Job 21:32

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Yet shall he be brought to his graue, and dwell among the heape of the dead.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְ֭הוּא לִקְבָר֣וֹת יוּבָ֑ל וְֽעַל־גָּדִ֥ישׁ יִשְׁקֽוֹד׃

Transliteration

wə-hûʾ liqbārôt yûbāl wə-ʿal-gādîš yišqôd

Grammar Details

• *wə-hûʾ*: conjunctive waw + 3rd person masculine singular independent pronoun - and he
• *liqbārôt*: preposition + noun feminine plural - to graves
• *yûbāl*: Hophal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - is carried/brought
• *wə-ʿal*: conjunctive waw + preposition - and over
• *gādîš*: noun masculine singular - tomb-mound/heap
• *yišqôd*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he watches/keeps vigil

Word Meanings

• *qeber*: grave/tomb/burial place
• *yābal*: to carry/bring/lead
• *gādîš*: stack/heap/tomb-mound
• *šāqad*: to watch/wake/be vigilant

Referenced Verses

• Luke 16:22 : 22 And it came to passe, that the begger dyed, and was caryed by the Angels into Abrahams bosome. The riche man also dyed, and was buryed.
• Ps 49:14 : 14 They shalbe put into a graue dead as a sheepe, death shall feede on them: but the ryghteous shall haue dominion of them in the mornyng, their beautie shall consume away, hell shall receaue them from their house.
• Ezek 32:21-32 : 21 The mightie worthies shall speake to her out of the hell, and to her helpers: they are gone downe and lye vncircumcized with them that be slaine with the sworde: 22 Assur is there also with all his company, and their graues rounde about him, which were slaine and fell all with the sworde. 23 Whose graues are made in the side of the pit, and his multitude are rounde about his graue, to wit all the slaine and fallen by the sworde, which cause a feare to be in the lande of the liuing. 24 There is Elam also, with all his people rounde about his graue: which all being slaine & fallen with the sworde, are gone downe vncircumcized vnder the earth, which neuerthelesse sometime brought feare into the lande of the lyuing: they beare their owne shame, with the other that be gone downe to the graue. 25 They haue made his bed in the midst of the slaine, with al his multitude, their graues are rounde about him: all these vncircumcized, slaine by the sworde, although they caused their feare in the lande of the lyuing, yet haue they borne their shame with them that go downe to the pit, they are layde in the midst of them that are slaine. 26 There is Mesech also and Tubal, and their people, & their graues rounde about him: these al vncircumcized were slaine with the sworde, because aforetime they made the lande of the lyuing afraide. 27 They shall not lye with the valiaunt which are fallen of the vncircumcized, which are gone downe to the graue with their weapons of warre, and haue layde their swordes vnder their heades: but their iniquitie shalbe vpon their bones, because the terrour of their mightie was in the lande of the lyuing. 28 Yea, among the vncircumcized shalt thou be destroyed, and sleepe with them that perished through the sworde. 29 There is Edom with her kinges and princes also, which with their strength are layde by them that were slaine with the sworde: yea among the vncircumcized shal they sleepe, & with them which are gone downe into the pit. 30 Moreouer, there be al the princes of the north with al the Sidonians, which are gone downe with the slaine: with their feare and strength they are come to confusion, and lye there vncircumcized among those that be slaine with the sworde, and beare their owne shame with them that be gone downe to the pit. 31 Pharao shall see them, and be comforted ouer all his multitude: Pharao and al his armie shalbe slaine with the sworde, saith the Lorde God. 32 For I haue geuen my feare in the lande of the lyuing: but Pharao and al his people shalbe layde among the vncircumcized, and among them that be slaine with the sworde, saith the Lorde God.