Job 13:12

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Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?	Your remembrances [are] like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.	Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what [will].

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Your remembrances^H2146 are like^H4912 unto ashes^H665, your bodies^H1354 to bodies^H1354 of clay^H2563.

Original Hebrew

זִכְרֹנֵיכֶם מִשְׁלֵי־אֵפֶר לְגַבֵּי־חֹמֶר גַּבֵּיכֶם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
זִֽ֭כְרֹנֵי/כֶם	Zikh.ro.nei./khem	H2146	HNcmpc/Sp2mp	memorials/ your
מִשְׁלֵי	mish.lei-	H4912	HNcmpc	(are) proverbs of
אֵ֑פֶר	'E.fer	H665	HNcmsa	ash(es)
לְ/גַבֵּי	le./ga.bei-	H1354	HR/Ncbpc	(are) (to)/ defenses of
חֹ֝֗מֶר	Cho.mer	H2563	HNcmsa	clay
גַּבֵּי/כֶֽם	ga.bei./Khem	H1354	HNcbpc/Sp2mp	defenses/ your

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H665 — אֵפֶר (ʼêpher, ay'-fer): from an unused root meaning to bestrew; ashes; ashes.
H1354 — גַב (gab, gab): from an unused root meaning to hollow or curve; (compare גֵּו and גּוּף); the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.; back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye) brows, nave, ring.
H2146 — זִכְרוֹן (zikrôwn, zik-rone'): from זָכַר; a memento (or memorable thing, day or writing); memorial, record.
H2563 — חֹמֶר (chômer, kho'mer): from חָמַר; properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measure; clay, heap, homer, mire, motion.
H4912 — מָשָׁל (mâshâl, maw-shawl'): apparently from מָשַׁל in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse); byword, like, parable, proverb.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

ashes — Genesis 18:27
remembrances — Exodus 17:14, Job 18:17, Psalms 34:16, Psalms 102:12, Psalms 109:15, Proverbs 10:7, Isaiah 26:14
to bodies — Genesis 2:7, Job 4:19, 2 Corinthians 5:1

Reciprocal references (2): Job 33:6, Daniel 4:36

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