Job 21:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאִם־זָכַ֥רְתִּי וְנִבְהָ֑לְתִּי וְאָחַ֥ז בְּ֝שָׂרִ֗י פַּלָּצֽוּת׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾim-zākartî wə-nibhāltî wə-ʾāḥaz bəśārî pallāṣût

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾim*: conjunctive waw + conditional particle - and if
*zākartî*: Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I remember
*wə-nibhāltî*: conjunctive waw + Niphal perfect, 1st person singular - I am dismayed/terrified
*wə-ʾāḥaz*: conjunctive waw + Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and seizes
*bəśārî*: noun masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my flesh
*pallāṣût*: noun feminine singular - shuddering/trembling

Word Meanings

*zākar*: to remember/recall
*bāhal*: to be dismayed/terrified/startled
*ʾāḥaz*: to grasp/seize/hold
*bāśār*: flesh/body
*pallāṣût*: shuddering/trembling/horror

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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

⚠️ Considerations

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 77:3 : 3 I remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. {H5542}
Ps 88:15 : 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments.
Lam 3:19-20 : 19 Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. 20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
Hab 3:16 : 16 I heard, and my body trembled, My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entereth into my bones, and I tremble in my place; Because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, For the coming up of the people that invadeth us.

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