Job 22:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Therefore snares are round about thee, And sudden fear troubleth thee,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַל־כֵּ֭ן סְבִיבוֹתֶ֣יךָ פַחִ֑ים וִֽ֝יבַהֶלְךָ פַּ֣חַד פִּתְאֹֽם׃

Transliteration

ʿal-kēn səbîbôteykā paḥîm wî-bahelekhā paḥad pitʾōm

Grammar Details

*ʿal-kēn*: preposition + adverb - therefore
*səbîbôteykā*: noun, feminine plural construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your surroundings
*paḥîm*: noun, masculine plural - snares/traps
*wî-bahelekhā*: conjunction + Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and terrifies you
*paḥad*: noun, masculine singular - dread/fear
*pitʾōm*: adverb - suddenly

Word Meanings

*səbîbôt*: surroundings/around
*paḥîm*: snares/traps/nets
*bahel*: to terrify/dismay/disturb
*paḥad*: dread/fear/terror
*pitʾōm*: suddenly/unexpectedly

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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 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Job 13:21 : 21 Withdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid.
Job 18:8-9 : 8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils. 9 A gin shall take [him] by the heel, [And] a snare shall lay hold on him. 10 A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.
Job 19:6 : 6 Know now that God hath subverted me [in my cause], And hath compassed me with his net.
Ps 11:6 : 6 Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Prov 1:27 : 27 When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.
Prov 3:25-26 : 25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh: 26 For Jehovah will be thy confidence, And will keep thy foot from being taken.
1 Thess 5:3 : 3 {G1063} When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.

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