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Job 24:24 - Tops

Job 24:24 - They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

Verse	Strongs No.	Hebrew	Strongs Definition
They are exalted	H7426	רָמַם	[Verb] to rise (literally or figuratively)
for a little while	H4592	מְעַט	a little or few (often adverbial or comparative)
but are gone	H369	אַיִן	[Neuter] a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
and brought low	H4355	מָכַךְ	[Verb] to tumble (in ruins); figuratively to perish
they are taken out of the way	H7092	קָפַץ	[Verb] to draw {together} that {is} close; by implication to leap (by contracting the limbs); specifically to die (from gathering up the feet)
as all	H3605	כֹּל	[Noun Masculine] properly the whole; hence {all} any or every (in the singular {only} but often in a plural sense)
other and cut off	H5243	נָמַל	[Verb] to become clipped or (specifically) circumcised
as the tops	H7218	רֹאשׁ	[Noun Masculine] the head (as most easily {shaken }) whether literally or figuratively (in many {applications} of {place} {time} {rank} etc.)
of the ears of corn	H7641	שִׁבֹּל	[Noun Feminine] a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy a branch

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.