Job 19:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן אֵ֭פוֹ וְיִכָּתְב֣וּן מִלָּ֑י מִֽי־יִתֵּ֖ן בַּסֵּ֣פֶר וְיֻחָֽקוּ׃‬

Transliteration

mî-yittēn ʾēpô wə-yikkātəbūn millāy mî-yittēn bassēper wə-yuḥāqū

Grammar Details

*mî-yittēn*: interrogative + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - who will give (idiomatic: would that)
*ʾēpô*: particle - now/then
*wə-yikkātəbūn*: waw conjunction + niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + paragogic nun - that they would be written
*millāy*: noun common feminine plural construct + 1st person singular suffix - my words
*bassēper*: preposition + definite article + noun common masculine singular - in the book
*wə-yuḥāqū*: waw conjunction + hophal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - that they would be inscribed

Word Meanings

*nātan*: to give/put/set
*kātab*: to write/inscribe/record
*millāh*: word/speech/utterance
*sēper*: book/document/scroll
*ḥāqaq*: to inscribe/decree/engrave

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About this Translation

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

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.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
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

Isa 30:8 : 8 Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.
Job 31:35 : 35 Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); And [that I had] the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
Isa 8:1 : 1 And Jehovah said unto me, Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of a man, For Maher-shalal-hash-baz;

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