Job 21:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זַרְעָ֤ם נָכ֣וֹן לִפְנֵיהֶ֣ם עִמָּ֑ם וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֗ם לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

zarʿām nākôn lipnêhem ʿimmām wə-ṣeʾĕṣāʾêhem lə-ʿênêhem

Grammar Details

*zarʿām*: noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their seed/offspring
*nākôn*: Niphal participle, masculine singular - established/secure
*lipnêhem*: preposition + noun common plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - before them
*ʿimmām*: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - with them
*wə-ṣeʾĕṣāʾêhem*: conjunctive waw + noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and their descendants
*lə-ʿênêhem*: preposition + noun feminine dual construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - before their eyes

Word Meanings

*zeraʿ*: seed/offspring/descendants
*kûn*: to be firm/established/prepared
*pānîm*: face/presence
*ṣeʾĕṣāʾîm*: offspring/descendants
*ʿayin*: eye/spring

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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

Job 5:3-4 : 3 I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation. 4 His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:
Job 18:19 : 19 He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.
Job 20:10 : 10 His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.
Job 20:28 : 28 The increase of his house shall depart; [His goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
Ps 17:14 : 14 From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in [this] life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Prov 17:6 : 6 Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

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