Job 37:17

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{ "verseID": "Job.37.17", "source": "אֲשֶׁר־בְּגָדֶ֥יךָ חַמִּ֑ים בְּהַשְׁקִ֥ט אֶ֝֗רֶץ מִדָּרֽוֹם׃", "text": "*ʾăšer-bəgādêkā ḥammîm bə-hašqîṭ ʾereṣ mid-dārôm*", "grammar": { "*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - who/that/which", "*bəgādêkā*": "noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your garments", "*ḥammîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - warm/hot", "*bə-hašqîṭ*": "preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - when quieting/making still", "*ʾereṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth/land", "*mid-dārôm*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from south" }, "variants": { "*bəgādêkā*": "your garments/your clothes", "*ḥammîm*": "warm/hot", "*hašqîṭ*": "quieting/making still/calming", "*dārôm*": "south/southern region" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲשֶׁר־בְּגָדֶ֥יךָ חַמִּ֑ים בְּהַשְׁקִ֥ט אֶ֝֗רֶץ מִדָּרֽוֹם׃

Transliteration

ʾăšer-bəgādêkā ḥammîm bə-hašqîṭ ʾereṣ mid-dārôm

Grammar Details

• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - who/that/which
• *bəgādêkā*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your garments
• *ḥammîm*: adjective, masculine plural - warm/hot
• *bə-hašqîṭ*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - when quieting/making still
• *ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth/land
• *mid-dārôm*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - from south

Word Meanings

• *bəgādêkā*: your garments/your clothes
• *ḥammîm*: warm/hot
• *hašqîṭ*: quieting/making still/calming
• *dārôm*: south/southern region

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You who feel your garments warm when the earth is quiet under the south wind.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  How your garments are warm when he quiets the earth by the south wind?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  How thy garments are warm, When the earth is still by reason of the south [wind]?

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and how thy clothes are warme, whe the lode is still thorow the south wynde?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Or howe thy clothes are warme, when he maketh the earth quiet through the South winde?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And how thy clothes are warme, when the lande is stil through the south winde?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  How thy garments [are] warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south [wind]?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You whose clothing is warm, When the earth is still by reason of the south wind?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  How thy garments `are' warm, In the quieting of the earth from the south?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  How thy garments are warm, When the earth is still by reason of the south `wind'?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  How thy garments are warm, When the earth is still by reason of the south [wind] ?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You, whose clothing is warm, when the earth is quiet because of the south wind,

• World English Bible (2000)

  You whose clothing is warm, when the earth is still by reason of the south wind?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You, whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind,

Referenced Verses

• Job 6:17 : 17 { "verseID": "Job.6.17", "source": "בְּ֭עֵת יְזֹרְב֣וּ נִצְמָ֑תוּ בְּ֝חֻמּ֗וֹ נִדְעֲכ֥וּ מִמְּקוֹמָֽם׃", "text": "*bəʿēt yəzōrəbû niṣmātû bəḥummô nidʿăkû mimməqômām*", "grammar": { "*bəʿēt*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - in time/when", "*yəzōrəbû*": "Pual imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they are heated/scorched", "*niṣmātû*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd common plural - they are extinguished/cut off", "*bəḥummô*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in its heat", "*nidʿăkû*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd common plural - they are extinguished", "*mimməqômām*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - from their place" }, "variants": { "*ʿēt*": "time/season", "*zārab*": "to flow/scorch/burn/parch", "*ṣāmat*": "to extinguish/destroy/cut off", "*ḥōm*": "heat/warmth", "*dāʿak*": "to go out/be extinguished", "*māqôm*": "place/location" } }
• Job 38:31 : 31 { "verseID": "Job.38.31", "source": "הַֽתְקַשֵּׁר מַעֲדַנּ֣וֹת כִּימָ֑ה אֽוֹ־מֹשְׁכ֖וֹת כְּסִ֣יל תְּפַתֵּֽחַ׃", "text": "?-*təqaššēr* *maʿădannôt* *kîmâ* or-*mōškôt* *kəsîl* *təpattēaḥ*?", "grammar": { "*hă*": "interrogative particle - ?", "*təqaššēr*": "piel imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you bind", "*maʿădannôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - chains/bonds of", "*kîmâ*": "noun, feminine singular - Pleiades (constellation)", "*ʾô*": "conjunction - or", "*mōškôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - cords/bands of", "*kəsîl*": "noun, masculine singular - Orion (constellation)", "*təpattēaḥ*": "piel imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you loosen" }, "variants": { "*təqaššēr*": "you bind/you tie/you fasten", "*maʿădannôt*": "chains/bonds/fetters", "*kîmâ*": "Pleiades (constellation)", "*mōškôt*": "cords/bands/ropes", "*kəsîl*": "Orion (constellation)", "*təpattēaḥ*": "you loosen/you untie/you open" } }
• Ps 147:18 : 18 { "verseID": "Psalms.147.18", "source": "יִשְׁלַ֣ח דְּבָר֣וֹ וְיַמְסֵ֑ם יַשֵּׁ֥ב ר֝וּח֗וֹ יִזְּלוּ־מָֽיִם׃", "text": "*Yishlah debārōw weyamsēm yashshēb rūhōw yizzelū-māyim*", "grammar": { "*Yishlah*": "imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, Qal - he sends", "*debārōw*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his word", "*weyamsēm*": "conjunction + imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, Hiphil + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - and melts them", "*yashshēb*": "imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular, Hiphil - he causes to blow", "*rūhōw*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his wind", "*yizzelū*": "imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural, Qal - they flow", "*māyim*": "noun, masculine plural - waters" }, "variants": { "*Yishlah*": "sends/dispatches", "*debārōw*": "his word/his command", "*yamsēm*": "melts them/dissolves them/thaws them", "*yashshēb*": "causes to blow/makes blow", "*rūhōw*": "his wind/his breath/his spirit", "*yizzelū*": "flow/run/stream" } }
• Luke 12:55 : 55 { "verseID": "Luke.12.55", "source": "Καὶ ὅταν νότον πνέοντα, λέγετε, ὅτι Καύσων ἔσται· καὶ γίνεται.", "text": "And when *noton* *pneonta*, you *legete*, that *Kausōn* *estai*; and it *ginetai*.", "grammar": { "*noton*": "accusative, masculine, singular - south wind", "*pneonta*": "present active participle, accusative, masculine, singular - blowing", "*legete*": "present active, 2nd plural - you say", "*Kausōn*": "nominative, masculine, singular - scorching heat/hot wind", "*estai*": "future middle, 3rd singular - will be", "*ginetai*": "present middle, 3rd singular - happens/becomes" }, "variants": { "*noton*": "south wind/southern breeze", "*pneonta*": "blowing/breathing", "*Kausōn*": "scorching heat/hot wind/heat wave", "*ginetai*": "happens/becomes/comes to pass" } }