Job 20:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שָׁלַף֮ וַיֵּצֵ֢א מִגֵּ֫וָ֥ה וּ֭בָרָק מִֽמְּרֹרָת֥וֹ יַהֲלֹ֗ךְ עָלָ֥יו אֵמִֽים׃

Transliteration

šālap wa- yēṣēʾ mi- gēwāh û- bārāq mi- mĕrōrātô yahălōk ʿālāyw ʾēmîm

Grammar Details

• *šālap*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he drew out
• *wa-*: conjunction - and
• *yēṣēʾ*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it comes out
• *mi-*: preposition - from
• *gēwāh*: noun, feminine singular - back/body
• *û-*: conjunction - and
• *bārāq*: noun, masculine singular - lightning/glittering
• *mĕrōrātô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his gall/bitterness
• *yahălōk*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it goes/walks
• *ʿālāyw*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - upon him
• *ʾēmîm*: noun, masculine plural - terrors

Word Meanings

• *šālap*: drew out/pulled out/extracted
• *yēṣēʾ*: comes out/goes forth/exits
• *gēwāh*: back/body
• *bārāq*: lightning/glittering point/flash
• *mĕrōrātô*: his gall/his bitterness/his bile
• *yahălōk*: goes/walks/moves
• *ʾēmîm*: terrors/fears/dreads

Referenced Verses

• Job 16:13 : 13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
• Job 18:11 : 11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
• Deut 32:41 : 41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
• 2 Sam 18:14 : 14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
• Job 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
• Job 15:21 : 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
• Job 27:20 : 20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
• Ps 7:12 : 12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
• Ps 73:19 : 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly{H8804)} consumed{H8804)} with terrors.
• Ps 88:15 : 15 I am afflicted and ready to die{H8802)} from my youth up: while I suffer{H8804)} thy terrors I am distracted{H8799)}.
• Jer 20:3-4 : 3 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib. 4 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.
• 2 Cor 5:11 : 11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.