Job 22:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲלֹ֣א רָעָֽתְךָ֣ רַבָּ֑ה וְאֵֽין־קֵ֝֗ץ לַעֲוֺנֹתֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

hă-lōʾ rāʿātəkā rabbâ wə-ʾēyn-qēṣ la-ʿăwōnōteykā

Grammar Details

*hă-lōʾ*: interrogative + negative particle - is not?
*rāʿātəkā*: noun, feminine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your evil/wickedness
*rabbâ*: adjective, feminine singular - great/much/many
*wə-ʾēyn-qēṣ*: conjunction + particle of negation + noun, masculine singular - and there is no end
*la-ʿăwōnōteykā*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to your iniquities

Word Meanings

*rāʿātəkā*: your evil/wickedness/wrongdoing
*rabbâ*: great/abundant/much
*qēṣ*: end/limit/boundary
*ʿăwōnōt*: iniquities/sins/guilt

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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 4:7-9 : 7 Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off? 8 According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same. 9 By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed. 10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken. 11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
Job 11:6 : 6 And that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Job 11:14 : 14 If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.
Job 15:5-6 : 5 For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Job 15:31-34 : 31 Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense. 32 It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green. 33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree. 34 For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
Job 21:27 : 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.
Job 32:3 : 3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
Ps 19:12 : 12 Who can discern [his] errors? Clear thou me from hidden [faults].
Ps 40:12 : 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.

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