Job 18:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [And] are become unclean in your sight?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַדּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כַבְּהֵמָה נִטְמִינוּ בְּעֵינֵיכֶם

Transliteration

maddûaʿ neḥšabnû ḵabbəhēmāh niṭmînû bəʿênêḵem

Grammar Details

*maddûaʿ*: interrogative adverb - why
*neḥšabnû*: Niphal perfect, 1st common plural - we are considered
*ḵabbəhēmāh*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - like the beast
*niṭmînû*: Niphal perfect, 1st common plural - we are impure/unclean
*bəʿênêḵem*: preposition + noun, feminine dual construct + 2nd masculine plural suffix - in your eyes

Word Meanings

*maddûaʿ*: why/for what reason
*neḥšabnû*: we are considered/reckoned/counted
*ḵabbəhēmāh*: like the beast/animal/cattle
*niṭmînû*: we are impure/defiled/unclean/stupid
*bəʿênêḵem*: in your eyes/sight/opinion

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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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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

Ps 73:22 : 22 So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was [as] a beast before thee.
Job 17:4 : 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].
Job 17:10 : 10 But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
Eccl 3:18 : 18 I said in my heart, [It is] because of the sons of men, that God may prove them, and that they may see that they themselves are [but as] beasts.
Rom 12:10 : 10 In love of the brethren be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;
Job 12:7-8 : 7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee: 8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

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