Job 10:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And if [my head] exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְ֭יִגְאֶה כַּשַּׁ֣חַל תְּצוּדֵ֑נִי וְ֝תָשֹׁ֗ב תִּתְפַּלָּא־בִֽי׃

Transliteration

and yigʾeh like kaššaḥal təṣûdēnî and tāšōb titpallāʾ in me

Grammar Details

*yigʾeh*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it rises
*kaššaḥal*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - like the lion
*təṣûdēnî*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular with 1st person suffix - you hunt me
*tāšōb*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you return
*titpallāʾ*: Hithpael imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you show yourself wonderful

Word Meanings

*yigʾeh*: it rises/it increases/it grows
*kaššaḥal*: like the lion/like the fierce lion
*təṣûdēnî*: you hunt me/you pursue me/you chase me
*tāšōb*: you return/you turn
*titpallāʾ*: you show yourself wonderful/you display your power/you work wonders

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Isa 38:13 : 13 I quieted [myself] until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Lam 3:10 : 10 He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
Job 5:9 : 9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:
Num 16:29-30 : 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then Jehovah hath not sent me. 30 But if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then ye shall understand that these men have despised Jehovah.
Deut 28:59 : 59 then Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
Hos 13:7-8 : 7 Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way; 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.
Amos 3:8 : 8 The lion hath roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken; who can but prophesy?

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