Job 18:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

טֹרֵף נַפְשׁוֹ בְּאַפּוֹ הֲלְמַעַנְךָ תֵּעָזַב אָרֶץ וְיֶעְתַּק־צוּר מִמְּקֹמוֹ

Transliteration

ṭōrēp̄ nap̄šô bəʾappô halmaʿanḵā tēʿāzab ʾāreṣ wəyeʿtaq-ṣûr mimməqōmô

Grammar Details

*ṭōrēp̄*: Qal participle, masculine singular - tearing/rending
*nap̄šô*: noun, feminine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his soul
*bəʾappô*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his anger
*halmaʿanḵā*: interrogative particle + preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - is it for your sake
*tēʿāzab*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it will be forsaken/abandoned
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth/land
*wəyeʿtaq*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and will move/remove
*ṣûr*: noun, masculine singular - rock
*mimməqōmô*: preposition + preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from its place

Word Meanings

*ṭōrēp̄*: tearing/rending/one who tears
*nap̄šô*: his soul/self/life
*bəʾappô*: in his anger/nose/face
*halmaʿanḵā*: is it for your sake/because of you
*tēʿāzab*: will be forsaken/abandoned/left
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground
*wəyeʿtaq*: and will move/remove/relocate
*ṣûr*: rock/cliff/boulder
*mimməqōmô*: from its place/position/location

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 14:18 : 18 But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place;
Job 16:9 : 9 He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
Job 13:14 : 14 Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?
Job 5:2 : 2 For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.
Job 40:8 : 8 Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?
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.
Ezek 9:9 : 9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wresting [of judgment]: for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah seeth not.
Jonah 4:9 : 9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Mark 9:18 : 18 and wheresoever it taketh him, it dasheth him down: and he foameth, and grindeth {G3599} his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast it out; and they were not able.
Luke 9:39 : 39 and behold, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth, and it hardly departeth from him, bruising him sorely.

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