Job 36:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־חֵ֭מָה פֶּן־יְסִֽיתְךָ֣ בְסָ֑פֶק וְרָב־כֹּ֝֗פֶר אַל־יַטֶּֽךָּ׃

Transliteration

kî-ḥēmāh pen-yəsîtəkā bəsāp̄eq wə-rāb-kōp̄er ʾal-yaṭṭekkā

Grammar Details

• *kî-ḥēmāh*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular - for wrath
• *pen-yəsîtəkā*: conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - lest it entice you
• *bəsāp̄eq*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - into mockery/scorn
• *wə-rāb-kōp̄er*: conjunction + adjective + noun, masculine singular - and great ransom
• *ʾal-yaṭṭekkā*: negative particle + Hiphil jussive, 3rd masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - let it not turn you aside

Word Meanings

• *ḥēmāh*: wrath/rage/fury
• *yəsît*: entices/lures/incites
• *sāp̄eq*: mockery/scorn/derision/clapping hands in derision
• *rāb-kōp̄er*: great ransom/large bribe
• *yaṭṭeh*: turns aside/diverts/bends

Referenced Verses

• 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.
• Rom 1:18 : 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
• Eph 5:6 : 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
• 1 Tim 2:6 : 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
• Heb 2:3 : 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
• Rom 2:5 : 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
• Ps 2:5 : 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
• Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
• Ps 39:10 : 10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed{H8804)} by the blow of thine hand.
• Ps 49:7-8 : 7 None of them can by any means{H8800)} redeem{H8799)} his brother, nor give{H8799)} to God a ransom for him: 8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious{H8799)}, and it ceaseth{H8804)} for ever:)
• Ps 110:5 : 5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
• Isa 14:6 : 6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
• Ezek 24:16 : 16 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
• Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?