Job 21:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְשַׁלְּח֣וּ כַ֭צֹּאן עֲוִילֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝יַלְדֵיהֶ֗ם יְרַקֵּדֽוּן׃

Transliteration

yəšalləḥû kaṣṣōʾn ʿăwîlêhem wə-yaldêhem yəraqqēdûn

Grammar Details

*yəšalləḥû*: Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they send out
*kaṣṣōʾn*: preposition + definite article + noun feminine singular - like the flock
*ʿăwîlêhem*: noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their young ones
*wə-yaldêhem*: conjunctive waw + noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and their children
*yəraqqēdûn*: Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they skip about/dance

Word Meanings

*šālaḥ*: to send/let go/stretch out
*ṣōʾn*: sheep/flock
*ʿăwîl*: young child/boy
*yeled*: child/boy/youth
*rāqad*: to skip/dance

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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

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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

Ps 107:41 : 41 Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh [him] families like a flock.
Ps 127:3-5 : 3 Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; [And] the fruit of the womb is [his] reward. 4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, So are the children of youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: They shall not be put to shame, When they speak with their enemies in the gate.

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