Job 21:33
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"The clodsרִגְבֵ֫י
(rig·vei)
7263: a clod (of earth)of uncertain derivation
of the valleyנָ֥חַל
(na·chal)
5158a: torrent, torrent-valley, wadiof uncertain derivation
will gently coverמָֽתְקוּ־
(ma·te·ku-)
4985: to become or be sweet or pleasanta prim. root
him; Moreover, allכָּל־
(kol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
menאָדָ֣ם
(a·dam)
120: man, mankindfrom an unused word
will followיִמְשֹׁ֑וךְ
(yim·sho·vch;)
4900: to draw, draga prim. root
afterוְ֭אַחֲרָיו
(ve·'a·cha·rav)
310: the hind or following partfrom achar
him, While countlessאֵ֣ין
(ein)
369: nothing, noughta prim. root
ones [go] beforeוּ֝לְפָנָ֗יו
(u·le·fa·nav)
6440: face, facesfrom panah
him. 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
The clods
regeb  (reh'-gheb)
a lump of clay -- clod.
of the valley
nachal  (nakh'-al)
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine) -- brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
shall be sweet
mathaq  (maw-thak')
to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet -- be (made, take) sweet.
unto him and every man
'adam  (aw-dawm')
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) -- another, + hypocrite, + common sort, low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
shall draw
mashak  (maw-shak')
to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)
after
'achar  (akh-ar')
the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
him as there are innumerable
micpar  (mis-pawr')
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
before
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
him
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"The clods of the valley will gently cover him; Moreover, all men will follow after him, While countless ones go before him.

King James Bible
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The dirt on his grave is sweet to him. Everyone follows behind him, and those who go before him are without number.

International Standard Version
The runoff from the streams will seem sweet to him; everyone will follow after him; countless crows march ahead of him.

NET Bible
The clods of the torrent valley are sweet to him; behind him everybody follows in procession, and before him goes a countless throng.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The soil in the creekbed is sweet to him. Everyone follows him. Countless others went before him.

King James 2000 Bible
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall follow after him, as there are innumerable gone before him.
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