Job 30:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נָתְס֗וּ נְֽתִיבָ֫תִ֥י לְהַוָּתִ֥י יֹעִ֑ילוּ לֹ֖א עֹזֵ֣ר לָֽמוֹ

Transliteration

They nāṯəsû my nəṯîḇāṯî, for my hawwāṯî they yōʿîlû, no ʿōzēr to them

Grammar Details

*nāṯəsû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they tear up/break down
*nəṯîḇāṯî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my path
*lə-hawwāṯî*: preposition with noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - for my ruin/calamity
*yōʿîlû*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they advance/profit/help forward
*lōʾ*: negative particle - no/not
*ʿōzēr*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - one helping/assisting
*lāmô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix (poetic form) - to them

Word Meanings

*nāṯəsû*: tear up/break down/destroy
*nəṯîḇāṯî*: my path/my way
*hawwāṯî*: my ruin/my calamity/my destruction
*yōʿîlû*: they advance/they promote/they help forward
*ʿōzēr*: helper/one assisting
*lāmô*: to them/for them

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 69:26 : 26 For they persecute{H8804)} him whom thou hast smitten{H8689)}; and they talk{H8762)} to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
Isa 3:12 : 12 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
Zech 1:15 : 15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

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