Job 18:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַד־אָנָה תְּשִׂימוּן קִנְצֵי לְמִלִּין תָּבִינוּ וְאַחַר נְדַבֵּר

Transliteration

ʿad-ʾānāh təśîmûn qinṣê ləmillîn tābînû wə-ʾaḥar nədabbēr

Grammar Details

*ʿad-ʾānāh*: preposition + interrogative adverb - until when/how long
*təśîmûn*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you will/do set/place
*qinṣê*: noun, masculine plural construct - end of/limit of
*ləmillîn*: preposition + noun, feminine plural - to/for words
*tābînû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you will understand
*wə-ʾaḥar*: conjunction + adverb - and afterward
*nədabbēr*: Piel imperfect, 1st common plural - we will speak

Word Meanings

*ʿad-ʾānāh*: how long/until when
*təśîmûn*: you set/place/put
*qinṣê*: end/limit/snare/trap
*ləmillîn*: for words/speech/matters
*tābînû*: you understand/comprehend/consider
*wə-ʾaḥar*: and afterward/then/subsequently
*nədabbēr*: we will speak/talk/discourse

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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 3:5-6 : 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it. 6 As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it: Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.
Job 3:17 : 17 There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.
Job 8:2 : 2 How long wilt thou speak these things? And [how long] shall the words of thy mouth be [like] a mighty wind?
Job 11:2 : 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?
Job 13:5-6 : 5 Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom. 6 Hear now my reasoning, And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Job 16:2-3 : 2 I have heard many such things: Miserable comforters are ye all. 3 Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?
Job 21:2 : 2 Hear diligently my speech; And let this be your consolations.
Job 33:1 : 1 Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, And hearken to all my words.
Prov 18:13 : 13 He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him.
Jas 1:19 : 19 Ye know [this], my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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