Job 21:34
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Howוְ֭אֵיךְ
(ve·'eich)
349: how?from ay
then will you vainlyהָ֑בֶל
(ha·vel;)
1892: vapor, breatha prim. root
comfortתְּנַחֲמ֣וּנִי
(te·na·cha·mu·ni)
5162: to be sorry, console oneselfa prim. root
me, For your answersוּ֝תְשֽׁוּבֹתֵיכֶ֗ם
(u·te·shu·vo·tei·chem)
8666: a return, answerfrom shub
remainנִשְׁאַר־
(nish·'ar-)
7604: to remain, be left overa prim. root
[full of] falsehood?"מָֽעַל׃
(ma·'al.)
4604: an unfaithful or treacherous actfrom maal


















KJV Lexicon
How then comfort
nacham  (naw-kham')
comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
ye me in vain
hebel  (heh'bel)
emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb -- altogether, vain, vanity.
seeing in your answers
tshuwbah  (tesh-oo-baw')
a recurrence (of time or place); a reply (as returned) -- answer, be expired, return.
there remaineth
sha'ar  (shaw-ar')
to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant -- leave, (be) left, let, remain, remnant, reserve, the rest.
false.hood
ma`al  (mah'-al)
treachery, i.e. sin -- falsehood, grievously, sore, transgression, trespass, very.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"How then will you vainly comfort me, For your answers remain full of falsehood?"

King James Bible
How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So how can you offer me such futile comfort? Your answers are deceptive.

International Standard Version
How then, can you console me so worthlessly? What is left of your answers is treachery."

NET Bible
So how can you console me with your futile words? Nothing is left of your answers but deception!"

GOD'S WORD® Translation
How can you comfort me with this nonsense when your answers continue to betray me?"

King James 2000 Bible
How then do you comfort me in vain, seeing in your answers there remains falsehood?
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