Job 5:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תָּב֣וֹא בְכֶ֣לַח אֱלֵי־קָ֑בֶר כַּעֲל֖וֹת גָּדִ֣ישׁ בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

tābōʾ in-kelaḥ to-qāber like-ʿălōt gādîš in-ʿittō

Grammar Details

*tābōʾ*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will come
*kelaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - full vigor/old age
*qāber*: noun, masculine singular - grave
*ʿălōt*: Qal infinitive construct - coming up/ascending
*gādîš*: noun, masculine singular - stack of grain/sheaf
*ʿittō*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its time

Word Meanings

*tābōʾ*: you will come/enter
*kelaḥ*: full vigor/old age/maturity
*qāber*: grave/tomb
*ʿălōt*: coming up/ascending
*gādîš*: stack of grain/shock of corn/heap
*ʿittō*: its time/season

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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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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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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

Gen 15:15 : 15 But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Prov 9:11 : 11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.
Prov 10:27 : 27 The fear of Jehovah prolongeth days; But the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Gen 25:8 : 8 And Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full [of years], and was gathered to his people.
Job 42:16-17 : 16 And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, [even] four generations. 17 So Job died, being old and full of days.
Ps 91:16 : 16 With long life will I satisfy him, And shew him my salvation.

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