Job 4:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֵ֣ן בַּ֭עֲבָדָיו לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ין וּ֝בְמַלְאָכָ֗יו יָשִׂ֥ים תָּהֳלָֽה׃

Transliteration

Behold, hēn in ba-ʿăbādāyw not lōʾ yaʾămîn and in û-bə-malʾāḵāyw yāśîm tāhŏlāh

Grammar Details

*hēn*: interjection - behold/look
*ba-ʿăbādāyw*: preposition + noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his servants
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yaʾămîn*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he trusts
*û-bə-malʾāḵāyw*: waw conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and in his angels/messengers
*yāśîm*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he places/puts
*tāhŏlāh*: noun, feminine singular - error/folly

Word Meanings

*ʿăbādāyw*: his servants/slaves/workers
*yaʾămîn*: to trust/believe/have confidence in
*malʾāḵāyw*: his angels/messengers
*yāśîm*: to place/put/set
*tāhŏlāh*: error/folly/fault

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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 25:5-6 : 5 Behold, even the moon hath no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight: 6 How much less man, that is a worm! And the son of man, that is a worm!
2 Pet 2:4 : 4 For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Jude 1:6 : 6 And angels that kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Job 15:15-16 : 15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight: 16 How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!
Ps 103:20-21 : 20 Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, That are mighty in strength, that fulfil his word, Hearkening unto the voice of his word. 21 Bless Jehovah, all ye his hosts, Ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
Ps 104:4 : 4 Who maketh winds his messengers; Flames of fire his ministers;
Isa 6:2-3 : 2 Above him stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is Jehovah of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

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