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Job 18:7

“The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יָצַרyâtsar · yaw-tsar'
H3334 · Hebrew

Definition: to press (intransitive), i.e. be narrow; figuratively, be in distress
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: be distressed, be narrow, be straitened (in straits), be vexed.
Grammar: יֵֽ֭צְרוּ — verb Qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HVqi3mp
Usage: Occurs 10 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 32:8 Judges 2:15 Judges 10:9 1 Samuel 30:6 2 Samuel 13:2

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 יָצַר here.

Verse 6 Verse 8

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.