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Job 12:6
“The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שָׁלָהshâlâh · shaw-law'
H7951 · Hebrew
H7951 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to be tranquil, i.e. secure or successful
- Derivation
- or שָׁלַו; (Job 3:26), a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- be happy, prosper, be in safety.
- Grammar
- יִשְׁלָ֤יוּ — verb Qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 5 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 3:26Psalms 122:6Jeremiah 12:1Lamentations 1:5
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁלָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.