Job 21:33

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מָֽתְקוּ־ל֗וֹ רִגְבֵ֫י נָ֥חַל וְ֭אַחֲרָיו כָּל־אָדָ֣ם יִמְשׁ֑וֹךְ וּ֝לְפָנָ֗יו אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּֽר׃

Transliteration

mātəqû-lô rigbê nāḥal wə-ʾaḥărāyw kol-ʾādām yimšôk û-ləpānāyw ʾên mispār

Grammar Details

*mātəqû*: Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are sweet
*lô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him
*rigbê*: noun masculine plural construct - clods of
*nāḥal*: noun masculine singular - valley/wadi
*wə-ʾaḥărāyw*: conjunctive waw + preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and after him
*kol*: noun masculine singular construct - every
*ʾādām*: noun masculine singular - man/mankind
*yimšôk*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he draws/drags
*û-ləpānāyw*: conjunctive waw + preposition + noun common plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and before him
*ʾên*: particle of negation construct - there is no
*mispār*: noun masculine singular - number/count

Word Meanings

*māṯaq*: to be sweet/pleasant
*regeb*: clod/lump of earth
*nāḥal*: stream/wadi/valley
*ʾaḥărê*: after/behind
*kōl*: all/every/whole
*ʾādām*: man/mankind/human
*māšak*: to draw/drag/prolong
*pānîm*: face/presence
*mispār*: number/count

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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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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 30:23 : 23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.
Heb 9:27 : 27 And {G2596} inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this [cometh] judgment;
Eccl 1:4 : 4 One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.
Eccl 8:8 : 8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.
Eccl 12:7 : 7 and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.
Gen 3:19 : 19 in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Job 3:17-19 : 17 There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest. 18 There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster. 19 The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master.
Job 3:22 : 22 Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?
Job 17:16 : 16 It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.
Job 24:24 : 24 They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.

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