel {hab-ale'}
, seeing in your answers
tshuwbah (Hebrew #8666)
from 7725; a recurrence (of time or place); a reply (as returned)
KJV usage: answer, be expired, return.
Pronounce: tesh-oo-baw'
Origin: or tshubah {tesh-oo-baw'}
there remaineth
sha'ar (Hebrew #7604)
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
KJV usage: leave, (be) left, let, remain, remnant, reserve, the rest.
Pronounce: shaw-ar'
Origin: a primitive root
κfalsehood
ma`al (Hebrew #4604)
treachery, i.e. sin
KJV usage: falsehood, grievously, sore, transgression, trespass, X very.
Pronounce: mah'-al
Origin: from 4603
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Job 16:2• 2I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. (Job 16:2)
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transgression.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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comfort.
Job 16:2• 2I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. (Job 16:2)
seeing.
Job 13:4• 4But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. (Job 13:4)
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Job 32:3• 3Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. (Job 32:3)
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Job 42:7• 7And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. (Job 42:7)
falsehood.
Heb. transgression.
• Conclusion (ver. 34). (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)
• Their “comforts,” indeed, are vain, and their replies are lacking in the sincerity that indicates the real seek-er after truth. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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How then comfort ye me in vain? Your answers remain perfidious.