Job 36:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה פֶּן־יְסִֽיתְךָ֣ בְסָ֑פֶק וְרָב־כֹּ֝֗פֶר אַל־יַטֶּֽךָּ׃

Transliteration

kî-ḥēmāh pen-yəsîtəkā bəsāp̄eq wə-rāb-kōp̄er ʾal-yaṭṭekkā

Grammar Details

*kî-ḥēmāh*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular - for wrath
*pen-yəsîtəkā*: conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - lest it entice you
*bəsāp̄eq*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - into mockery/scorn
*wə-rāb-kōp̄er*: conjunction + adjective + noun, masculine singular - and great ransom
*ʾal-yaṭṭekkā*: negative particle + Hiphil jussive, 3rd masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - let it not turn you aside

Word Meanings

*ḥēmāh*: wrath/rage/fury
*yəsît*: entices/lures/incites
*sāp̄eq*: mockery/scorn/derision/clapping hands in derision
*rāb-kōp̄er*: great ransom/large bribe
*yaṭṭeh*: turns aside/diverts/bends

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 33:24 : 24 Then [God] is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom.
Rom 1:18 : 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hinder the truth in unrighteousness;
Eph 5:6 : 6 Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.
1 Tim 2:6 : 6 who gave himself a ransom for all; the testimony [to be borne] in its own times;
Heb 2:3 : 3 how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;
Rom 2:5 : 5 but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
Ps 2:5 : 5 Then will he speak unto them in his wrath, And vex them in his sore displeasure:
Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.
Ps 39:10 : 10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
Ps 49:7-8 : 7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him; 8 (For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever;)
Ps 110:5 : 5 The Lord at thy right hand Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
Isa 14:6 : 6 that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.
Ezek 24:16 : 16 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet thou shalt neither mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

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