Job 21:32

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And men shall keep watch over the tomb.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְ֭הוּא לִקְבָר֣וֹת יוּבָ֑ל וְֽעַל־גָּדִ֥ישׁ יִשְׁקֽוֹד׃

Transliteration

wə-hûʾ liqbārôt yûbāl wə-ʿal-gādîš yišqôd

Grammar Details

• *wə-hûʾ*: conjunctive waw + 3rd person masculine singular independent pronoun - and he
• *liqbārôt*: preposition + noun feminine plural - to graves
• *yûbāl*: Hophal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is carried/brought
• *wə-ʿal*: conjunctive waw + preposition - and over
• *gādîš*: noun masculine singular - tomb-mound/heap
• *yišqôd*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he watches/keeps vigil

Word Meanings

• *qeber*: grave/tomb/burial place
• *yābal*: to carry/bring/lead
• *gādîš*: stack/heap/tomb-mound
• *šāqad*: to watch/wake/be vigilant

Referenced Verses

• Luke 16:22 : 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried.
• Ps 49:14 : 14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it.
• Ezek 32:21-32 : 21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of Sheol with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie still, even the uncircumcised, slain by the sword. 22 Asshur is there and all her company; her graves are round about her; all of them slain, fallen by the sword; 23 whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living. 24 There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. 25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude; her graves are round about her; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for their terror was caused in the land of the living, and they have borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that are slain. 26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude; their graves are round about them; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they caused their terror in the land of the living. 27 And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, that are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war, and have laid their swords under their heads, and their iniquities are upon their bones; for [they were] the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. 28 But thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain by the sword. 29 There is Edom, her kings and all her princes, who in their might are laid with them that are slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit. 30 There are the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who are gone down with the slain; in the terror which they caused by their might they are put to shame; and they lie uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit. 31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, saith the Lord Jehovah. 32 For I have put his terror in the land of the living; and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah.