Job 18:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

טֹרֵף נַפְשׁוֹ בְּאַפּוֹ הֲלְמַעַנְךָ תֵּעָזַב אָרֶץ וְיֶעְתַּק־צוּר מִמְּקֹמוֹ

Transliteration

ṭōrēp̄ nap̄šô bəʾappô halmaʿanḵā tēʿāzab ʾāreṣ wəyeʿtaq-ṣûr mimməqōmô

Grammar Details

*ṭōrēp̄*: Qal participle, masculine singular - tearing/rending
*nap̄šô*: noun, feminine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his soul
*bəʾappô*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his anger
*halmaʿanḵā*: interrogative particle + preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - is it for your sake
*tēʿāzab*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - it will be forsaken/abandoned
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth/land
*wəyeʿtaq*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and will move/remove
*ṣûr*: noun, masculine singular - rock
*mimməqōmô*: preposition + preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from its place

Word Meanings

*ṭōrēp̄*: tearing/rending/one who tears
*nap̄šô*: his soul/self/life
*bəʾappô*: in his anger/nose/face
*halmaʿanḵā*: is it for your sake/because of you
*tēʿāzab*: will be forsaken/abandoned/left
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground
*wəyeʿtaq*: and will move/remove/relocate
*ṣûr*: rock/cliff/boulder
*mimməqōmô*: from its place/position/location

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 14:18 : 18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
Job 16:9 : 9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
Job 13:14 : 14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
Job 5:2 : 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Job 40:8 : 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Isa 54:10 : 10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
Ezek 9:9 : 9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.
Jonah 4:9 : 9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Mark 9:18 : 18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
Luke 9:39 : 39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him.

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