Job 40:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֲדֵ֥ה נָ֣א גָֽא֣וֹן וָגֹ֑בַהּ וְה֖וֹד וְהָדָ֣ר תִּלְבָּֽשׁ׃

Transliteration

ʿădēh nāʾ gāʾôn wə-gōbah wə-hôd wə-hādār tilbāš

Grammar Details

*ʿădēh*: qal imperative, masculine singular - adorn
*nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please, now
*gāʾôn*: noun, masculine singular - majesty, excellence, pride
*wə-gōbah*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and height, loftiness
*wə-hôd*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and splendor, glory
*wə-hādār*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and honor, majesty
*tilbāš*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will clothe yourself

Word Meanings

*ʿădēh*: to adorn, deck, put on as ornament
*gāʾôn*: majesty, excellence, pride, exaltation
*gōbah*: height, elevation, exaltation, haughtiness
*hôd*: splendor, majesty, vigor, glory
*hādār*: honor, majesty, splendor, glory
*tilbāš*: to clothe, put on clothing, wear

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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

Ps 93:1 : 1 Jehovah reigneth; He is clothed with majesty; Jehovah is clothed with strength; he hath girded himself therewith: The world also is established, that it cannot be moved.
Ps 149:4 : 4 For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.
Isa 59:17 : 17 And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.
Matt 6:13 : 13 And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil [one].
1 Cor 15:54 : 54 But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
2 Pet 1:16-17 : 16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when there was borne such a voice to him by the Majestic Glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased:
Jude 1:24-25 : 24 Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy, 25 to the only {G4680} God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, [be] glory, majesty, dominion and power, before all time, and now, and for evermore. Amen.
Isa 4:2 : 2 In that day shall the branch of Jehovah be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
Ps 104:1-2 : 1 Bless Jehovah, O my soul. O Jehovah my God, thou art very great; Thou art clothed with honor and majesty: 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;
Exod 28:2 : 2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for beauty.
1 Chr 29:11 : 11 Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth [is thine]; thine is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Job 39:19 : 19 Hast thou given the horse [his] might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
Ps 21:5 : 5 His glory is great in thy salvation: Honor and majesty dost thou lay upon him.
Ps 45:3-4 : 3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, Thy glory and thy majesty. 4 And in thy majesty ride on prosperously, Because of truth and meekness [and] righteousness: And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
Ps 50:2 : 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.
Ps 90:16-17 : 16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory upon their children. 17 And let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

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