Job 3:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Or with princes that had gold, Who filled their houses with silver:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

א֣וֹ עִם־שָׂ֭רִים זָהָ֣ב לָהֶ֑ם הַֽמְמַלְאִ֖ים בָּתֵּיהֶ֣ם כָּֽסֶף׃

Transliteration

ʾô ʿim-śārîm zāhāb lāhem hamməmalʾîm bāttêhem kāsep

Grammar Details

*ʾô*: conjunction - or
*ʿim-śārîm*: preposition + noun, masculine plural - with princes
*zāhāb*: noun, masculine singular - gold
*lāhem*: preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them/belonging to them
*hamməmalʾîm*: definite article + verb, Piel participle, masculine plural - the ones filling
*bāttêhem*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their houses
*kāsep*: noun, masculine singular - silver

Word Meanings

*śārîm*: princes/officials/nobles
*zāhāb*: gold/golden objects
*hamməmalʾîm*: the ones filling/the ones stuffing
*bāttêhem*: their houses/their dwellings/their tombs
*kāsep*: silver/money

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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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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

Num 22:18 : 18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah my God, to do less or more.
1 Kgs 10:27 : 27 And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.
Job 12:21 : 21 He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.
Job 22:25 : 25 And the Almighty will be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee.
Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay; 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.
Isa 2:7 : 7 And their land is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land also is full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.
Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.
Zech 9:3 : 3 And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

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