Job 14:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תִּתְקְפֵ֣הוּ לָ֭נֶצַח וַֽיַּהֲלֹ֑ךְ מְשַׁנֶּ֥ה פָ֝נָ֗יו וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃

Transliteration

titqəpēhû lāneṣaḥ wayyahălōk məšannê pānāyw wattəšalləḥēhû

Grammar Details

*titqəpēhû*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular + 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix - you overpower him
*lāneṣaḥ*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular - forever/completely
*wayyahălōk*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - and he goes/departs
*məšannê*: verb, piel participle, masculine, singular, construct - changing
*pānāyw*: noun, masculine, plural, construct + 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix - his face
*wattəšalləḥēhû*: conjunction + verb, piel imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular + 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix - and you send him away

Word Meanings

*titqəpēhû*: you overpower him/you prevail against him/you overwhelm him
*neṣaḥ*: forever/completely/continually
*wayyahălōk*: and he goes/departs/passes on
*məšannê*: changing/altering
*pānîm*: face/countenance/presence
*wattəšalləḥēhû*: and you send him away/you dismiss him/you let him go

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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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Referenced Verses

Job 2:12 : 12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
Job 14:14 : 14 If a man die, shall he live [again]? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.
Eccl 8:8 : 8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.
Lam 4:8 : 8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; They are not known in the streets: Their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

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