Job 29:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּ֭בוֹדִי חָדָ֣שׁ עִמָּדִ֑י וְ֝קַשְׁתִּ֗י בְּיָדִ֥י תַחֲלִֽיף

Transliteration

kəbôdî ḥādāš ʿimmādî wə-qaštî bə-yādî taḥălîp

Grammar Details

*kəbôdî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my honor/glory
*ḥādāš*: adjective, masculine singular - new/fresh
*ʿimmādî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - with me
*wə-qaštî*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and my bow
*bə-yādî*: preposition + noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - in my hand
*taḥălîp*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it renewed itself

Word Meanings

*kəbôdî*: my honor/glory/dignity
*ḥādāš*: new/fresh/renewed
*qaštî*: my bow/weapon/strength
*taḥălîp*: it renewed itself/was renewed/was strengthened

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Gen 49:24 : 24 But his bow abode in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong, By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
Isa 40:31 : 31 but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
2 Cor 4:16 : 16 Wherefore we faint not; but though {G2532} our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
Gen 45:13 : 13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen: and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
Ps 3:3 : 3 But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory and the lifter up of my head.
Ps 18:34 : 34 He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
Ps 103:5 : 5 Who satisfieth thy desire with good things, [So that] thy youth is renewed like the eagle.
Job 19:9 : 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
Job 29:14 : 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

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