Job 8:7

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If thou [wert] pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.	Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.	For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Though thy beginning^H7225 was small^H4705, yet thy latter end^H319 should greatly^H3966 increase^H7685.

Original Hebrew

וְהָיָה רֵאשִׁיתְךָ מִצְעָר וְאַחֲרִיתְךָ יִשְׂגֶּה מְאֹד׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/הָיָ֣ה	ve./ha.Yah	H1961	HC/Vqq3ms	and/ it will be
רֵאשִׁיתְ/ךָ֣	re.shi.te./Kha	H7225	HNcfsc/Sp2ms	beginning/ your
מִצְעָ֑ר	mitz.'Ar	H4705	HNcmsa	a small thing
וְ֝/אַחֲרִיתְ/ךָ֗	ve./'a.cha.ri.te./kha	H319	HC/Ncfsc/Sp2ms	and/ future/ your
יִשְׂגֶּ֥ה	yis.Geh	H7685	HVqi3ms	it will grow
מְאֹֽד	me.'Od	H3966	HD	exceedingly

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

Strong's References

H319 — אַחֲרִית (ʼachărîyth, akh-ar-eeth'): from אַחַר; the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity; (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward.
H3966 — מְאֹד (mᵉʼôd, meh-ode'): from the same as אוּד; properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated); diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), [idiom] louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ([phrase] much, sore), well.
H4705 — מִצְעָר (mitsʻâr, mits-awr'): from צָעַר; petty (in size or number); adverbially, a short (time); little one (while), small.
H7225 — רֵאשִׁית (rêʼshîyth, ray-sheeth'): from the same as רֹאשׁ; the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit); beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.
H7685 — שָׂגָה (sâgâh, saw-gaw'): a primitive root; to enlarge (especially upward, also figuratively); grow (up), increase.

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

H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Cross References

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

thy beginning — Job 42:12-13, Proverbs 4:18, Zechariah 4:10, Matthew 13:12, Matthew 13:31-32
thy latter — Deuteronomy 8:16, Proverbs 19:20, Zechariah 14:7, 2 Peter 2:20

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