Job 34:18

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Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?	[Is it fit] to say to a king, [Thou art] wicked? [and] to princes, [Ye are] ungodly?	[How much less to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all [are] the work of his hands.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Is it fit to say^H559 to a king^H4428, Thou art wicked^H1100? and to princes^H5081, Ye are ungodly^H7563?

Original Hebrew

הַאֲמֹר לְמֶלֶךְ בְּלִיָּעַל רָשָׁע אֶל־נְדִיבִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
הַ/אֲמֹ֣ר	ha./'a.Mor	H559	HTi/Vqc	¿/ to say
לְ/מֶ֣לֶךְ	le./Me.lekh	H4428	HR/Ncmsa	to/ a king
בְּלִיָּ֑עַל	be.li.Ya.'al	H1100	HNcmsa	worthless person
רָ֝שָׁ֗ע	ra.Sha'	H7563	HAamsa	wicked (one)
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
נְדִיבִֽים	ne.di.Vim	H5081	HAampa	noble (people)

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

Strong's References

H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
H1100 — בְּלִיַּעַל (bᵉlîyaʻal, bel-e-yah'-al): from בְּלִי and יַעַל;(often in connection with אִישׁ, אִשָּׁה, בֵּן, etc.); without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness; Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.
H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
H5081 — נָדִיב (nâdîyb, naw-deeb'): from נָדַב; properly, voluntary, i.e. generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant); free, liberal (things), noble, prince, willing (hearted).
H7563 — רָשָׁע (râshâʻ, raw-shaw'): from רָשַׁע; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.

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

H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).

Cross References

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: JUSTICE-INJUSTICE
Torrey’s: KINGS
Nave’s: BLASPHEMY, CITIZENS, GOD, INFIDELITY, KING, LOYALTY, POOR

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