Job 3:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

קָטֹ֣ן וְ֭גָדוֹל שָׁ֣ם ה֑וּא וְ֝עֶ֗בֶד חָפְשִׁ֥י מֵאֲדֹנָֽיו׃

Transliteration

qāṭōn wəgādôl šām hûʾ wəʿebed ḥāpšî mēʾădōnāyw

Grammar Details

*qāṭōn*: adjective, masculine singular - small
*wəgādôl*: conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - and great
*šām*: adverb - there
*hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - he/it
*wəʿebed*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and servant
*ḥāpšî*: adjective, masculine singular - free
*mēʾădōnāyw*: preposition + noun, masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - from his masters

Word Meanings

*qāṭōn*: small/little/young
*gādôl*: great/large/important
*ʿebed*: servant/slave/worker
*ḥāpšî*: free/liberated/released
*ʾădōnāyw*: his masters/his lords/his owners

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 30:23 : 23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.
Ps 49:2 : 2 Both low and high, Rich and poor together.
Ps 49:6-9 : 6 They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him; 8 (For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever;) 9 That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption. 10 For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.
Ps 49:14-20 : 14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. {H5542} 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased. 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him. 18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,) 19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light. 20 Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish.
Eccl 8:8 : 8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.
Eccl 12:5 : 5 yea, they shall be afraid of [that which is] high, and terrors [shall be] in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:
Eccl 12:7 : 7 and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.
Luke 16:22-23 : 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried. 23 And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Heb 9:27 : 27 And {G2596} inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this [cometh] judgment;

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