Job 23:7 Go deeper
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There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. (KJV)
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שָׁ֗םShamthere
Lemma: שָׁם (sham) · Strong's: H8033G
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: there
Used 832 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 3:23, Genesis 10:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8033G; TAHOT Job 23:7 word 1
יָ֭שָׁרYa.shoran upright [person]
Lemma: יָשָׁר (ya.shar) · Strong's: H3477G
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: upright
Used 113 times. Also: Exodus 15:26, Numbers 23:10, Deuteronomy 6:18, Deuteronomy 12:8, Deuteronomy 12:25, Deuteronomy 12:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3477G; TAHOT Job 23:7 word 2
נוֹכָ֣חno.Khach[will be] reasoning
Lemma: יָכַח (ya.khach) · Strong's: H3198
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrmsa)
Meaning: to rebuke
Used 59 times. Also: Genesis 20:16, Genesis 21:25, Genesis 24:14, Genesis 24:44, Genesis 31:37, Genesis 31:42 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3198; TAHOT Job 23:7 word 3
עִמּ֑וֹi.Mowith him
Lemma: עִם (im) · Strong's: H5973A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: with
Used 980 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5973A; TAHOT Job 23:7 word 4
וַאֲפַלְּטָ֥הva.'a.fa.le.Tahand I will deliver
Lemma: פָּלַט (pa.lat) · Strong's: H6403
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpc1cs)
Meaning: to escape
Used 26 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:2, 2 Samuel 22:44, Job 21:10, Psalms 17:13, Psalms 18:2, Psalms 18:43 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6403; TAHOT Job 23:7 word 5
לָ֝נֶ֗צַחla.Ne.tzachto perpetuity
Lemma: נֵ֫צַח (ne.tsach) · Strong's: H5331
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: perpetuity
Used 43 times. Also: 1 Samuel 15:29, 2 Samuel 2:26, 1 Chronicles 29:11, Job 4:20, Job 14:20, Job 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5331; TAHOT Job 23:7 word 6
מִשֹּׁפְטִֽי\׃mi.sho.fe.Tifrom judge my
Lemma: שָׁפַט (sha.phat) · Strong's: H8199
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVqrmsc)
Meaning: to judge
Used 201 times. Also: Genesis 16:5, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 31:53, Exodus 2:14, Exodus 5:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8199; TAHOT Job 23:7 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then | → | שָׁם H8033G there |
| an upright man | → | יָשָׁר H3477G upright |
| could reason | → | יָכַח H3198 to rebuke |
| with Him | → | עִם H5973A with |
| and I would be delivered | → | פָּלַט H6403 to escape |
| forever | → | נֵ֫צַח H5331 perpetuity |
| from my Judge | → | שָׁפַט H8199 to judge |
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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