Job 22:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָאֹמְרִ֣ים לָ֭אֵל ס֣וּר מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וּמַה־יִּפְעַ֖ל שַׁדַּ֣י לָֽמוֹ׃

Transliteration

hā-ʾōmərîm lā-ʾēl sûr mimmennû û-mah-yipʿal šadday lāmô

Grammar Details

*hā-ʾōmərîm*: article + Qal participle, masculine plural - the ones saying
*lā-ʾēl*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - to God
*sûr*: Qal imperative, masculine singular - depart
*mimmennû*: preposition + 1st common plural suffix - from us
*û-mah-yipʿal*: conjunction + interrogative + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and what can do
*šadday*: divine name - Shaddai/the Almighty
*lāmô*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix (poetic form) - to them

Word Meanings

*ʾōmərîm*: ones saying/speaking/thinking
*ʾēl*: God/deity/divine being
*sûr*: to depart/turn aside/leave
*yipʿal*: to do/make/accomplish
*šadday*: Almighty (divine name)/All-sufficient One

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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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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 21:14-15 : 14 And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Ps 4:6 : 6 Many there are that say, Who will show us [any] good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Isa 30:11 : 11 get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Mal 3:14 : 14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
Matt 8:29 : 29 And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
Matt 8:34 : 34 And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought [him] that he would depart from their borders.
Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they {G1381} {G3756} refused to have God in [their] knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
Job 21:10 : 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

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