Job 33:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֵ֣ן תְּ֭נוּאוֹת עָלַ֣י יִמְצָ֑א יַחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי לְאוֹיֵ֣ב לֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

hēn tənû'ôt 'ālay yimṣā' yaḥšəbēnî ləʾôyēb lô

Grammar Details

*hēn*: demonstrative particle - behold/look
*tənû'ôt*: noun, feminine plural - occasions/pretexts
*'ālay*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - against me
*yimṣā'*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he finds
*yaḥšəbēnî*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he counts me/reckons me
*ləʾôyēb*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - as enemy
*lô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to/for him

Word Meanings

*tənû'ôt*: occasions/pretexts/grounds for hostility
*yimṣā'*: he finds/he discovered/he obtains
*yaḥšəbēnî*: he counts me/he reckons me/he considers me
*ʾôyēb*: enemy/foe/adversary

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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 13:24-25 : 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy? 25 Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
Job 19:11 : 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, And he counteth me unto him as [one of] his adversaries.
Job 30:21 : 21 Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.
Job 31:35 : 35 Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); And [that I had] the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
Job 34:5 : 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:
Job 14:16 : 16 But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?
Job 16:9 : 9 He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
Job 9:30-31 : 30 If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean; 31 Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Job 10:15-17 : 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction. 16 And if [my head] exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me. 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me: Changes and warfare are with me.

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