Job 3:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י פַ֣חַד פָּ֭חַדְתִּי וַיֶּאֱתָיֵ֑נִי וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָ֝גֹ֗רְתִּי יָ֣בֹא לִֽי׃

Transliteration

kî paḥad pāḥadtî wayyeʾĕtāyēnî waʾăšer yāgōrtî yābōʾ lî

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for
*paḥad*: noun, masculine singular - dread
*pāḥadtî*: verb, Qal perfect, 1st common singular - I dreaded
*wayyeʾĕtāyēnî*: conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular with 1st common singular suffix - and it comes to me
*waʾăšer*: conjunction + relative pronoun - and what
*yāgōrtî*: verb, Qal perfect, 1st common singular - I feared
*yābōʾ*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it comes
*lî*: preposition with 1st common singular suffix - to me

Word Meanings

*paḥad*: dread/terror/fear
*pāḥadtî*: I dreaded/I feared greatly
*wayyeʾĕtāyēnî*: and it comes to me/and it befalls me
*yāgōrtî*: I feared/I was afraid of
*yābōʾ*: it comes/it happens/it arrives

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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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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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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

Job 1:5 : 5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
Job 30:15 : 15 Terrors are turned upon me; They chase mine honor as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.
Job 31:23 : 23 For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.

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