Job 37:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֽ͏ַיְסֻפַּר־ל֖וֹ כִּ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר אִֽם־אָ֥מַר אִ֝֗ישׁ כִּ֣י יְבֻלָּֽע׃

Transliteration

ha-yəsuppar-lô kî ʾădabbēr ʾim-ʾāmar ʾîš kî yəbullāʿ

Grammar Details

*ha*: interrogative particle - ?
*yəsuppar*: pual imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it is told/recounted
*lô*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him
*kî*: conjunction - that/because/for
*ʾădabbēr*: piel imperfect, 1st common singular - I speak
*ʾim*: conditional particle - if
*ʾāmar*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he says/said
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man
*yəbullāʿ*: pual imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will be swallowed up

Word Meanings

*yəsuppar*: is told/is recounted/is reported
*kî*: that/when/if/because
*ʾădabbēr*: I speak/I talk/I declare
*yəbullāʿ*: be swallowed up/be destroyed/be overwhelmed

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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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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 6:3 : 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash.
Job 11:7-8 : 7 Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? 8 It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; What canst thou know?
Ps 139:4 : 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
Matt 12:36-37 : 36 And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

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