Job 36:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of afflictions;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאִם־אֲסוּרִ֥ים בַּזִּקִּ֑ים יִ֝לָּכְד֗וּן בְּחַבְלֵי־עֹֽנִי׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾim-ʾăsûrîm bazziqîm yillākədûn bəḥablê-ʿōnî

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾim-ʾăsûrîm*: conjunction + conditional particle + passive participle, masculine plural - and if bound
*bazziqîm*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - in fetters/chains
*yillākədûn*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural, paragogic nun - they are caught/captured
*bəḥablê-ʿōnî*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular - in cords of affliction

Word Meanings

*ʾăsûrîm*: bound/imprisoned ones/captives
*ziqîm*: fetters/chains/shackles
*yillākədûn*: are caught/captured/trapped
*ḥablê*: cords/ropes/bonds
*ʿōnî*: affliction/misery/poverty

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 107:10 : 10 Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,
Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Lam 3:9 : 9 He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.
Ps 116:3 : 3 The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Job 13:27 : 27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:
Job 19:6 : 6 Know now that God hath subverted me [in my cause], And hath compassed me with his net.
Job 33:18-19 : 18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword. 19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones;
Ps 18:5 : 5 The cords of Sheol were round about me; The snares of death came upon me.

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