Job 35:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְֽלֹא־אָמַ֗ר אַ֭יֵּה אֱל֣וֹהַּ עֹשָׂ֑י נֹתֵ֖ן זְמִר֣וֹת בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃

Transliteration

wə-lōʾ-ʾāmar ʾayyēh ʾĕlôah ʿōśāy nōtēn zəmirôt ballāylāh

Grammar Details

*wə-lōʾ-ʾāmar*: conjunction + negative particle + perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he does not say
*ʾayyēh*: interrogative adverb - where?
*ʾĕlôah*: masculine singular noun - God
*ʿōśāy*: masculine singular participle + 1st singular suffix - my maker
*nōtēn*: masculine singular participle - giving/who gives
*zəmirôt*: feminine plural noun - songs/psalms
*ballāylāh*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - in the night

Word Meanings

*ʾāmar*: to say/speak/declare
*ʾayyēh*: where?/where is?
*ʾĕlôah*: God/deity
*ʿōśāy*: my maker/creator
*nōtēn*: giving/providing/granting
*zəmirôt*: songs/psalms/hymns
*lāylāh*: night/darkness

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 42:8 : 8 [ Yet] Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, [Even] a prayer unto the God of my life.
Ps 149:5 : 5 Let the saints exult in glory: Let them sing for joy upon their beds.
Acts 16:25 : 25 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;
Isa 51:13 : 13 and hast forgotten Jehovah thy Maker, that stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fearest continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he maketh ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
Ps 77:6 : 6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search.
Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
Isa 54:5 : 5 For thy Maker is thy husband; Jehovah of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
1 Pet 4:19 : 19 Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing unto a faithful Creator.
Job 36:13 : 13 But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them.
Isa 8:21 : 21 And they shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:
Ps 119:62 : 62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee Because of thy righteous ordinances.
1 Chr 10:13-14 : 13 So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire [thereby], 14 and inquired not of Jehovah: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
2 Chr 28:22-23 : 22 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against Jehovah, this same king Ahaz. 23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
Job 27:10 : 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?
Job 32:22 : 22 For I know not to give flattering titles; [Else] would my Maker soon take me away.
Job 36:3 : 3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

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