Job 19:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫גָּ֘רֵ֤י בֵיתִ֣י וְ֭אַמְהֹתַי לְזָ֣ר תַּחְשְׁבֻ֑נִי נָ֝כְרִ֗י הָיִ֥יתִי בְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃‬

Transliteration

gārê bêtî wə-ʾamhōtay lə-zār taḥšəbunî nokrî hāyîtî bə-ʿênêhem

Grammar Details

*gārê*: qal participle, masculine plural construct - sojourners of
*bêtî*: noun common masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - my house
*wə-ʾamhōtay*: waw conjunction + noun common feminine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - and my maidservants
*lə-zār*: preposition + adjective masculine singular - as a stranger
*taḥšəbunî*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - they regard me
*nokrî*: adjective masculine singular - a foreigner
*hāyîtî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have become
*bə-ʿênêhem*: preposition + noun common feminine dual construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - in their eyes

Word Meanings

*gūr*: to sojourn/dwell as alien
*bayit*: house/household/home
*ʾāmāh*: maidservant/female slave
*zār*: strange/foreign/unauthorized
*ḥāšab*: to think/regard/account
*nokrî*: foreign/strange/alien
*hāyāh*: to be/become/happen
*ʿayin*: eye/sight/appearance

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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

Job 31:31-32 : 31 If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat? 32 (The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller);
Ps 123:3 : 3 Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us; For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

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