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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Job 21:34 - Comfort
Job 21:34 - How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?
| Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How | H349 | אֵיךְ |
how ? or how !; also where |
| then comfort | H5162 | נָחַם |
[Verb] properly to {sigh} that {is} breathe strongly; by implication to be {sorry} that {is} (in a favorable sense) to {pity} console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself) |
| ye me in vain | H1892 | הֶבֶל |
[Noun Masculine] emptiness or vanity; figuratively something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb |
| seeing in your answers | H8666 | תְּשׁוּבָה |
[Noun Feminine] a recurrence (of time or place); a reply (as returned) |
| there remaineth | H7604 | שָׁאַר |
[Verb] properly to swell {up} that {is} be (causatively make) redundant |
| falsehood | H4604 | מַעַל |
[Noun Masculine] {treachery} that {is} sin |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.