Job 21:33

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מָֽתְקוּ־ל֗וֹ רִגְבֵ֫י נָ֥חַל וְ֭אַחֲרָיו כָּל־אָדָ֣ם יִמְשׁ֑וֹךְ וּ֝לְפָנָ֗יו אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּֽר׃

Transliteration

mātəqû-lô rigbê nāḥal wə-ʾaḥărāyw kol-ʾādām yimšôk û-ləpānāyw ʾên mispār

Grammar Details

*mātəqû*: Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are sweet
*lô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him
*rigbê*: noun masculine plural construct - clods of
*nāḥal*: noun masculine singular - valley/wadi
*wə-ʾaḥărāyw*: conjunctive waw + preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and after him
*kol*: noun masculine singular construct - every
*ʾādām*: noun masculine singular - man/mankind
*yimšôk*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he draws/drags
*û-ləpānāyw*: conjunctive waw + preposition + noun common plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and before him
*ʾên*: particle of negation construct - there is no
*mispār*: noun masculine singular - number/count

Word Meanings

*māṯaq*: to be sweet/pleasant
*regeb*: clod/lump of earth
*nāḥal*: stream/wadi/valley
*ʾaḥărê*: after/behind
*kōl*: all/every/whole
*ʾādām*: man/mankind/human
*māšak*: to draw/drag/prolong
*pānîm*: face/presence
*mispār*: number/count

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 30:23 : 23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
Heb 9:27 : 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Eccl 1:4 : 4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
Eccl 8:8 : 8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
Eccl 12:7 : 7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Job 3:17-19 : 17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. 18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. 19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Job 3:22 : 22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
Job 17:16 : 16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
Job 24:24 : 24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

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