Job 19:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫כִּ֣י תֹ֭אמְרוּ מַה־נִּרְדָּף־ל֑וֹ וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ דָּ֝בָ֗ר נִמְצָא־בִֽי׃‬

Transliteration

kî tōʾmərū mah-nirdāp-lô wə-šōreš dābār nimṣāʾ-bî

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because/when
*tōʾmərū*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you say
*mah-nirdāp-lô*: interrogative + niphal imperfect, 1st person plural + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - how shall we pursue him
*wə-šōreš*: waw conjunction + noun common masculine singular construct - and root of
*dābār*: noun common masculine singular - matter
*nimṣāʾ-bî*: niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular + preposition + 1st person singular suffix - is found in me

Word Meanings

*ʾāmar*: to say/speak/command
*rādap*: to pursue/chase/persecute
*šōreš*: root/base
*dābār*: word/matter/thing
*māṣāʾ*: to find/discover/meet

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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 19:22 : 22 Why do ye persecute me as God, And are not satisfied with my flesh?
Ps 69:26 : 26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; And they tell of the sorrow of those whom thou hast wounded.
1 Kgs 14:13 : 13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.

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