Job 22:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַאֹ֣רַח עוֹלָ֣ם תִּשְׁמֹ֑ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר דָּרְכ֣וּ מְתֵי־אָֽוֶן׃

Transliteration

ha-ʾōraḥ ʿôlām tišmōr ʾăšer dārəkhû mətê-ʾāwen

Grammar Details

*ha-ʾōraḥ*: interrogative + noun, masculine singular construct - the path of
*ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - antiquity/ancient time
*tišmōr*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you keep/observe
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
*dārəkhû*: Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they trod/walked
*mətê-ʾāwen*: noun, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular - men of wickedness

Word Meanings

*ʾōraḥ*: path/way/road
*ʿôlām*: antiquity/ancient time/long duration
*tišmōr*: to keep/observe/guard
*dārəkhû*: to tread/walk/march
*mətê*: men/people/mortals
*ʾāwen*: wickedness/iniquity/trouble

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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

Gen 6:5 : 5 And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Gen 6:11-13 : 11 And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Luke 17:26-27 : 26 And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

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