Job 19:28

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{ "verseID": "Job.19.28", "source": "‫כִּ֣י תֹ֭אמְרוּ מַה־נִּרְדָּף־ל֑וֹ וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ דָּ֝בָ֗ר נִמְצָא־בִֽי׃‬", "text": "*kî* *tōʾmərū* *mah-nirdāp-lô* *wə-šōreš* *dābār* *nimṣāʾ-bî*", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because/when", "*tōʾmərū*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you say", "*mah-nirdāp-lô*": "interrogative + niphal imperfect, 1st person plural + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - how shall we pursue him", "*wə-šōreš*": "waw conjunction + noun common masculine singular construct - and root of", "*dābār*": "noun common masculine singular - matter", "*nimṣāʾ-bî*": "niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular + preposition + 1st person singular suffix - is found in me" }, "variants": { "*ʾāmar*": "to say/speak/command", "*rādap*": "to pursue/chase/persecute", "*šōreš*": "root/base", "*dābār*": "word/matter/thing", "*māṣāʾ*": "to find/discover/meet" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫כִּ֣י תֹ֭אמְרוּ מַה־נִּרְדָּף־ל֑וֹ וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ דָּ֝בָ֗ר נִמְצָא־בִֽי׃‬

Transliteration

kî tōʾmərū mah-nirdāp-lô wə-šōreš dābār nimṣāʾ-bî

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because/when
• *tōʾmərū*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you say
• *mah-nirdāp-lô*: interrogative + niphal imperfect, 1st person plural + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - how shall we pursue him
• *wə-šōreš*: waw conjunction + noun common masculine singular construct - and root of
• *dābār*: noun common masculine singular - matter
• *nimṣāʾ-bî*: niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular + preposition + 1st person singular suffix - is found in me

Word Meanings

• *ʾāmar*: to say/speak/command
• *rādap*: to pursue/chase/persecute
• *šōreš*: root/base
• *dābār*: word/matter/thing
• *māṣāʾ*: to find/discover/meet

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If you say, 'Why should we persecute him?' since the root of the matter is found in me,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  But you should say, 'Why do we persecute him, since the root of the matter is found in me?'

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  If ye say,{H559} How we will persecute{H7291} him! And that the root{H8328} of the matter{H1697} is found{H4672} in me;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But ye should say{H559}{(H8799)}, Why persecute{H7291}{(H8799)} we him, seeing the root{H8328} of the matter{H1697} is found{H4672}{(H8738)} in me?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  when yee saye: Why do not we persecute him? we haue founde an occasion agaynst him.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But yee sayde, Why is hee persecuted? And there was a deepe matter in me.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But ye saide, why is he persecuted? and there was a deepe matter in me.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  If you say, 'How we will persecute him!' Because the root of the matter is found in me,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  But ye say, `Why do we pursue after him?' And the root of the matter hath been found in me.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If you say, How cruel we will be to him! because the root of sin is clearly in him:

• World English Bible (2000)

  If you say, 'How we will persecute him!' because the root of the matter is found in me,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  If you say,‘How we will pursue him, since the root of the trouble is found in him!’

Referenced Verses

• Job 19:22 : 22 { "verseID": "Job.19.22", "source": "‫לָ֭מָּה תִּרְדְּפֻ֣נִי כְמוֹ־אֵ֑ל וּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗י לֹ֣א תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃‬", "text": "*lāmmāh* *tirdəpūnî* *kəmô-ʾēl* *ū-mibbəśārî* *lō* *tiśbāʿū*", "grammar": { "*lāmmāh*": "interrogative + preposition - why", "*tirdəpūnî*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - you pursue me", "*kəmô-ʾēl*": "preposition + noun common masculine singular - like God", "*ū-mibbəśārî*": "waw conjunction + preposition + noun common masculine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - and with my flesh", "*lō*": "negative particle - not", "*tiśbāʿū*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you are satisfied" }, "variants": { "*rādap*": "to pursue/chase/persecute", "*ʾēl*": "God/deity/mighty one", "*bāśār*": "flesh/body/meat", "*śābaʿ*": "to be satisfied/sated/filled" } }
• Ps 69:26 : 26 { "verseID": "Psalms.69.26", "source": "תְּהִי־טִֽירָתָ֥ם נְשַׁמָּ֑ה בְּ֝אָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם אַל־יְהִ֥י יֹשֵֽׁב׃", "text": "*tĕhî*-*ṭîrātām* *nĕšammâ* in-*'oholêhem* not-*yĕhî* *yōšēḇ*", "grammar": { "*tĕhî*": "Qal jussive, 3rd person feminine singular - let it be", "*ṭîrātām*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their encampment", "*nĕšammâ*": "Niphal participle, feminine singular - desolate", "*'oholêhem*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix and prefixed preposition bĕ - in their tents", "*yĕhî*": "Qal jussive, 3rd person masculine singular with negative particle 'al - let there not be", "*yōšēḇ*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - one dwelling" }, "variants": { "*tĕhî*": "let it be/may it become", "*ṭîrātām*": "their encampment/their camp/their settlement", "*nĕšammâ*": "desolate/deserted", "*'oholêhem*": "their tents/their dwellings", "*yĕhî*": "let there be/may there be", "*yōšēḇ*": "dweller/inhabitant/resident" } }
• 1 Kgs 14:13 : 13 { "verseID": "1 Kings.14.13", "source": "וְסָֽפְדוּ־ל֤וֹ כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְקָבְר֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ כִּֽי־זֶ֣ה לְבַדּ֔וֹ יָבֹ֥א לְיָרָבְעָ֖ם אֶל־קָ֑בֶר יַ֣עַן נִמְצָא־ב֞וֹ דָּבָ֣ר ט֗וֹב אֶל־יְהוָ֛ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּבֵ֥ית יָרָבְעָֽם׃", "text": "*wə*-*sāpədû*-for-him all-*Yiśrāʾēl* *wə*-*qābərû* [direct object marker]-him because-this to-*baddô* *yābōʾ* to-*Yārobʿām* to-*qāber* *yaʿan* *nimṣāʾ*-in-him *dābār* *ṭôb* to-*YHWH* *ʾĕlōhê* *Yiśrāʾēl* in-*bêt* *Yārobʿām*", "grammar": { "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*sāpədû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they will mourn", "*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel", "*qābərû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they will bury", "*baddô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - he alone", "*yābōʾ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will come", "*Yārobʿām*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Jeroboam", "*qāber*": "noun, masculine singular - grave/tomb", "*yaʿan*": "conjunction - because", "*nimṣāʾ*": "verb, niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - was found", "*dābār*": "noun, masculine singular - thing/matter/word", "*ṭôb*": "adjective, masculine singular - good", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - Yahweh/the LORD", "*ʾĕlōhê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - God of", "*bêt*": "noun, masculine singular construct - house of" }, "variants": { "*sāpədû*": "mourn/lament/wail for", "*baddô*": "alone/only/by himself", "*qāber*": "grave/tomb/burial place", "*dābār*": "thing/matter/word/deed", "*ṭôb*": "good/pleasing/favorable" } }