Job 22:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָאֹמְרִ֣ים לָ֭אֵל ס֣וּר מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וּמַה־יִּפְעַ֖ל שַׁדַּ֣י לָֽמוֹ׃

Transliteration

hā-ʾōmərîm lā-ʾēl sûr mimmennû û-mah-yipʿal šadday lāmô

Grammar Details

*hā-ʾōmərîm*: article + Qal participle, masculine plural - the ones saying
*lā-ʾēl*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - to God
*sûr*: Qal imperative, masculine singular - depart
*mimmennû*: preposition + 1st common plural suffix - from us
*û-mah-yipʿal*: conjunction + interrogative + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and what can do
*šadday*: divine name - Shaddai/the Almighty
*lāmô*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix (poetic form) - to them

Word Meanings

*ʾōmərîm*: ones saying/speaking/thinking
*ʾēl*: God/deity/divine being
*sûr*: to depart/turn aside/leave
*yipʿal*: to do/make/accomplish
*šadday*: Almighty (divine name)/All-sufficient One

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Readability

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High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
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Archaic language can be difficult for modern readers
Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
Less suitable for public or devotional reading compared to modern translations

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Referenced Verses

Job 21:14-15 : 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Ps 4:6 : 6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Isa 30:11 : 11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Mal 3:14 : 14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
Matt 8:29 : 29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
Matt 8:34 : 34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.
Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
Job 21:10 : 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

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