Job 8:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֣ה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ֣ מִצְעָ֑ר וְּ֝אַחֲרִיתְךָ֗ יִשְׂגֶּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃

Transliteration

And hāyāh rēʾšîtḵā miṣʿār wĕ-ʾaḥărîtḵā yiśgeh mĕʾōd

Grammar Details

*wĕ-hāyāh*: conjunction + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and will be
*rēʾšîtḵā*: noun feminine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your beginning
*miṣʿār*: adjective masculine singular - small/insignificant
*wĕ-ʾaḥărîtḵā*: conjunction + noun feminine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and your end/latter state
*yiśgeh*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will increase/grow
*mĕʾōd*: adverb - very/exceedingly

Word Meanings

*rēʾšît*: beginning/first/chief part
*miṣʿār*: small/little/insignificant
*ʾaḥărît*: end/latter part/future
*yiśgeh*: increase/grow/flourish

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

Job 42:12-13 : 12 So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. 13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.
Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Zech 4:10 : 10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
Matt 13:31-32 : 31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: 32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Deut 8:16 : 16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
Zech 14:7 : 7 But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
Matt 13:12 : 12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
Prov 19:20 : 20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

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