Job 20:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בָּ֭נָיו יְרַצּ֣וּ דַלִּ֑ים וְ֝יָדָ֗יו תָּשֵׁ֥בְנָה אוֹנֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

bānāyw yĕraṣṣû dallîm wĕ- yādāyw tāšēbnāh ʾônô

Grammar Details

*bānāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his sons
*yĕraṣṣû*: piel imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will seek favor/appease
*dallîm*: adjective, masculine plural - poor ones
*wĕ-*: conjunction - and
*yādāyw*: noun, feminine dual with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hands
*tāšēbnāh*: hifil imperfect, 3rd feminine plural - they will return/restore
*ʾônô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his wealth/vigor

Word Meanings

*bānāyw*: his sons/his children
*yĕraṣṣû*: will seek favor from/will appease/will please/will curry favor with
*dallîm*: poor ones/needy ones/weak ones
*yādāyw*: his hands/his power
*tāšēbnāh*: will return/will restore/will give back
*ʾônô*: his wealth/his vigor/his strength/his substance

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Job 20:18 : 18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.
Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay; 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.
Ps 109:10 : 10 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg; And let them seek [their bread] out of their desolate places.
Prov 6:31 : 31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.
Prov 28:3 : 3 A needy man that oppresseth the poor Is [like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Luke 19:8 : 8 And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wrongfully exacted aught of any man, I restore fourfold.
Exod 9:2 : 2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
Exod 12:36 : 36 and Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. And they despoiled the Egyptians.
Exod 22:1 : 1 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
Exod 22:3 : 3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him; he shall make restitution: if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
2 Sam 12:6 : 6 and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
Job 5:4 : 4 His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:

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