Job 27:22

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

It hurls itself against him without mercy; he flees desperately from its power.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיַשְׁלֵ֣ךְ עָ֭לָיו וְלֹ֣א יַחְמֹ֑ל מִ֝יָּד֗וֹ בָּר֥וֹחַ יִבְרָֽח׃

Transliteration

wə-yašlēḵ ʿālāyw wə-lōʾ yaḥmōl miyyāḏô bārôaḥ yiḇrāḥ

Grammar Details

• *wə-yašlēḵ*: conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he hurls
• *ʿālāyw*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - at him
• *wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *yaḥmōl*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he spares
• *miyyāḏô*: preposition + noun feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - from his hand
• *bārôaḥ*: Qal infinitive absolute - fleeing
• *yiḇrāḥ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he flees

Word Meanings

• *šālaḵ*: throw/cast/hurl
• *ḥāmal*: spare/have compassion
• *yāḏ*: hand/power
• *bāraḥ*: flee/run away

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For God will hurl upon him, and not spare; he would gladly flee out of His hand.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For [God] shall hurl{H7993} at him, and not spare:{H2550} He would fain{H1272} flee{H1272} out of his hand.{H3027}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For God shall cast{H7993}{(H8686)} upon him, and not spare{H2550}{(H8799)}: he would fain{H1272}{(H8800)} flee{H1272}{(H8799)} out of his hand{H3027}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  It ru?sheth in vpon him, and spareth him not, he maye not escape from the power therof.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And God shal cast vpon him and not spare, though he would faine flee out of his hand.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  God shal cast vpon him, and not spare, though he woulde fayne flee out of his hande.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For [God] shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For it hurls at him, and does not spare, As he flees away from his hand.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For `God' shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For [God] shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  God sends his arrows against him without mercy; he goes in flight before his hand.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 9:14 : 14 For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, your officials, and your people, so that you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.
• Exod 14:25-28 : 25 He caused the wheels of their chariots to come off so that they moved with difficulty. The Egyptians said, 'Let’s get away from Israel! The LORD is fighting for them against Egypt.' 26 Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians, their chariots, and their horsemen.' 27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak, the sea returned to its normal state. The Egyptians were fleeing toward it, but the LORD swept them into the sea. 28 The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
• Deut 29:20 : 20 The LORD will single them out for disaster from all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.
• Deut 32:23 : 23 I will heap calamities on them and expend My arrows against them.
• Josh 10:11 : 11 As they fled before Israel down the road from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD hurled large hailstones down on them from heaven, and they died. More of them died from the hailstones than were killed by the swords of the Israelites.
• Judg 4:17-21 : 17 Meanwhile, Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin, king of Hazor, and the family of Heber the Kenite. 18 Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, "Come, my lord, come right in. Don't be afraid." So he entered her tent, and she covered him with a blanket. 19 He said to her, "Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty." So she opened a skin of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him again. 20 He said to her, "Stand at the entrance to the tent. If anyone comes and asks you, 'Is there a man here?' say, 'No.'" 21 But Jael, the wife of Heber, picked up a tent peg and a hammer, and she went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep, exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground—and he died.
• Job 11:20 : 20 But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will vanish from them; their only hope is the exhalation of life.
• Job 20:24 : 24 Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze arrow will pierce him.
• Isa 10:3 : 3 What will you do on the day of punishment, when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?
• Jer 13:14 : 14 And I will shatter them, one against another, fathers and sons together,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will show no pity, no compassion, and no mercy to prevent their destruction.’
• Ezek 5:11 : 11 Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things and abominations, I Myself will withdraw. My eye will not spare, and I will show no pity.
• Ezek 9:5-6 : 5 To the others, he said in my hearing, 'Pass through the city after him and strike down. Do not let your eye spare, and do not show pity.' 6 Old men, young men, virgins, children, and women—kill them all to the point of destruction. But do not go near anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.' So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.
• Ezek 24:14 : 14 I, the Lord, have spoken. It will come to pass, and I will act. I will not relent, I will not show pity, nor will I change my mind. According to your ways and your deeds, you will be judged, declares the Lord God.
• Amos 2:14 : 14 Flight will perish from the swift, the strong will not retain their strength, and the warrior will not save his life.
• Amos 9:1-3 : 1 I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and He said, 'Strike the capitals so that the thresholds shake, and shatter them on the heads of all the people. Those who survive I will kill with the sword; not one of them will flee, not a single one will escape.' 2 'If they dig down to the depths of Sheol, from there My hand will take them. If they climb up to the heavens, from there I will bring them down.' 3 'If they hide themselves on the top of Mount Carmel, from there I will search them out and seize them. If they conceal themselves from My sight on the floor of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them.'
• Rom 8:32 : 32 He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all—how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?
• 2 Pet 2:4-5 : 4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned but cast them into hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment, 5 and if He did not spare the ancient world but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, along with seven others when He brought the flood on the ungodly world,