Job 5:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י ה֣וּא יַכְאִ֣יב וְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁ יִ֝מְחַ֗ץ *וידו **וְיָדָ֥יו תִּרְפֶּֽינָה׃

Transliteration

kî hûʾ yaḵʾîb wə-yeḥbāš yimḥaṣ wə-yādāyw tirpeynāh

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he
*yaḵʾîb*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he causes pain
*wə*: conjunction - and
*yeḥbāš*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he binds up
*yimḥaṣ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he wounds/crushes
*yādāyw*: noun, feminine dual with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his hands
*tirpeynāh*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine plural - they heal

Word Meanings

*yaḵʾîb*: causes pain/wounds/makes sore
*yeḥbāš*: binds up/bandages
*yimḥaṣ*: wounds/crushes/smites
*tirpeynāh*: heal/make whole

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About this Translation

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

Hos 6:1 : 1 Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Isa 30:26 : 26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah bindeth up the hurt of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Deut 32:39 : 39 See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
1 Sam 2:6 : 6 Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
Ps 147:3 : 3 He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds.

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