Job 36:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאִם־אֲסוּרִ֥ים בַּזִּקִּ֑ים יִ֝לָּכְד֗וּן בְּחַבְלֵי־עֹֽנִי׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾim-ʾăsûrîm bazziqîm yillākədûn bəḥablê-ʿōnî

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾim-ʾăsûrîm*: conjunction + conditional particle + passive participle, masculine plural - and if bound
*bazziqîm*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - in fetters/chains
*yillākədûn*: Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural, paragogic nun - they are caught/captured
*bəḥablê-ʿōnî*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular - in cords of affliction

Word Meanings

*ʾăsûrîm*: bound/imprisoned ones/captives
*ziqîm*: fetters/chains/shackles
*yillākədûn*: are caught/captured/trapped
*ḥablê*: cords/ropes/bonds
*ʿōnî*: affliction/misery/poverty

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 107:10 : 10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Lam 3:9 : 9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Ps 116:3 : 3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Job 13:27 : 27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.
Job 19:6 : 6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
Job 33:18-19 : 18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. 19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
Ps 18:5 : 5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

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