--- title: Job 2:3 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Hast thou considered my servant Job,… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a whole-hearted and an upright man, one that feareth God, and shunneth evil? and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou didst move Me against him, to destroy him without cause.' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.25/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/) / [chapter 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/2/) / [2:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.2.3/) / JPS 1 # Job 2:3 · JPS 1917 And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a whole-hearted and an upright man, one that feareth God, and shunneth evil? and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou didst move Me against him, to destroy him without cause.' **Who acts:** LORD, thou, none · **What happens:** say, consider, be, fear, shun, hold fast · **To what, where:** servant, God, evil, integrity, Me, LORD · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Job 2:3 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (LORD, thou, none), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:JOB:25 # text = And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a whole-hearted and an upright man, one that feareth God, and shunneth evil? and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou didst move Me against him, to destroy him without cause.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Satan Satan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 9 Hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 11 considered consider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 Job Job PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 18 expl _ _ 18 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 19 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 18 nsubj _ _ 20 like like ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ _ 29 hearted hearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 upright upright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 appos _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 feareth fear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 shunneth shun VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 42 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 43 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 still still ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 holdeth hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 48 fast fast ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 integrity integrity NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 although although SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 53 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 55 nsubj _ _ 54 didst do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 56 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 against against ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ _ 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 advcl _ _ 62 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 without without ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 65 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 66 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: pos - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=ask, indirect=1, polarity=pos | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto Satan | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **consider** | present · perfect | thou | my servant | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent servant=Attribute clause=Theme | | 3 | **be** | present | none | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fear** | present | | God | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer god=Stimulus | | 5 | **shun** | present | | evil | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent evil=Location | | 6 | **hold fast** | present | LORD | LORD's integrity | | | still | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent integrity=Theme | | 7 | **move** | past · do-support | thou | Me | | | | against LORD | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme i=Result | | 8 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | LORD | | | | without cause | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־הַשָּׂטָ֗ן הֲשַׂ֣מְתָּ לִבְּךָ֮ אֶל־עַבְדִּ֣י אִיּוֹב֒ כִּי֩ אֵ֨ין כָּמֹ֜הוּ בָּאָ֗רֶץ אִ֣ישׁ תָּ֧ם וְיָשָׁ֛ר יְרֵ֥א אֱלֹהִ֖ים וְסָ֣ר מֵרָ֑ע וְעֹדֶ֙נּוּ֙ מַחֲזִ֣יק בְּתֻמָּת֔וֹ וַתְּסִיתֵ֥נִי ב֖וֹ לְבַלְּע֥וֹ חִנָּֽם׃ [Job 2:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.2.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOB:25` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Job 2:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.24/) - next →: [Job 2:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.26/) - ↑ back to [Job 2:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.2.3/)