Job 13:12

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{ "verseID": "Job.13.12", "source": "זִֽ֭כְרֹנֵיכֶם מִשְׁלֵי־אֵ֑פֶר לְגַבֵּי־חֹ֝֗מֶר גַּבֵּיכֶֽם׃", "text": "*zikrōnêkem* *mišlê*-*ʾēper* *legabbê*-*ḥōmer* *gabbêkem*", "grammar": { "*zikrōnêkem*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your memorable sayings", "*mišlê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - proverbs of", "*ʾēper*": "noun, masculine singular - ashes/dust", "*legabbê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - to mounds of", "*ḥōmer*": "noun, masculine singular - clay/mud", "*gabbêkem*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your defenses/bulwarks" }, "variants": { "*zikrōnêkem*": "your memorable sayings/your maxims/your remembrances", "*mišlê*-*ʾēper*": "proverbs of ashes/maxims of dust", "*gabbê*-*ḥōmer*": "mounds of clay/heaps of mud", "*gabbêkem*": "your defenses/your strongholds/your arguments" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זִֽ֭כְרֹנֵיכֶם מִשְׁלֵי־אֵ֑פֶר לְגַבֵּי־חֹ֝֗מֶר גַּבֵּיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

zikrōnêkem mišlê-ʾēper legabbê-ḥōmer gabbêkem

Grammar Details

• *zikrōnêkem*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your memorable sayings
• *mišlê*: noun, masculine plural construct - proverbs of
• *ʾēper*: noun, masculine singular - ashes/dust
• *legabbê*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - to mounds of
• *ḥōmer*: noun, masculine singular - clay/mud
• *gabbêkem*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your defenses/bulwarks

Word Meanings

• *zikrōnêkem*: your memorable sayings/your maxims/your remembrances
• *mišlê*-*ʾēper*: proverbs of ashes/maxims of dust
• *gabbê*-*ḥōmer*: mounds of clay/heaps of mud
• *gabbêkem*: your defenses/your strongholds/your arguments

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Your remembrances are like ashes, your defenses to defenses of clay.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defences are defences of clay.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  youre remembraunce shalbe like the dust, & youre pryde shalbe turned to claye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Your memories may be compared vnto ashes, and your bodyes to bodyes of clay.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Your remembraunce is lyke vnto a sparke, and your bodies lyke the claye.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Your remembrances [are] like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Your remembrances `are' similes of ashes, For high places of clay your heights.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defences are defences of clay.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defences are defences of clay.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Your wise sayings are only dust, and your strong places are only earth.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 2:7 : 7 { "verseID": "Genesis.2.7", "source": "וַיִּיצֶר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֗ם עָפָר֙ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה וַיִּפַּ֥ח בְּאַפָּ֖יו נִשְׁמַ֣ת חַיִּ֑ים וַֽיְהִ֥י הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּֽה׃", "text": "*wayyîṣer YHWH ʾĕlōhîm ʾeṯ-hāʾāḏām ʿāp̄ār min-hāʾăḏāmāh wayyippaḥ bəʾappāyw nišmaṯ ḥayyîm wayəhî hāʾāḏām lənep̄eš ḥayyāh*", "grammar": { "*wayyîṣer*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he formed", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/LORD", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine, plural (with singular meaning) - God", "*ʾeṯ-hāʾāḏām*": "direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the man", "*ʿāp̄ār*": "noun, masculine, singular - dust", "*min-hāʾăḏāmāh*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine, singular - from the ground", "*wayyippaḥ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he breathed", "*bəʾappāyw*": "preposition + noun, masculine, dual + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - into his nostrils", "*nišmaṯ*": "noun, feminine, singular construct - breath of", "*ḥayyîm*": "noun, masculine, plural - life", "*wayəhî*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd singular masculine - and he became", "*hāʾāḏām*": "definite article + noun, masculine, singular - the man", "*lənep̄eš*": "preposition + noun, feminine, singular construct - to/for a being of", "*ḥayyāh*": "adjective, feminine, singular - living" }, "variants": { "*wayyîṣer*": "formed/fashioned/shaped", "*hāʾāḏām*": "the man/the human/Adam", "*ʿāp̄ār*": "dust/soil/earth/clay", "*hāʾăḏāmāh*": "the ground/the soil/the earth", "*wayyippaḥ*": "breathed/blew", "*bəʾappāyw*": "in his nostrils/in his nose", "*nišmaṯ ḥayyîm*": "breath of life/living breath", "*nep̄eš ḥayyāh*": "living being/living creature/living soul" } }
• Gen 18:27 : 27 { "verseID": "Genesis.18.27", "source": "וַיַּ֥עַן אַבְרָהָ֖ם וַיֹּאמַ֑ר הִנֵּה־נָ֤א הוֹאַ֙לְתִּי֙ לְדַבֵּ֣ר אֶל־אֲדֹנָ֔י וְאָנֹכִ֖י עָפָ֥ר וָאֵֽפֶר׃", "text": "And-*wayyaʿan* *ʾAḇrāhām* and-*wayyōʾmar* *hinnēh*-*nāʾ* *hôʾaltî* to-*ləḏabbēr* to-*ʾăḏōnāy* and-I *ʿāpār* and-*ʾēper*.", "grammar": { "*wayyaʿan*": "qal waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - answered", "*wayyōʾmar*": "qal waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - said", "*hinnēh*": "demonstrative particle - behold", "*nāʾ*": "particle of entreaty - please", "*hôʾaltî*": "hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - I have undertaken", "*ləḏabbēr*": "piel infinitive construct with prefix - to speak", "*ʾăḏōnāy*": "noun with 1st person singular suffix - my Lord", "*ʿāpār*": "noun, masculine singular - dust", "*ʾēper*": "noun, masculine singular - ashes" }, "variants": { "*hôʾaltî*": "I have undertaken/dared/presumed", "*ʿāpār wāʾēper*": "dust and ashes (idiom for human frailty/mortality)" } }
• Exod 17:14 : 14 { "verseID": "Exodus.17.14", "source": "וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה כְּתֹ֨ב זֹ֤את זִכָּרוֹן֙ בַּסֵּ֔פֶר וְשִׂ֖ים בְּאָזְנֵ֣י יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ כִּֽי־מָחֹ֤ה אֶמְחֶה֙ אֶת־זֵ֣כֶר עֲמָלֵ֔ק מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃", "text": "And *wa-yōʾmer* *YHWH* unto-*mōsheh* *kətōb* this *zikkārôn* in-the-*sēper* and-*wəśîm* in-*ʾoznê* *yəhôshûaʿ* that-*māḥōh* *ʾemḥeh* *ʾet*-*zēker* *ʿămālēq* from-under the-*shāmāyim*.", "grammar": { "*wa-yōʾmer*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he said", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD/Yahweh", "*mōsheh*": "proper noun - Moses", "*kətōb*": "qal imperative masculine singular - write", "*zikkārôn*": "masculine singular noun - memorial/remembrance", "*sēper*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the book/scroll", "*wəśîm*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperative masculine singular - and put/place", "*ʾoznê*": "feminine dual construct - ears of", "*yəhôshûaʿ*": "proper noun - Joshua", "*māḥōh*": "qal infinitive absolute - utterly", "*ʾemḥeh*": "qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will blot out/erase", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*zēker*": "masculine singular construct - memory/remembrance of", "*ʿămālēq*": "proper noun - Amalek", "*shāmāyim*": "masculine dual noun with definite article - the heavens/sky" }, "variants": { "*wa-yōʾmer*": "said/spoke/commanded", "*kətōb*": "write/record/inscribe", "*zikkārôn*": "memorial/remembrance/record", "*sēper*": "book/scroll/document", "*wəśîm*": "put/place/set", "*ʾoznê*": "ears/hearing", "*māḥōh* *ʾemḥeh*": "utterly blot out/completely erase/totally destroy", "*zēker*": "memory/remembrance/mention", "*shāmāyim*": "heavens/sky" } }
• Job 4:19 : 19 { "verseID": "Job.4.19", "source": "אַ֤ף ׀ שֹׁכְנֵ֬י בָֽתֵּי־חֹ֗מֶר אֲשֶׁר־בֶּעָפָ֥ר יְסוֹדָ֑ם יְ֝דַכְּא֗וּם לִפְנֵי־עָֽשׁ׃", "text": "How much more *ʾap* *šōḵənê* *bāttê-ḥōmer* who *ʾăšer-be-ʿāpār* *yəsôdām* *yədakkəʾûm* before *lipnê-ʿāš*", "grammar": { "*ʾap*": "conjunction/adverb - how much more/also/even", "*šōḵənê*": "Qal participle, masculine plural construct - dwellers of", "*bāttê-ḥōmer*": "noun, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular - houses of clay", "*ʾăšer-be-ʿāpār*": "relative pronoun + preposition + noun, masculine singular - which in dust", "*yəsôdām*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their foundation", "*yədakkəʾûm*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - they crush them", "*lipnê-ʿāš*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - before the moth" }, "variants": { "*šōḵənê*": "dwellers/inhabitants/residents", "*bāttê-ḥōmer*": "houses of clay/dirt/material", "*ʿāpār*": "dust/dirt/earth", "*yəsôdām*": "their foundation/basis/beginning", "*yədakkəʾûm*": "they crush them/oppress them/break them", "*ʿāš*": "moth/insect" } }
• Job 18:17 : 17 { "verseID": "Job.18.17", "source": "זִכְרוֹ־אָבַד מִנִּי־אָרֶץ וְלֹא־שֵׁם לוֹ עַל־פְּנֵי־חוּץ", "text": "*ziḵrô-ʾāḇaḏ minnî-ʾāreṣ wəlōʾ-šēm lô ʿal-pənê-ḥûṣ*", "grammar": { "*ziḵrô*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his memory", "*ʾāḇaḏ*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it perishes", "*minnî-ʾāreṣ*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - from the earth", "*wəlōʾ-šēm*": "conjunction + negative particle + noun, masculine singular - and no name", "*lô*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him", "*ʿal-pənê-ḥûṣ*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular - upon the face of the street" }, "variants": { "*ziḵrô*": "his memory/remembrance/memorial", "*ʾāḇaḏ*": "perishes/is lost/vanishes", "*minnî-ʾāreṣ*": "from the earth/land", "*wəlōʾ-šēm lô*": "and no name to him/he has no reputation", "*ʿal-pənê-ḥûṣ*": "upon the face of the street/in public/in the open" } }
• Ps 34:16 : 16 { "verseID": "Psalms.34.16", "source": "עֵינֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה אֶל־צַדִּיקִ֑ים וְ֝אָזְנָ֗יו אֶל־שַׁוְעָתָֽם׃", "text": "Eyes of *YHWH* to *ṣaddîqîm* *wəʾoznāyw* to *šawʿātām*", "grammar": { "*ʿênê*": "noun feminine dual construct - eyes of", "*YHWH*": "divine name", "*ṣaddîqîm*": "adjective masculine plural - righteous ones", "*wəʾoznāyw*": "conjunction with noun feminine dual with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his ears", "*šawʿātām*": "noun feminine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their cry" }, "variants": { "*ʿênê*": "eyes of/sight of/attention of", "*ṣaddîqîm*": "righteous ones/just ones/innocent ones", "*šawʿātām*": "their cry/their call for help/their supplication" } }
• Ps 102:12 : 12 { "verseID": "Psalms.102.12", "source": "יָ֭מַי כְּצֵ֣ל נָט֑וּי וַ֝אֲנִ֗י כָּעֵ֥שֶׂב אִיבָֽשׁ׃", "text": "*yāmay* like *ṣēl* *nāṭûy* and I like *ʿēśeḇ* *ʾîḇāš*", "grammar": { "*yāmay*": "noun, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my days", "*kᵉṣēl*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - like shadow", "*nāṭûy*": "verb, Qal passive participle, masculine singular - stretched out/declined", "*wa*": "conjunction - and", "*ʾănî*": "pronoun, 1st person singular - I", "*kāʿēśeḇ*": "preposition + article + noun, masculine singular - like the grass", "*ʾîḇāš*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I wither" }, "variants": { "*yāmay*": "my days/lifetime", "*ṣēl*": "shadow/shade", "*nāṭûy*": "stretched out/declined/lengthened", "*ʿēśeḇ*": "grass/herb/vegetation", "*ʾîḇāš*": "I wither/dry up" } }
• Ps 109:15 : 15 { "verseID": "Psalms.109.15", "source": "יִהְי֣וּ נֶֽגֶד־יְהוָ֣ה תָּמִ֑יד וְיַכְרֵ֖ת מֵאֶ֣רֶץ זִכְרָֽם׃", "text": "*Yihyû* before-*YHWH* *tāmîd* and-*yakrēt* from-*ʾereṣ* *zikrām*.", "grammar": { "*Yihyû*": "verb, qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they will be", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD", "*tāmîd*": "adverb - continually/always", "*yakrēt*": "verb, hiphil jussive 3rd person masculine singular - let him cut off", "*ʾereṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - land/earth", "*zikrām*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their memory/remembrance" }, "variants": { "*tāmîd*": "continually/always/perpetually", "*yakrēt*": "cut off/destroy/eliminate", "*zikrām*": "their memory/their remembrance/their memorial" } }
• Prov 10:7 : 7 { "verseID": "Proverbs.10.7", "source": "זֵ֣כֶר צַ֭דִּיק לִבְרָכָ֑ה וְשֵׁ֖ם רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִרְקָֽב׃", "text": "*zēker* *ṣaddîq* *librākāh* *wə-šēm* *rəšāʿîm* *yirqāb*", "grammar": { "*zēker*": "masculine singular construct - memory/remembrance of", "*ṣaddîq*": "masculine singular adjective - righteous", "*librākāh*": "preposition + feminine singular noun - for blessing", "*wə-šēm*": "conjunction + masculine singular construct - and name of", "*rəšāʿîm*": "masculine plural adjective - wicked ones", "*yirqāb*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - rots/decays" }, "variants": { "*zēker*": "memory/remembrance/mention", "*ṣaddîq*": "righteous/just/lawful", "*librākāh*": "for blessing/praise", "*šēm*": "name/reputation/fame", "*rəšāʿîm*": "wicked ones/evil people/wrongdoers", "*yirqāb*": "rots/decays/putrefies" } }
• Isa 26:14 : 14 { "verseID": "Isaiah.26.14", "source": "מֵתִים֙ בַּל־יִחְי֔וּ רְפָאִ֖ים בַּל־יָקֻ֑מוּ לָכֵ֤ן פָּקַ֙דְתָּ֙ וַתַּשְׁמִידֵ֔ם וַתְּאַבֵּ֥ד כָּל־זֵ֖כֶר לָֽמוֹ׃", "text": "*Mētîm* *bal-yiḥyû*, *repāʾîm* *bal-yāqumû*; therefore *pāqadtā* and *tašmîdēm* and *teʾabbēd* all *zēḵer* for them.", "grammar": { "*Mētîm*": "masculine plural adjective - 'dead'", "*bal-yiḥyû*": "adverb of negation with qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will not live'", "*repāʾîm*": "masculine plural noun - 'shades/ghosts/departed spirits'", "*bal-yāqumû*": "adverb of negation with qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - 'they will not rise'", "*lāḵēn*": "adverb - 'therefore/thus'", "*pāqadtā*": "qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - 'you have visited/attended to'", "*wattašmîdēm*": "conjunction with hiphil imperfect consecutive 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'and you destroyed them'", "*watteʾabbēd*": "conjunction with piel imperfect consecutive 2nd person masculine singular - 'and you made perish'", "*kol-zēḵer*": "masculine singular construct with masculine singular noun - 'all memory'", "*lāmô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix (poetic) - 'of them'" }, "variants": { "*Mētîm*": "dead/dead ones/deceased", "*repāʾîm*": "shades/ghosts/departed spirits/dead ones", "*pāqadtā*": "visited/attended to/appointed/punished", "*tašmîdēm*": "destroyed/annihilated/exterminated", "*teʾabbēd*": "made perish/destroyed/ruined/wiped out", "*zēḵer*": "memory/remembrance/memorial" } }
• 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 { "verseID": "2 Corinthians.5.1", "source": "¶Οἴδαμεν γὰρ ὅτι ἐὰν ἡ ἐπίγειος ἡμῶν οἰκία τοῦ σκήνους καταλυθῇ, οἰκοδομὴν ἐκ Θεοῦ ἔχομεν, οἰκίαν ἀχειροποίητον, αἰώνιον ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.", "text": "*Oidamen* *gar* that *ean* the *epigeios* of us *oikia* of the *skēnous* *katalythē*, *oikodomēn* from *Theos* we *echomen*, *oikian* *acheiropoiēton*, *aiōnion* in the *ouranois*.", "grammar": { "*Oidamen*": "perfect active indicative, 1st person plural - we know [completed action with continuing results]", "*gar*": "conjunction - for/because [explanatory]", "*ean*": "conditional conjunction - if [introducing hypothetical condition]", "*epigeios*": "adjective, nominative feminine singular - earthly/terrestrial", "*oikia*": "noun, nominative feminine singular - house/dwelling", "*skēnous*": "noun, genitive neuter singular - tent/tabernacle [metaphorical for body]", "*katalythē*": "aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular - be destroyed/dissolved", "*oikodomēn*": "noun, accusative feminine singular - building/edifice", "*Theos*": "noun, genitive masculine singular - God", "*echomen*": "present active indicative, 1st person plural - we have", "*oikian*": "noun, accusative feminine singular - house/dwelling", "*acheiropoiēton*": "adjective, accusative feminine singular - not made with hands", "*aiōnion*": "adjective, accusative feminine singular - eternal", "*ouranois*": "noun, dative masculine plural - heavens" }, "variants": { "*Oidamen*": "know/understand/perceive", "*skēnous*": "tent/tabernacle/temporary dwelling", "*katalythē*": "be destroyed/dissolved/taken down", "*oikodomēn*": "building/structure/edifice", "*acheiropoiēton*": "not made with hands/not of human construction" } }