Job 3:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִקְּבֻ֥הוּ אֹרְרֵי־י֑וֹם הָ֝עֲתִידִ֗ים עֹרֵ֥ר לִוְיָתָֽן׃

Transliteration

yiqqəbûhû ʾōrərê-yôm hāʿătîdîm ʿōrēr liwyātān

Grammar Details

*yiqqəbûhû*: verb, Qal imperfect jussive, 3rd masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - let them curse it
*ʾōrərê-yôm*: verb, Qal participle, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular - cursers of day
*hāʿătîdîm*: definite article + verb, Piel participle, masculine plural - the ones skilled
*ʿōrēr*: verb, Polel infinitive construct - to rouse
*liwyātān*: noun, masculine singular - Leviathan

Word Meanings

*yiqqəbûhû*: curse it/abhor it/denounce it
*ʾōrərê*: cursers/those who execrate
*hāʿătîdîm*: those who are skilled/ready/prepared
*ʿōrēr*: to rouse/to awaken/to stir up
*liwyātān*: Leviathan/sea monster/dragon

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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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Referenced Verses

Job 41:1 : 1 Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?
Job 41:10 : 10 None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?
Job 41:25 : 25 When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.
Jer 9:17-18 : 17 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skilful women, that they may come: 18 and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
Amos 5:16 : 16 Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all the broad ways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! Alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to wailing.
Matt 11:17 : 17 and say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not mourn.
Mark 5:38 : 38 And they come to the house of the ruler of the synagogue; and he beholdeth a tumult, and [many] weeping and wailing greatly.
2 Chr 35:25 : 25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations unto this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

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