Job 11:3

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Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?	Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?	For thou hast said, My doctrine [is] pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Should thy lies^H907 make^H2790 men^H4962 hold their peace^H2790? and when thou mockest^H3932, shall no man make thee ashamed^H3637?

Original Hebrew

בַּדֶּיךָ מְתִים יַחֲרִישׁו וַתִּלְעַג וְאֵין מַכְלִם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
בַּ֭דֶּי/ךָ	Ba.dei./kha	H907	HNcmpc/Sp2ms	empty boasts/ your
מְתִ֣ים	me.Tim	H4962	HNcmpa	men
יַחֲרִ֑ישׁו	ya.cha.Ri.shv	H2790	HVhi3mp	will they silence?
וַ֝/תִּלְעַ֗ג	va./til.'Ag	H3932	HC/Vqw2ms	and/ have you mocked?
וְ/אֵ֣ין	ve./'Ein	H369	HC/Tn	and/ there not
מַכְלִֽם	makh.Lim	H3637	HVhrmsa	(is one who) puts to shame

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H907 — בַּד (bad, bad): from בָּדָא; a brag or lie; also a liar; liar, lie.
H2790 — חָרַשׁ (chârash, khaw-rash'): a primitive root; to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness); [idiom] altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
H3637 — כָּלַם (kâlam, kaw-lawm'): a primitive root; properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult; be (make) ashamed, blush, be confounded, be put to confusion, hurt, reproach, (do, put to) shame.
H3932 — לָעַג (lâʻag, law-ag'): a primitive root; to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly; have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.
H4962 — מַת (math, math): from the same as מָתַי; properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural); [phrase] few, [idiom] friends, men, persons, [idiom] small.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

make thee — Psalms 83:16, 2 Thessalonians 3:14, Titus 2:8
mockest — Job 12:4, Job 13:9, Job 17:2, Job 34:7, Psalms 35:16, Jeremiah 15:17, Jude 1:18
thy lies — Job 13:4, Job 15:2-3, Job 24:25

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