Job 8:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲלֹא־הֵ֣ם י֭וֹרוּךָ יֹ֣אמְרוּ לָ֑ךְ וּ֝מִלִּבָּ֗ם יוֹצִ֥אוּ מִלִּֽים׃

Transliteration

Will not hēm yôrûḵā yōʾmĕrû lāḵ û-millibām yôṣīʾû millîm

Grammar Details

*hă-lōʾ*: interrogative particle + negative particle - will not
*hēm*: personal pronoun 3rd masculine plural - they
*yôrûḵā*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - they will teach you
*yōʾmĕrû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they will say/speak
*lāḵ*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you
*û-millibām*: conjunction + preposition + noun masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and from their heart
*yôṣīʾû*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they will bring forth
*millîm*: noun feminine plural - words/sayings

Word Meanings

*yôrûḵā*: teach/instruct/direct
*yōʾmĕrû*: say/speak/tell
*lēb*: heart/mind/inner person
*yôṣīʾû*: bring forth/produce/utter
*millîm*: words/speech/sayings

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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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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

Deut 6:7 : 7 and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Deut 11:19 : 19 And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Job 12:7-8 : 7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee: 8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Job 32:7 : 7 I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.
Ps 145:4 : 4 One generation shall laud thy works to another, And shall declare thy mighty acts.
Prov 16:23 : 23 The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips.
Prov 18:15 : 15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
Matt 12:35 : 35 The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Heb 11:4 : 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had witness borne to him that he was righteous, God bearing witness in respect of his gifts: and through it he being dead yet speaketh.
Heb 12:1 : 1 Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

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