Job 40:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, if a river overflow, he trembleth not; He is confident, though a Jordan swell even to his mouth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֵ֤ן יַעֲשֹׁ֣ק נָ֭הָר לֹ֣א יַחְפּ֑וֹז יִבְטַ֓ח ׀ כִּֽי־יָגִ֖יחַ יַרְדֵּ֣ן אֶל־פִּֽיהוּ׃

Transliteration

hēn yaʿăšōq nāhār lōʾ yaḥpôz yibṭaḥ kî-yāgîaḥ yardēn ʾel-pîhû

Grammar Details

*hēn*: demonstrative particle - behold, lo
*yaʿăšōq*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it oppresses/floods
*nāhār*: noun, masculine singular - river, stream
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yaḥpôz*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he hurries/is alarmed
*yibṭaḥ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he trusts
*kî*: conjunction - that, because, when
*yāgîaḥ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it bursts forth
*yardēn*: proper noun - Jordan [River]
*ʾel*: preposition - to, into, toward
*pîhû*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mouth

Word Meanings

*yaʿăšōq*: to oppress, press upon, burst out, flood
*nāhār*: river, stream, canal
*yaḥpôz*: to hurry, hasten, be alarmed, be startled
*yibṭaḥ*: to trust, be confident, feel safe
*yāgîaḥ*: to burst forth, gush out, draw up
*yardēn*: Jordan River, or any large river
*pîhû*: mouth, opening, speech

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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

Gen 13:10 : 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.
Josh 3:15 : 15 and when they that bare the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest,)
Ps 55:8 : 8 I would haste me to a shelter From the stormy wind and tempest.
Isa 28:16 : 16 therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious [corner-] [stone] of sure foundation: he that believeth shall not be in haste.
Isa 37:25 : 25 I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.

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