Job 19:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

His troops come on together, And cast up their way against me, And encamp round about my tent.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫יַ֤חַד ׀ יָ֘בֹ֤אוּ גְדוּדָ֗יו וַיָּסֹ֣לּוּ עָלַ֣י דַּרְכָּ֑ם וַיַּחֲנ֖וּ סָבִ֣יב לְאָהֳלִֽי׃‬

Transliteration

yaḥad yābōʾū gədūdāyw wayyāsōllū ʿālay darkām wayyaḥănū sābîb lə-ʾohŏlî

Grammar Details

*yaḥad*: adverb - together
*yābōʾū*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they come
*gədūdāyw*: noun common masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his troops
*wayyāsōllū*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they raise up
*ʿālay*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - against me
*darkām*: noun common masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their way
*wayyaḥănū*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they encamp
*sābîb*: adverb - around
*lə-ʾohŏlî*: preposition + noun common masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - around my tent

Word Meanings

*bôʾ*: to come/go/enter
*gədūd*: troop/band/raiders
*sālal*: to lift up/cast up/exalt
*derek*: way/road/journey/manner
*ḥānāh*: to encamp/camp/settle
*ʾōhel*: tent/dwelling/tabernacle

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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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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
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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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
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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

Job 30:12 : 12 Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
Isa 10:5-6 : 5 Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation! 6 I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Isa 51:23 : 23 and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee, that have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and thou hast laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to them that go over.
Job 16:11 : 11 God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.
Job 16:13 : 13 His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.

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