Job 21:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Suffer me, and I also will speak; And after that I have spoken, mock on.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שָׂ֭אוּנִי וְאָנֹכִ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וְאַחַ֖ר דַּבְּרִ֣י תַלְעִֽיג׃

Transliteration

śāʾûnî wə-ʾānōkî ʾădabbēr wə-ʾaḥar dabbrî talʿîg

Grammar Details

*śāʾûnî*: Qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - bear/tolerate me
*wə-ʾānōkî*: conjunctive waw + 1st person singular independent pronoun - and I
*ʾădabbēr*: Piel imperfect, 1st person singular - will speak
*wə-ʾaḥar*: conjunctive waw + preposition - and after
*dabbrî*: Piel infinitive construct with 1st person singular suffix - my speaking
*talʿîg*: Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you may mock/deride

Word Meanings

*nāśāʾ*: to lift/carry/bear/tolerate
*dābar*: to speak/talk
*lāʿag*: to mock/scorn/deride

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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 16:10 : 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.
Job 17:2 : 2 Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.
Job 16:20 : 20 My friends scoff at me: [But] mine eye poureth out tears unto God,
Job 12:4-5 : 4 I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor, I who called upon God, and he answered: The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock. 5 In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
Job 13:9 : 9 Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?
Job 13:13 : 13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak; And let come on me what will.
Job 33:31-33 : 31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will speak. 32 If thou hast anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify thee. 33 If not, hearken thou unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.

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