Job 41:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

His sneezings flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַשִּׂיגֵ֣הוּ חֶ֭רֶב בְּלִ֣י תָק֑וּם חֲנִ֖ית מַסָּ֣ע וְשִׁרְיָֽה׃

Transliteration

Maśśîḡēhû ḥereḇ bəlî ṯāqûm ḥănîṯ massāʿ wəširyāh

Grammar Details

*Maśśîḡēhû*: hiphil participle with 3rd masculine singular suffix - one overtaking him
*ḥereḇ*: noun, feminine singular - sword
*bəlî*: preposition with negative particle - without
*ṯāqûm*: qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it will stand/rise
*ḥănîṯ*: noun, feminine singular - spear
*massāʿ*: noun, masculine singular - removal/journey/dart
*wəširyāh*: conjunction with noun, feminine singular - and coat of mail/javelin

Word Meanings

*Maśśîḡēhû*: one overtaking him/one reaching him/if one reaches him
*ḥereḇ*: sword
*bəlî* *ṯāqûm*: without standing/will not stand/cannot endure
*ḥănîṯ*: spear/lance
*massāʿ*: dart/javelin/missile
*širyāh*: coat of mail/javelin/dart

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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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Referenced Verses

Job 3:9 : 9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark: Let it look for light, but have none; Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:
Rev 1:14 : 14 And his head and his hair were white as white wool, [white] as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

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