Job 23:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֵ֭דְעָה מִלִּ֣ים יַעֲנֵ֑נִי וְ֝אָבִ֗ינָה מַה־יֹּ֥אמַר לִֽי׃

Transliteration

ʾēdəʿâ millîm yaʿănēnî wə-ʾābînâ mah-yōʾmar lî

Grammar Details

*ʾēdəʿâ*: Qal imperfect, 1st person singular (cohortative) - I would know
*millîm*: noun, feminine plural - words
*yaʿănēnî*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - he would answer me
*wə-ʾābînâ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 1st person singular (cohortative) - and I would understand
*mah-yōʾmar*: interrogative + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - what he would say
*lî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me

Word Meanings

*yādaʿ*: to know, learn, perceive
*millâ*: word, speech, saying, utterance
*ʿānâ*: to answer, respond, reply
*bîn*: to understand, discern, perceive, consider
*ʾāmar*: to say, speak, command, promise

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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
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

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 10:2 : 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
Job 13:22-23 : 22 Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me. 23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.
Job 42:2-6 : 2 I know that thou canst do all things, And that no purpose of thine can be restrained. 3 Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 5 I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee: 6 Wherefore I abhor [myself], And repent in dust and ashes.
1 Cor 4:3-4 : 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. 4 For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby {G1722} justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

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