Job 33:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַחְשֹׂ֣ךְ נַ֭פְשׁוֹ מִנִּי־שָׁ֑חַת וְ֝חַיָּת֗וֹ מֵעֲבֹ֥ר בַּשָּֽׁלַח׃

Transliteration

yaḥśōk napšô minnî-šāḥat wəḥayyātô mē'ăbōr bašālaḥ

Grammar Details

• *yaḥśōk*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he keeps back/withholds
• *napšô*: noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his soul
• *minnî*: preposition - from
• *šāḥat*: noun, feminine singular - pit/corruption
• *wəḥayyātô*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and his life
• *mē'ăbōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - from passing
• *bašālaḥ*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - by the javelin/weapon

Word Meanings

• *yaḥśōk*: he keeps back/he withholds/he spares
• *napšô*: his soul/his life/his being
• *šāḥat*: pit/corruption/grave
• *ḥayyātô*: his life/his living being/his existence
• *mē'ăbōr*: from passing/from crossing over
• *šālaḥ*: javelin/weapon/missile

Referenced Verses

• Job 15:22 : 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
• Job 33:22 : 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
• Job 33:24 : 24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
• Job 33:28 : 28 He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
• Job 33:30 : 30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
• Acts 16:27-33 : 27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here. 29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, 30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
• Rom 2:4 : 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
• 2 Pet 3:9 : 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
• 2 Pet 3:15 : 15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;