Job 20:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

Though he spares it and does not forsake it, but keeps it still within his mouth,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַחְמֹ֣ל עָ֭לֶיהָ וְלֹ֣א יַֽעַזְבֶ֑נָּה וְ֝יִמְנָעֶ֗נָּה בְּת֣וֹךְ חִכּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

yaḥmōl ʿāleyhā wĕ- lōʾ yaʿazbennāh wĕ- yimnāʿennāh bĕ- tôk ḥikkô

Grammar Details

• *yaḥmōl*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he spares/pities
• *ʿāleyhā*: preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - upon it
• *wĕ-*: conjunction - and
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yaʿazbennāh*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - he forsakes it
• *yimnāʿennāh*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - he withholds it
• *bĕ-*: preposition - in
• *tôk*: noun, masculine singular construct - midst
• *ḥikkô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his palate

Word Meanings

• *yaḥmōl*: spares/pities/has compassion on
• *yaʿazbennāh*: forsakes it/abandons it/lets it go
• *yimnāʿennāh*: withholds it/restrains it/keeps it
• *tôk*: midst/middle/inside
• *ḥikkô*: his palate/his mouth/his taste

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  though he cherishes it and does not let it go, but keeps it in the midst of his mouth,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Though he spare{H2550} it, and will not let it go,{H5800} But keep it still{H4513} within{H8432} his mouth;{H2441}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Though he spare{H2550}{(H8799)} it, and forsake{H5800}{(H8799)} it not; but keep it still{H4513}{(H8799)} within{H8432} his mouth{H2441}:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  That he fauoureth, that wyll he not forsake, but kepeth it close in his throte.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And fauoured it, and would not forsake it, but kept it close in his mouth,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  That he fauoured, that would he not forsake, but kept it close in his throte.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  [Though] he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Hath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth;

• World English Bible (2000)

  though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth,

Referenced Verses

• Num 11:18-20 : 18 And say to the people, Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us meat to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt; therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you shall eat. 19 You shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; 20 But even a whole month, until it comes out at your nostrils, and it is loathsome to you; because you have despised the LORD who is among you, and have wept before Him, saying, Why did we come out of Egypt?
• Matt 5:29-30 : 29 And if your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you: for it is better for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. 30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you: for it is better for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.
• Mark 9:43-49 : 43 And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go to hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched; 44 Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. 45 And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched; 46 Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. 47 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire; 48 Where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched. 49 For everyone will be seasoned with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.
• Rom 8:13 : 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.