Job 31:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־הֲנִיפ֣וֹתִי עַל־יָת֣וֹם יָדִ֑י כִּֽי־אֶרְאֶ֥ה בַ֝שַּׁ֗עַר עֶזְרָתִֽי׃

Transliteration

If-hănîpôtî upon-yātôm yādî when-ʾerʾeh ḇaššaʿar ʿezrātî

Grammar Details

*hănîpôtî*: verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - I raised/shook
*yātôm*: noun, masculine singular - orphan/fatherless
*yādî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my hand
*ʾerʾeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I see
*ḇaššaʿar*: preposition with definite article and noun, masculine singular - in the gate
*ʿezrātî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my help

Word Meanings

*hănîpôtî*: I raised/I shook/I brandished [threatening gesture]
*yātôm*: orphan/fatherless
*ḇaššaʿar*: in the gate [place of legal proceedings]
*ʿezrātî*: my help/my support/my backing

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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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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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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 22:9 : 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 29:12 : 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.
Prov 23:10-11 : 10 Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against thee.
Jer 5:28 : 28 They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Ezek 22:7 : 7 In thee have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the sojourner; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. 2 And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.
Job 24:9 : 9 There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
Job 6:27 : 27 Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.

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