Job 40:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Or hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאִם־זְר֖וֹעַ כָּאֵ֥ל ׀ לָ֑ךְ וּ֝בְק֗וֹל כָּמֹ֥הוּ תַרְעֵֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾim-zərôaʿ kā-ʾēl lāk û-bəqôl kāmōhû tarʿēm

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾim*: conjunction + conjunction - and if
*zərôaʿ*: noun, feminine singular - arm, strength, power
*kā-ʾēl*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - like God
*lāk*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you, for you
*û-bəqôl*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular - and with voice
*kāmōhû*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - like him
*tarʿēm*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you thunder

Word Meanings

*zərôaʿ*: arm, strength, might, power
*ʾēl*: God, deity, mighty one
*qôl*: voice, sound, noise
*tarʿēm*: to thunder, roar, make a loud noise

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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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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
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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 37:4-5 : 4 After it a voice roareth; He thundereth with the voice of his majesty; And he restraineth not [the lightnings] when his voice is heard. 5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
Ps 89:13 : 13 Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
Isa 45:9 : 9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
Ps 29:3 : 3 The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth, Even Jehovah upon many waters.
Ps 39:3-9 : 3 My heart was hot within me; While I was musing the fire burned: [Then] spake I with my tongue: 4 Jehovah, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is; Let me know how frail I am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days [as] handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. {H5542} 6 [Surely every man] [walketh] [in a vain show;] [Surely they are disquieted] [in vain:] [He heapeth up] [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them. 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee. 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: Make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it.
Ps 89:10 : 10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.
Exod 15:6 : 6 Thy right hand, O Jehovah, is glorious in power, Thy right hand, O Jehovah, dasheth in pieces the enemy.
Job 9:4 : 4 [ He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered? --
Job 23:6 : 6 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.
Job 33:12-13 : 12 Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just; For God is greater than man. 13 Why dost thou strive against him, For that he giveth not account of any of his matters?

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