Job 3:13

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Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?	For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,	With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For now should I have lain still^H7901 and been quiet^H8252, I should have slept^H3462: then had I been at rest^H5117,

Original Hebrew

כִּי־עַתָּה שָׁכַבְתִּי וְאֶשְׁקֹוט יָשַׁנְתִּי אָז ׀ יָנוּחַ לִי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
עַ֭תָּה	'A.tah	H6258	HD	now
שָׁכַ֣בְתִּי	sha.Khav.ti	H7901	HVqp1cs	I lay down
וְ/אֶשְׁק֑וֹט	ve./'esh.Kot	H8252	HC/Vqi1cs	and/ I may be at peace
יָ֝שַׁ֗נְתִּי	ya.Shan.ti	H3462	HVqp1cs	I slept
אָ֤ז	'az	H227	HD	then
יָנ֬וּחַֽ	ya.Nu.ach	H5117	HVqi3ms	it is at rest
לִֽ/י	L/i		HR/Sp1cs	to/ me

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

Strong's References

H3462 — יָשֵׁן (yâshên, yaw-shane'): a primitive root; properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate; old (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.
H5117 — נוּחַ (nûwach, noo'-akh): a primitive root; to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let fall, place, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, etc.); cease, be confederate, lay, let down, (be) quiet, remain, (cause to, be at, give, have, make to) rest, set down. Compare יָנִים.
H7901 — שָׁכַב (shâkab, shaw-kab'): a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose); [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
H8252 — שָׁקַט (shâqaṭ, shaw-kat'): a primitive root; to repose (usually figurative); appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet(-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H227 — אָז (ʼâz, awz): a demonstrative adverb; at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore; beginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since, then, at which time, yet.
H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
H6258 — עַתָּה (ʻattâh, at-taw'): from עֵת; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive; henceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.

Cross References

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Related Topics

Nave’s: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES, DEAD (PEOPLE), DEATH, DESPONDENCY

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