Job 41:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they cannot be sundered.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִ֭שֵּׂתוֹ יָג֣וּרוּ אֵלִ֑ים מִ֝שְּׁבָרִ֗ים יִתְחַטָּֽאוּ׃

Transliteration

Miśśēṯô yāḡûrû ʾēlîm miššəḇārîm yiṯḥaṭṭāʾû

Grammar Details

*Miśśēṯô*: preposition with noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - from his raising up
*yāḡûrû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they fear/are afraid
*ʾēlîm*: noun, masculine plural - mighty ones/gods
*miššəḇārîm*: preposition with noun, masculine plural - from the breakers/waves
*yiṯḥaṭṭāʾû*: hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they purify themselves/miss the mark

Word Meanings

*śēṯô*: his raising up/his lifting up/his dignity
*yāḡûrû*: they fear/they are afraid/they dread
*ʾēlîm*: mighty ones/gods/heroes
*šəḇārîm*: breakers/waves/breakings
*yiṯḥaṭṭāʾû*: they miss the mark/they are bewildered/they withdraw themselves

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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
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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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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