Job 7:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

And that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתִּפְקְדֶ֥נּוּ לִבְקָרִ֑ים לִ֝רְגָעִ֗ים תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ

Transliteration

And wattifqĕḏennû to liḇqārîm to lirĕgā'îm tiḇḥānennû

Grammar Details

• *wa*: conjunction - and
• *ttifqĕḏennû*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - you visit him
• *li*: preposition - to/at
• *ḇqārîm*: noun, masculine plural - mornings
• *rĕgā'îm*: noun, masculine plural - moments
• *tiḇḥānennû*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - you test him

Word Meanings

• *ttifqĕḏennû*: you visit him/you attend to him/you inspect him
• *ḇqārîm*: mornings/every morning
• *rĕgā'îm*: moments/instants
• *tiḇḥānennû*: you test him/you examine him/you try him

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  that you examine them every morning and test them every moment?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And that thou shouldest visit{H6485} him every morning,{H1242} And try{H974} him every moment?{H7281}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And that thou shouldest visit{H6485}{(H8799)} him every morning{H1242}, and try{H974}{(H8799)} him every moment{H7281}?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou takest diligent care for him, and sodely doest thou trye him.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And doest visite him euery morning, and tryest him euery moment?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou visitest him early and euery day, euery moment doest thou trie him.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And [that] thou shouldest visit him every morning, [and] try him every moment?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  That you should visit him every morning, And test him every moment?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And inspectest him in the mornings, In the evenings dost try him?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, And try him every moment?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, And try him every moment?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And that your hand is on him every morning, and that you are testing him every minute?

• World English Bible (2000)

  that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  And that you visit them every morning, and try them every moment?

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
• Gen 22:1 : 1 And it happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
• Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me.
• Exod 32:34 : 34 Now therefore, go, lead the people to the place which I have spoken to you. Behold, My Angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin."
• Deut 8:16 : 16 Who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that he might humble you, and that he might test you, to do you good at your latter end;
• Job 14:3 : 3 And do You open Your eyes upon such a one and bring me into judgment with You?
• Isa 26:14 : 14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise; therefore, You have visited and destroyed them and made all their memory to perish.
• Isa 38:12-13 : 12 My lifespan is gone, taken from me like a shepherd's tent: I have cut off my life like a weaver; He cuts me off with pining sickness: from day to night You make an end of me. 13 I counted till morning, that as a lion, so will He break all my bones: from day to night You make an end of me.
• Jer 9:7 : 7 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and test them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
• Dan 12:10 : 10 Many shall be purified, made white, and refined; but the wicked shall act wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.
• Zech 13:9 : 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them as gold is tested; they shall call on my name, and I will hear them; I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, The LORD is my God.