Job 14:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְ֭אוּלָם הַר־נוֹפֵ֣ל יִבּ֑וֹל וְ֝צ֗וּר יֶעְתַּ֥ק מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

wəʾûlām har-nôpēl yibbôl wəṣûr yeʿtaq mimməqōmô

Grammar Details

*wəʾûlām*: conjunction + adverb - and but/nevertheless
*har*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - mountain
*nôpēl*: verb, qal participle, masculine, singular - falling
*yibbôl*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - it crumbles/wears away
*wəṣûr*: conjunction + noun, masculine, singular - and rock
*yeʿtaq*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - it is moved/removed
*mimməqōmô*: preposition + preposition + noun, masculine, singular, construct + 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix - from its place

Word Meanings

*ʾûlām*: but/however/nevertheless
*har*: mountain/hill
*nôpēl*: falling/collapsing
*yibbôl*: crumbles/wears away/decays
*ṣûr*: rock/cliff/boulder
*yeʿtaq*: is moved/is removed/is displaced
*māqôm*: place/location/position

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 18:4 : 4 Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
Jer 4:24 : 24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.
Matt 27:51 : 51 And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake; and the rocks were rent;
Rev 6:14 : 14 And the heaven was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
Rev 8:8 : 8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
Ps 102:25-26 : 25 Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
Isa 40:12 : 12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Isa 41:15-16 : 15 Behold, I have made thee [to be] a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. 16 Thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Isa 54:10 : 10 For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my lovingkindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah that hath mercy on thee.
Isa 64:1 : 1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,

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