Job 22:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־אָ֭ז עַל־שַׁדַּ֣י תִּתְעַנָּ֑ג וְתִשָּׂ֖א אֶל־אֱל֣וֹהַּ פָּנֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

kî-ʾāz ʿal-šadday titʿannāg wə-tiśśāʾ ʾel-ʾĕlôah pāneykā

Grammar Details

*kî-ʾāz*: conjunction + adverb - for then
*ʿal-šadday*: preposition + divine name - in Shaddai/the Almighty
*titʿannāg*: Hithpael imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will delight yourself
*wə-tiśśāʾ*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you will lift up
*ʾel-ʾĕlôah*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - to God
*pāneykā*: noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your face

Word Meanings

*ʾāz*: then/at that time
*šadday*: Almighty (divine name)/All-sufficient One
*titʿannāg*: to delight oneself/take pleasure in
*tiśśāʾ*: to lift up/raise/carry
*ʾĕlôah*: God/deity
*pāneykā*: your face/presence

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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
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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 58:14 : 14 then shalt thou delight thyself in Jehovah; and I will make thee to ride upon the high places of the earth; and I will feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.
Job 27:10 : 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?
Ps 37:4 : 4 Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.
Job 11:15 : 15 Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
Ps 86:4 : 4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant; For unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Ps 143:8 : 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.
Song 2:3 : 3 As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Job 34:9 : 9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.
Ps 25:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. Unto thee, O Jehovah, do I lift up my soul.
Rom 7:22 : 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
1 John 3:20-21 : 20 because if our heart {G3754} condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God;

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