Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Neither haue I gone backe from the commaundement of his lippes, † I haue eſteemed the words of his mouth more then || my neceſſary food.
אֵמֶר , masculine noun, ʾeymer — speech, word (value 241)
H561,
אֵמֶר ʼêmer, ay'-mer; from H559; something said:—answer, × appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command
Used in 47 Verses, 10 Books 49  Occurrence Count
חֹק , masculine noun, hok — something prescribed or owed, a statute (value 108)
H2706,
חֹק chôq, khoke; from H2710; an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage):—appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, × necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due
prescribed task
prescribed portion
action prescribed (for oneself), resolve
prescribed due
prescribed limit, boundary
enactment, decree, ordinance
specific decree
law in general
enactments, statutes
conditions
enactments
decrees
civil enactments prescribed by God
Used in 124 Verses, 25 Books 125  Occurrence Count
לֹא , adverb, loʾ — not (value 31)
H3808,
לֹא lôʼ, lo; or לוֹא lôwʼ; or לֹה lôh; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; + not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles:—× before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (× as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.not, no
not (with verb - absolute prohibition)
not (with modifier - negation)
nothing (subst)
without (with particle)
before (of time)
Used in 3966 Verses, 39 Books 5186  Occurrence Count
מוּשׁ , verb, mush — to depart, remove (value 346)
H4185,
מוּשׁ mûwsh, moosh; a primitive root (perhaps rather the same as H4184 through the idea of receding by contact); to withdraw (both literally and figuratively, whether intransitive or transitive):—cease, depart, go back, remove, take away.to depart, remove
(Qal)
to depart
to remove
to be removed (of inanimate objects)
(Hiphil) to remove, depart
Used in 19 Verses, 12 Books 20  Occurrence Count
מִצְוָה , feminine noun, mitzva — commandment (value 141)
H4687,
מִצְוָה mitsvâh, mits-vaw'; from H6680; a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law):—(which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.commandment
commandment (of man)
the commandment (of God)
commandment (of code of wisdom)
Used in 177 Verses, 23 Books 181  Occurrence Count
פֶּה , masculine noun, peh — mouth (value 85)
H6310,
פֶּה peh, peh; from H6284; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to:—accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), × eat, edge, end, entry, file, hole, × in, mind, mouth, part, portion, × (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, × spoken, talk, tenor, × to, two-edged, wish, word.(peh) mouth
mouth (of man)
mouth (as organ of speech)
mouth (of animals)
mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc)
extremity, end
(pim) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1 Sa. 13:21
Used in 459 Verses, 35 Books 494  Occurrence Count
צָפַן , verb, tzafan — to hide, treasure up (value 220)
H6845,
צָפַן tsâphan, tsaw-fan'; a primitive root; to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk:—esteem, hide(-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret(-ly, place).to hide, treasure, treasure or store up
(Qal)
to hide, treasure, treasure up
to lie hidden, lurk
(Niphal) to be hidden, be stored up
(Hiphil) to hide, hide from discovery
Used in 30 Verses, 9 Books 30  Occurrence Count
שָׂפָה , feminine noun, safa — lip, speech, edge (value 385)
H8193,
שָׂפָה sâphâh, saw-faw'; or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת sepheth; probably from H5595 or H8192 through the idea of termination (compare H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.):—band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding
lip (as body part)
language
edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)
Used in 164 Verses, 25 Books 175  Occurrence Count
| Job 23:12Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| מִצְוַ֣ת שְׂ֭פָתָיו וְלֹ֣א אָמִ֑ישׁ מֵ֝חֻקִּ֗י צָפַ֥נְתִּי אִמְרֵי־פִֽיו׃ |
| Verse #13432 (Ch. #459) — 8 words, 32 lettersText Copied! |
| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| Neither have I gone back |
H4185mush |
מוּשׁ |
346 |
| from the commandment |
H4687mitzva |
מִצְוָה |
141 |
| of his lips; |
H8193safa |
שָׂפָה |
385 |
| I have esteemed |
H6845tzafan |
צָפַן |
220 |
| the words |
H561ʾeymer |
אֵמֶר |
241 |
| of his mouth |
H6310peh |
פֶּה |
85 |
| more than my necessary food. |
H2706hok |
חֹק |
108 |
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