Job 14:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תִּ֭קְרָא וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ךָּ לְֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדֶ֣יךָ תִכְסֹֽף׃

Transliteration

tiqrāʾ wəʾānōkî ʾeʿĕnekkā ləmaʿăśê yādeykā tiksōp

Grammar Details

*tiqrāʾ*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular - you will call
*wəʾānōkî*: conjunction + personal pronoun, 1st person, singular - and I
*ʾeʿĕnekkā*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person, singular + 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix - I will answer you
*ləmaʿăśê*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular, construct - to work of
*yādeykā*: noun, feminine, dual, construct + 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix - your hands
*tiksōp*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular - you will long/yearn

Word Meanings

*tiqrāʾ*: call/summon/call out
*ʾeʿĕnekkā*: answer you/respond to you
*maʿăśê*: work/deed/action
*tiksōp*: long for/yearn for/desire

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 13:22 : 22 Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me.
Job 10:3 : 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Job 10:8 : 8 Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Job 7:21 : 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
Ps 50:4-5 : 4 He calleth to the heavens above, And to the earth, that he may judge his people: 5 Gather my saints together unto me, Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
Ps 138:8 : 8 Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, [endureth] for ever; Forsake not the works of thine own hands.
1 Thess 4:17 : 17 then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
1 Pet 4:19 : 19 Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing unto a faithful Creator.
1 John 2:28 : 28 And now, [my] little children, abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

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