Job 4:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י עַתָּ֨ה ׀ תָּב֣וֹא אֵלֶ֣יךָ וַתֵּ֑לֶא תִּגַּ֥ע עָ֝דֶ֗יךָ וַתִּבָּהֵֽל׃

Transliteration

For kî now ʿattāh tābôʾ to ʾēlêkā and wa-tēleʾ tiggaʿ to ʿādêkā and wa-tibbāhēl

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because/when
*ʿattāh*: adverb - now
*tābôʾ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it comes
*ʾēlêkā*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
*wa-tēleʾ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you are weary
*tiggaʿ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it touches/reaches
*ʿādêkā*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
*wa-tibbāhēl*: waw consecutive + Niphal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - and you are dismayed/troubled

Word Meanings

*kî*: for/because/when/that
*ʿattāh*: now/presently/at this time
*tābôʾ*: to come/go/arrive
*tēleʾ*: to be weary/tired/impatient
*tiggaʿ*: to touch/reach/strike
*tibbāhēl*: to be dismayed/troubled/terrified

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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 19:21 : 21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.
Prov 24:10 : 10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small.
2 Cor 4:1 : 1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:
2 Cor 4:16 : 16 Wherefore we faint not; but though {G2532} our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
Heb 12:3 : 3 For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against himself, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls.
Heb 12:5 : 5 and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;
Job 1:11 : 11 But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
Job 2:5 : 5 But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
Job 3:25-26 : 25 For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me. 26 I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble cometh.
Job 6:14 : 14 To him that is ready to faint kindness [should be showed] from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

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