Job 15:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?

Young's Literal Translation
Also—surely abominable and filthy Is man drinking as water perverseness.

King James Bible
How much more abominable and filthy [is] man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

Hebrew
how much less
אַ֭ף (’ap̄)
Conjunction
Strong's 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though

man,
אִישׁ־ (’îš-)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

who is vile
נִתְעָ֥ב (niṯ·‘āḇ)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 8581: To loathe, detest

and corrupt,
וְֽנֶאֱלָ֑ח (wə·ne·’ĕ·lāḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 444: To muddle, to turn, corrupt

who drinks
שֹׁתֶ֖ה (šō·ṯeh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 8354: To imbibe

injustice
עַוְלָֽה׃ (‘aw·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5766: Injustice, unrighteousness

like water?
כַמַּ֣יִם (ḵam·ma·yim)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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