Job 23:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִצְוַ֣ת שְׂ֭פָתָיו וְלֹ֣א אָמִ֑ישׁ מֵ֝חֻקִּ֗י צָפַ֥נְתִּי אִמְרֵי־פִֽיו׃

Transliteration

miṣwat śəpātāyw wə-lōʾ ʾāmîš mēḥuqqî ṣāpantî ʾimrê-pîw

Grammar Details

• *miṣwat*: noun, feminine singular construct - commandment of
• *śəpātāyw*: noun, feminine dual + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his lips
• *wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *ʾāmîš*: Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I depart
• *mēḥuqqî*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - from my prescribed portion/statute
• *ṣāpantî*: Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have treasured up/hidden
• *ʾimrê-pîw*: noun, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - words of his mouth

Word Meanings

• *miṣwâ*: commandment, precept, ordinance
• *śāpâ*: lip, speech, edge, border
• *mûš*: to depart, remove, withdraw
• *ḥōq*: statute, prescribed portion, decree, boundary
• *ṣāpan*: to hide, treasure up, store, lay up
• *ʾēmer*: word, speech, command
• *peh*: mouth, opening, orifice

Referenced Verses

• John 4:34 : 34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.
• Ps 119:103 : 103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [Yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
• Jer 15:16 : 16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy words were unto me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by thy name, O Jehovah, God of hosts.
• John 4:32 : 32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not.
• Job 22:22 : 22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, And lay up his words in thy heart.
• John 6:66-69 : 66 Upon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. 67 Jesus said therefore unto the twelve, Would ye {G3361} also go away? 68 {G3767} Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. 69 And we have believed and know that thou art the Holy One of {G2198} God.
• John 8:31 : 31 Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples;
• Acts 14:22 : 22 confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.
• Ps 19:9-9 : 9 The fear of Jehovah is clean, enduring for ever: The ordinances of Jehovah are true, [and] righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.
• Ps 119:11 : 11 Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
• Ps 119:127 : 127 Therefore I love thy commandments Above gold, yea, above fine gold.
• Job 6:10 : 10 And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
• Luke 12:42 : 42 And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall set over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?
• Luke 12:46 : 46 the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, {G4328} and in an hour when he {G1097} knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint {G5087} his portion with the unfaithful.
• Heb 10:38-39 : 38 But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of them that shrink back unto perdition; but of them that have faith unto the saving of the soul.
• 1 Pet 2:2 : 2 as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk {G3050} which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;
• 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us.