The Meaning of Job 30:24 Explained

Job 30:24

KJV: Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

YLT: Surely not against the heap Doth He send forth the hand, Though in its ruin they have safety.

Darby: Indeed, no prayer availeth when he stretcheth out his hand: though they cry when he destroyeth.

ASV: Howbeit doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Howbeit he will not stretch out  [his] hand  to the grave,  though they cry  in his destruction. 

What does Job 30:24 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Job 30

1  Job's honor is turned into extreme contempt
15  and his prosperity into calamity

What do the individual words in Job 30:24 mean?

Surely not against a heap of ruins He would stretch out [His] hand if when He destroys [it] they cry out
אַ֣ךְ לֹא־ בְ֭עִי יִשְׁלַח־ יָ֑ד אִם־ בְּ֝פִיד֗וֹ לָהֶ֥ן שֽׁוּעַ

אַ֣ךְ  Surely 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַךְ  
Sense: indeed, surely (emphatic).
בְ֭עִי  against  a  heap  of  ruins 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בְּעִי  
Sense: ruin, heap of ruins.
יִשְׁלַח־  He  would  stretch  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁלַח  
Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
יָ֑ד  [His]  hand 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
בְּ֝פִיד֗וֹ  when  He  destroys  [it] 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: פִּיד  
Sense: ruin, disaster, destruction.
שֽׁוּעַ  cry  out 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שׁוּעַ 
Sense: cry, cry for help, cry out.

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