Job 13:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּ֭קְרָא וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ה אֽוֹ־אֲ֝דַבֵּ֗ר וַהֲשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

ûqerāʾ weʾānōkî ʾeʿĕneh ʾô-ʾădabbēr wahăšîbēnî

Grammar Details

*ûqerāʾ*: conjunction + verb, Qal imperative, masculine singular - and call
*weʾānōkî*: conjunction + pronoun, 1st person singular (emphatic) - and I myself
*ʾeʿĕneh*: verb, Qal imperfect cohortative, 1st person singular - I will answer
*ʾô*: conjunction - or
*ʾădabbēr*: verb, Piel imperfect, 1st person singular cohortative - let me speak
*wahăšîbēnî*: conjunction + verb, Hiphil imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - and answer me

Word Meanings

*ûqerāʾ*: then call/summon
*ʾeʿĕneh*: I will answer/I will respond
*wahăšîbēnî*: and answer me/and reply to me

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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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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

Job 14:15 : 15 Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.
Job 38:3 : 3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Job 40:4-5 : 4 Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth. 5 Once have I spoken {(H8765)}, and I will not answer: Yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
Job 42:3-6 : 3 Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 5 I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee: 6 Wherefore I abhor [myself], And repent in dust and ashes.
Job 9:16 : 16 If I had called, and he had answered me, Yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.
Job 9:32 : 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.

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