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Job 33:27
“He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שׁוּרshûwr · shoor
H7789 · Hebrew
H7789 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for
- Derivation
- a primitive root (identical with through the idea of going round for inspection);
- KJV renderings
- behold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see.
- Grammar
- יָשֹׁ֤ר — verb Qal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 16 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 23:9Numbers 24:17Job 7:8Job 17:15Job 20:9
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 שׁוּר 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.