Job 6:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

ל֗וּ שָׁק֣וֹל יִשָּׁקֵ֣ל כַּעְשִׂ֑י וְהַוָּתִ֗י בְּֽמֹאזְנַ֥יִם יִשְׂאוּ־יָֽחַד׃

Transliteration

lû šāqôl yiššāqēl kaʿśî wə-hawwātî bə-mōʾznayim yiśʾû-yāḥad

Grammar Details

*lû*: particle expressing wish/condition - if only/Oh that
*šāqôl yiššāqēl*: infinitive absolute + Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - would surely be weighed
*kaʿśî*: preposition *kə* + noun + 1st person singular suffix - my vexation/grief
*wə-hawwātî*: conjunction + noun + 1st person singular suffix - and my calamity/ruin
*bə-mōʾznayim*: preposition + noun, masculine dual - in/on scales/balances
*yiśʾû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they would lift/take up
*yāḥad*: adverb - together/at once

Word Meanings

*lû*: if only/would that
*kaʿś*: vexation/grief/anger
*hawwâ*: calamity/destruction/ruin
*mōʾznayim*: scales/balances
*nāśāʾ*: to lift up/carry/bear

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 4:5 : 5 But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
Job 23:2 : 2 Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.
Job 31:6 : 6 (Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);

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