Job 30:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves [upon me].

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּפֶ֣רֶץ רָחָ֣ב יֶאֱתָ֑יוּ תַּ֥חַת שֹׁ֝אָ֗ה הִתְגַּלְגָּֽלוּ

Transliteration

Like pereṣ rāḥāḇ they yeʾĕṯāyû, under šōʾâ they hiṯgalgālû

Grammar Details

*kə-p̄ereṣ*: preposition of comparison with noun, masculine singular - like breach/gap
*rāḥāḇ*: adjective, masculine singular - wide/broad
*yeʾĕṯāyû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they come
*taḥaṯ*: preposition - under/beneath
*šōʾâ*: noun, feminine singular - devastation/ruin
*hiṯgalgālû*: verb, hithpael perfect, 3rd person plural - they roll themselves

Word Meanings

*pereṣ*: breach/gap/break
*rāḥāḇ*: wide/broad/large
*yeʾĕṯāyû*: they come/they arrive/they advance
*šōʾâ*: devastation/ruin/crash
*hiṯgalgālû*: they roll themselves/they tumble in/they rush in

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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

Job 22:16 : 16 Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
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Ps 69:14-15 : 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
Isa 8:7-8 : 7 now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the River, strong and many, [even] the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it shall come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks; 8 and it shall sweep onward into Judah; it shall overflow and pass through; it shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.

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