Job 27:2 Go deeper
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As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; (KJV)
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חַי\־chai-[by] [the] life
Lemma: חַי (chay) · Strong's: H2416A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: alive
Used 242 times. Also: Genesis 1:20, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 2:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2416A; TAHOT Job 27:2 word 1
אֵ֭ל'elof God
Lemma: אֵל (el) · Strong's: H0410G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: God
Used 205 times. Also: Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 21:33, Genesis 28:3, Genesis 31:13, Genesis 35:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0410G; TAHOT Job 27:2 word 2
הֵסִ֣ירhe.Sir[who] he has taken away
Lemma: סוּר (sur) · Strong's: H5493G
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)
Meaning: to turn aside: remove
Used 147 times. Also: Genesis 8:13, Genesis 30:32, Genesis 30:35, Genesis 35:2, Genesis 38:14, Genesis 38:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5493G; TAHOT Job 27:2 word 3
מִשְׁפָּטִ֑יmish.pa.Tiright my
Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) · Strong's: H4941H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: justice
Used 165 times. Also: Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:25, Exodus 21:9, Exodus 23:6, Numbers 27:5, Deuteronomy 10:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4941H; TAHOT Job 27:2 word 4
וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗יve.sha.Daiand [the] Almighty
Lemma: שַׁדַּי (shad.day) · Strong's: H7706
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: Almighty
Used 48 times. Also: Genesis 17:1, Genesis 28:3, Genesis 35:11, Genesis 43:14, Genesis 48:3, Genesis 49:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7706; TAHOT Job 27:2 word 5
הֵמַ֥רhe.Mar[who] he has made bitter
Lemma: מָרַר (ma.rar) · Strong's: H4843
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)
Meaning: to provoke
Used 16 times. Also: Genesis 49:23, Exodus 1:14, Exodus 23:21, Ruth 1:13, Ruth 1:20, 2 Kings 4:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4843; TAHOT Job 27:2 word 6
נַפְשִֽׁי\׃naf.Shiself my
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: soul
Used 245 times. Also: Genesis 34:3, Genesis 34:8, Genesis 35:18, Genesis 42:21, Genesis 49:6, Exodus 23:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315G; TAHOT Job 27:2 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| As surely as God | → | אֵל H0410G God |
| lives | → | חַי H2416A alive |
| who has deprived me of | → | סוּר H5493G to turn aside: remove |
| justice | → | מִשְׁפָּט H4941H justice |
| the Almighty | → | שַׁדַּי H7706 Almighty |
| who has embittered | → | מָרַר H4843 to provoke |
| my soul | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315G soul |
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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