Job 16:17 Go deeper
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Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. (KJV)
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עַ֭ל'alon
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Job 16:17 word 1
לֹא\־lo'-not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Job 16:17 word 2
חָמָ֣סcha.Masviolence
Lemma: חָמָס (cha.mas) · Strong's: H2555
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: violence
Used 60 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 16:5, Genesis 49:5, Exodus 23:1, Deuteronomy 19:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2555; TAHOT Job 16:17 word 3
בְּכַפָּ֑יbe.kha.Pai[is] in hands my
Lemma: כַּף (kaph) · Strong's: H3709G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: palm
Used 139 times. Also: Genesis 20:5, Genesis 31:42, Genesis 40:11, Genesis 40:21, Exodus 4:4, Exodus 9:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3709G; TAHOT Job 16:17 word 4
וּֽתְפִלָּתִ֥יu.te.fi.la.Tiand prayer my
Lemma: תְּפִלָּה (te.phil.lah) · Strong's: H8605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: prayer
Used 77 times. Also: 2 Samuel 7:27, 1 Kings 8:28, 1 Kings 8:29, 1 Kings 8:38, 1 Kings 8:45, 1 Kings 8:49 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8605; TAHOT Job 16:17 word 5
זַכָּֽה\׃za.Kah[is] pure
Lemma: זַךְ (zakh) · Strong's: H2134
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)
Meaning: pure
Used 11 times. Also: Exodus 27:20, Exodus 30:34, Leviticus 24:2, Leviticus 24:7, Job 8:6, Job 11:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2134; TAHOT Job 16:17 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| yet | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| my hands | → | כַּף H3709G palm |
| are free of | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| violence | → | חָמָס H2555 violence |
| and my prayer | → | תְּפִלָּה H8605 prayer |
| is pure | → | זַךְ H2134 pure |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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