Job 33:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנֵּ֣ה אֵ֭מָתִי לֹ֣א תְבַעֲתֶ֑ךָּ וְ֝אַכְפִּ֗י עָלֶ֥יךָ לֹא־יִכְבָּֽד׃

Transliteration

hinnēh ʾēmātî lō' təba'ătekā wəʾakpî 'āleykā lō'-yikbād

Grammar Details

*hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold/look
*ʾēmātî*: noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my terror/dread
*lō'*: negative particle - not
*təba'ătekā*: piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - she will terrify you
*wəʾakpî*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - and my pressure/burden
*'āleykā*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - upon you
*yikbād*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be heavy

Word Meanings

*ʾēmātî*: my terror/my dread/my fear
*təba'ătekā*: will terrify you/will frighten you/will overwhelm you
*ʾakpî*: my pressure/my burden/my weight
*yikbād*: will be heavy/will be burdensome/will weigh heavily

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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 13:21 : 21 Withdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid.
Job 9:34 : 34 Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid:
Ps 32:4 : 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: My moisture was changed [as] with the drought of summer. {H5542}
Ps 88:16 : 16 Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.

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