Job 19:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫חָנֻּ֬נִי חָנֻּ֣נִי אַתֶּ֣ם רֵעָ֑י כִּ֥י יַד־אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ נָ֣גְעָה בִּֽי׃‬

Transliteration

ḥonnūnî ḥonnūnî ʾattem rēʿāy kî yad-ʾĕlôah nāgəʿāh bî

Grammar Details

*ḥonnūnî*: qal imperative, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - have pity on me (repeated)
*ʾattem*: pronoun, 2nd masculine plural - you
*rēʿāy*: noun common masculine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - my friends
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*yad-ʾĕlôah*: noun common feminine singular construct + noun common masculine singular - hand of God
*nāgəʿāh*: qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - has touched
*bî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - me

Word Meanings

*ḥānan*: to be gracious/have mercy/pity
*rēaʿ*: friend/companion/fellow
*yād*: hand/power/authority
*ʾĕlôah*: God/deity
*nāgaʿ*: to touch/strike/reach

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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
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

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 1:11 : 11 But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
Ps 38:2 : 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.
Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with them that rejoice; {G2532} weep with them that weep.
1 Cor 12:26 : 26 And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or [one] member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
Heb 13:3 : 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are ill-treated, as being yourselves also in the body.
Job 2:5 : 5 But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
Job 2:10 : 10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Job 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Job 6:14 : 14 To him that is ready to faint kindness [should be showed] from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

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