Job 30:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַ֣ךְ לֹא־בְ֭עִי יִשְׁלַח־יָ֑ד אִם־בְּ֝פִיד֗וֹ לָהֶ֥ן שֽׁוּעַ

Transliteration

Surely not in ḇəʿî He yišlaḥ-yāḏ if in His pîḏô to them šûaʿ

Grammar Details

• *ʾaḵ*: adverb - surely/only/but
• *lōʾ-ḇəʿî*: negative particle with noun, masculine singular - not in ruin/heap
• *yišlaḥ-yāḏ*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with noun, feminine singular - he stretches out hand
• *ʾim-bə-p̄îḏô*: conditional particle with preposition with noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - if in his disaster/calamity
• *lāhen*: preposition with 3rd person feminine plural suffix - to them/for them
• *šûaʿ*: noun, masculine singular - cry for help

Word Meanings

• *ʾaḵ*: surely/only/however
• *ḇəʿî*: ruin/heap/prayer/petition
• *yišlaḥ-yāḏ*: stretches out hand/sends hand/extends hand
• *pîḏô*: his disaster/his calamity/his destruction
• *lāhen*: to them/for them (feminine)
• *šûaʿ*: cry for help/plea

Referenced Verses

• Judg 5:31 : 31 So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
• Job 19:7 : 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
• Ps 35:25 : 25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say{H8799)}, We have swallowed him up{H8765)}.
• Matt 27:39-44 : 39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, 40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41 {G1161} Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. 43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. 44 {G1161} The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.