Job 30:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

My heart is troubled, and resteth not; Days of affliction are come upon me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מֵעַ֖י רֻתְּח֥וּ וְלֹא־דָ֗מּוּ קִדְּמֻ֥נִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי

Transliteration

My mēʿay ruttəḥû and not ḏāmmû, qiddəmûnî yəmê-ʿōnî

Grammar Details

*mēʿay*: noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my inward parts/bowels
*ruttəḥû*: verb, pual perfect, 3rd person plural - they boil/are agitated
*wə-lōʾ-ḏāmmû*: conjunction with negative particle with verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - and not they are quiet
*qiddəmûnî*: verb, piel perfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - they come before me/confront me
*yəmê-ʿōnî*: noun, masculine plural construct with noun, masculine singular - days of affliction

Word Meanings

*mēʿay*: my inward parts/my bowels/my insides
*ruttəḥû*: boil/are agitated/are troubled
*ḏāmmû*: are quiet/are still/cease
*qiddəmûnî*: come before me/confront me/meet me
*yəmê-ʿōnî*: days of affliction/days of suffering/days of misery

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Lam 2:11 : 11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my heart is troubled; My liver is poured upon the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the young children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
Ps 22:4 : 4 Our fathers trusted in thee: They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
Jer 4:19 : 19 My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I cannot hold my peace; because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Jer 31:20 : 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.
Lam 1:20 : 20 Behold, O Jehovah; for I am in distress; my heart is troubled; My heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.

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