Job 34:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־אָ֭מַר לֹ֣א יִסְכָּן־גָּ֑בֶר בִּ֝רְצֹת֗וֹ עִם־אֱלֹהִֽים׃

Transliteration

kî-ʾāmar lōʾ yiskān-gāber birṣōtô ʿim-ʾĕlōhîm

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ʾāmar*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has said
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yiskān*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he profits
*gāber*: masculine singular noun - man
*birṣōtô*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his delighting/when he takes pleasure
*ʿim*: preposition - with
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun - God

Word Meanings

*yiskān*: profits/benefits/gains advantage
*gāber*: man/person/individual
*birṣōtô*: in his delighting/when he takes pleasure/in his being pleased
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/deity/divine being (plural form used as singular divine reference)

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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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Referenced Verses

Job 35:3 : 3 That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? [And], What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?
Mal 3:14 : 14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
Job 9:22-23 : 22 It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.
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.
Ps 37:4 : 4 Delight thyself also in Jehovah; And he will give thee the desires of thy heart.
Job 21:14-16 : 14 And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? 16 Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 21:30 : 30 That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
Job 22:17 : 17 Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?
Job 27:10 : 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?

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