Job 22:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the Almighty will be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֣ה שַׁדַּ֣י בְּצָרֶ֑יךָ וְכֶ֖סֶף תּוֹעָפ֣וֹת לָֽךְ׃

Transliteration

wə-hāyâ šadday bəṣāreykā wə-khesep tôʿāpôt lākh

Grammar Details

*wə-hāyâ*: conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he will be
*šadday*: divine name - Shaddai/the Almighty
*bəṣāreykā*: noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your gold/treasures
*wə-khesep*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and silver
*tôʿāpôt*: noun, feminine plural - heights/abundance
*lākh*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you

Word Meanings

*hāyâ*: to be/become/happen
*šadday*: Almighty (divine name)/All-sufficient One
*bəṣāreykā*: your gold/precious metals/treasures
*khesep*: silver/money
*tôʿāpôt*: heights/peaks/abundance/splendor

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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

Isa 33:6 : 6 And there shall be stability in thy times, abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge: the fear of Jehovah is thy treasure.
Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?
2 Cor 6:10 : 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.
Isa 41:10 : 10 Fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Gen 15:1 : 1 After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.
Ps 16:5-6 : 5 Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot. 6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly heritage.
Ps 18:2 : 2 Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
Ps 84:11 : 11 For Jehovah God is a sun and a shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Rom 8:31 : 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who [is] against us?

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