Job 37:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, And the sound that goeth out of his mouth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שִׁמְע֤וּ שָׁמ֣וֹעַ בְּרֹ֣גֶז קֹל֑וֹ וְ֝הֶ֗גֶה מִפִּ֥יו יֵצֵֽא׃

Transliteration

šimʿû šāmôaʿ bə-rōgez qōlô wə-hegeh mip-pîw yēṣēʾ

Grammar Details

*šimʿû*: qal imperative, masculine plural - hear/listen
*šāmôaʿ*: qal infinitive absolute - to hear (intensifying the imperative)
*bə-rōgez*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in/with rumbling/anger
*qōlô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his voice
*wə-hegeh*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and muttering/sound/growl
*mip-pîw*: preposition + noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - from his mouth
*yēṣēʾ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - goes out/comes forth

Word Meanings

*šāmôaʿ*: hearing/listening (intensifier)
*rōgez*: rumbling/anger/agitation/trouble
*hegeh*: muttering/sound/growl/murmur/rumbling

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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 36:33 : 33 The noise thereof telleth concerning him, The cattle also concerning [the storm] that cometh up.
Job 37:5 : 5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
Ps 29:3-9 : 3 The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth, Even Jehovah upon many waters. 4 The voice of Jehovah is powerful; The voice of Jehovah is full of majesty. 5 The voice of Jehovah breaketh the cedars; Yea, Jehovah breaketh in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. 6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox. 7 The voice of Jehovah cleaveth the flames of fire. 8 The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. 9 The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, And strippeth the forests bare: And in his temple everything saith, Glory.
Ps 104:7 : 7 At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away
Job 38:1 : 1 Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Exod 19:16-19 : 16 And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18 And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. 19 And when the voice of the trumpet waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
Job 36:29 : 29 Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?

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