Job 22:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; And light shall shine upon thy ways.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְֽתִגְזַר־אֹֹ֖מֶר וְיָ֣קָם לָ֑ךְ וְעַל־דְּ֝רָכֶ֗יךָ נָ֣גַֽהּ אֹֽור׃

Transliteration

wə-tigzar-ʾōmer wə-yāqām lākh wə-ʿal-dərākheykā nāgah ʾôr

Grammar Details

*wə-tigzar*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you will decide/decree
*ʾōmer*: noun, masculine singular - a thing/word/matter
*wə-yāqām*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it will stand
*lākh*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - for you
*wə-ʿal-dərākheykā*: conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine plural construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and upon your ways
*nāgah*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - shines
*ʾôr*: noun, masculine singular - light

Word Meanings

*tigzar*: to decree/decide/determine
*ʾōmer*: word/saying/speech
*yāqām*: to stand/arise/be established
*dərākheykā*: your ways/paths/roads
*nāgah*: to shine/be bright/give light
*ʾôr*: light/daylight/sunlight

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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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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

Matt 21:22 : 22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Ps 20:4 : 4 Grant thee thy heart's desire, And fulfil all thy counsel.
John 8:12 : 12 Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not {G3361} walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Ps 112:4 : 4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: [He is] gracious, and merciful, and righteous.
Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Isa 30:21 : 21 and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it; when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
Ps 90:17 : 17 And let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Mal 4:2 : 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
Job 29:3 : 3 When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;
Ps 97:11 : 11 Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.
Lam 3:37 : 37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Jas 4:15 : 15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that.

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