Job 6:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲ‍ֽכִי־אָ֭מַרְתִּי הָ֣בוּ לִ֑י וּ֝מִכֹּחֲכֶ֗ם שִׁחֲד֥וּ בַעֲדִֽי׃

Transliteration

hăkî-ʾāmartî hābû lî ûmikkōḥăkem šiḥădû baʿădî

Grammar Details

*hăkî*: interrogative + conjunction - is it because
*ʾāmartî*: Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I said
*hābû*: Qal imperative, masculine plural - give
*lî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me
*ûmikkōḥăkem*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine plural suffix - and from your strength/wealth
*šiḥădû*: Qal imperative, masculine plural - offer a bribe/gift
*baʿădî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - on my behalf

Word Meanings

*ʾāmar*: to say/speak/command
*yāhab*: to give/provide
*kōaḥ*: strength/power/wealth
*šāḥad*: to bribe/give a gift

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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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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 12:3 : 3 Here I am: witness against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
Job 42:11 : 11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one a ring of gold.
Acts 20:33 : 33 I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.

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