Job 26:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַמּוּדֵ֣י שָׁמַ֣יִם יְרוֹפָ֑פוּ וְ֝יִתְמְה֗וּ מִגַּעֲרָתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

ʿammûdê šāmayim yĕrôpāpû wĕ-yitmĕhû miggaʿărātô

Grammar Details

*ʿammûdê*: noun, masculine plural construct - pillars of
*šāmayim*: noun, masculine plural - heavens
*yĕrôpāpû*: Polal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they tremble/are shaken
*wĕ-yitmĕhû*: waw conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they are astounded
*miggaʿărātô*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from his rebuke

Word Meanings

*ʿammûdê*: pillars/columns/supports
*šāmayim*: heavens/sky
*yĕrôpāpû*: tremble/shake/quiver
*yitmĕhû*: are astounded/amazed/stunned
*gaʿărātô*: his rebuke/threat/reproof

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 2:8 : 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah's, And he hath set the world upon them.
Job 15:15 : 15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:
Ps 18:7 : 7 Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
Hag 2:21 : 21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
Heb 12:26-27 : 26 whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the heaven. 27 And this [word], Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that those things which are not shaken may remain.
2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; {G1722} {G3571} in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein {G846} shall be burned up.
Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

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