Job 9:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֱ֭לוֹהַּ לֹא־יָשִׁ֣יב אַפּ֑וֹ תַּחְתָּ֥יו שָׁ֝חֲח֗וּ עֹ֣זְרֵי רָֽהַב׃

Transliteration

ʾĕlôah lōʾ-yāšîb ʾappô taḥtāyw šāḥăḥû ʿōzrê rāhab

Grammar Details

• *ʾĕlôah*: masculine singular noun - God
• *lōʾ-yāšîb*: negative particle + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will not turn back
• *ʾappô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his anger
• *taḥtāyw*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - beneath him
• *šāḥăḥû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural - they bowed down
• *ʿōzrê*: qal participle masculine plural construct - helpers of
• *rāhab*: proper noun - Rahab (mythological sea monster)

Word Meanings

• *ʾĕlôah*: God, deity
• *yāšîb*: to turn back, withdraw, restrain
• *ʾappô*: anger, nose, face
• *šāḥăḥû*: to bow down, be brought low, be humbled
• *ʿōzrê*: helpers, supporters, allies
• *rāhab*: Rahab (mythical sea monster), storm, arrogance

Referenced Verses

• Job 26:12 : 12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
• Isa 30:7 : 7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
• Ps 89:10 : 10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces{H8765)}, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered{H8765)} thine enemies{H8802)} with thy strong arm.
• Isa 51:9 : 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
• Jas 4:6-7 : 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
• Isa 31:2-3 : 2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
• Job 40:9-9 : 9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? 10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.