Job 29:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רָא֣וּנִי נְעָרִ֣ים וְנֶחְבָּ֑אוּ וִֽ֝ישִׁישִׁים קָ֣מוּ עָמָֽדוּ

Transliteration

rāʾûnî nəʿārîm wə-neḥbāʾû wî-šîšîm qāmû ʿāmādû

Grammar Details

*rāʾûnî*: Qal perfect, 3rd person plural + 1st person singular suffix - they saw me
*nəʿārîm*: noun, masculine plural - young men
*wə-neḥbāʾû*: conjunction + Niphal perfect, 3rd person plural - and they hid themselves
*wî-šîšîm*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural - and aged men/elders
*qāmû*: Qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they arose
*ʿāmādû*: Qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they stood

Word Meanings

*nəʿārîm*: young men/boys/youths/servants
*neḥbāʾû*: they hid themselves/withdrew
*šîšîm*: aged men/elders/old men
*ʿāmādû*: they stood/stood up/took their stand

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Lev 19:32 : 32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Prov 16:31 : 31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Rom 13:7 : 7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
Titus 3:1 : 1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Prov 20:8 : 8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Rom 13:3-4 : 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: 4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

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