Job 9:35

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then would I speak, and not fear him; For I am not so in myself.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַֽ֭דַבְּרָה וְלֹ֣א אִירָאֶ֑נּוּ כִּ֥י לֹא־כֵ֥ן אָ֝נֹכִ֗י עִמָּדִֽי׃

Transliteration

ʾădabbərâ wə-lōʾ ʾîrāʾennû kî lōʾ-kēn ʾānōkî ʿimmādî

Grammar Details

*ʾădabbərâ*: piel imperfect 1st person singular cohortative - let me speak
*wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*ʾîrāʾennû*: qal imperfect 1st person singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - I will fear him
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*lōʾ-kēn*: negative particle + adverb - not so
*ʾānōkî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
*ʿimmādî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - with myself

Word Meanings

*ʾădabbərâ*: to speak, talk, address
*ʾîrāʾennû*: to fear, be afraid, be in awe
*lōʾ-kēn*: not so, not thus
*ʾānōkî*: I, myself
*ʿimmādî*: with me, by myself, in my own estimation

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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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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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