Job 28:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹֽא־הִדְרִיכֻ֥הוּ בְנֵי־שָׁ֑חַץ לֹֽא־עָדָ֖ה עָלָ֣יו שָֽׁחַל׃

Transliteration

Not-hiḏrîḵûhû bənê-šāḥaṣ not-ʿāḏāh upon-it šāḥal

Grammar Details

*hiḏrîḵûhû*: verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - they tread upon it
*bənê*: noun, masculine, plural, construct - sons of
*šāḥaṣ*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - pride/proud beast
*ʿāḏāh*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he passes/advances
*šāḥal*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - lion

Word Meanings

*hiḏrîḵûhû*: tread upon it/walk on it/march on it
*bənê*-*šāḥaṣ*: sons of pride/proud beasts/fierce animals
*ʿāḏāh*: passes over/advances/walks
*šāḥal*: lion/fierce beast

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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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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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