Job 31:28 Go deeper
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This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. (KJV)
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גַּם\־gam-also
Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: also
Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Job 31:28 word 1
ה֭וּאhu'that
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Job 31:28 word 2
עָוֹ֣ן'a.Von[is] iniquity
Lemma: עָוֺן (a.van) · Strong's: H5771G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: iniquity: crime
Used 180 times. Also: Genesis 15:16, Exodus 20:5, Exodus 34:7, Exodus 34:9, Leviticus 5:1, Leviticus 5:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5771G; TAHOT Job 31:28 word 3
פְּלִילִ֑יpe.li.Licalling for judgment
Lemma: פְּלִילִי (pe.li.li) · Strong's: H6416
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: judge
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6416; TAHOT Job 31:28 word 4
כִּֽי\־ki-for
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Job 31:28 word 5
כִחַ֖שְׁתִּיkhi.Chash.tiI denied
Lemma: כָּחַשׁ (ka.chash) · Strong's: H3584
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpp1cs)
Meaning: to deceive
Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 18:15, Leviticus 6:2, Leviticus 6:3, Leviticus 19:11, Deuteronomy 33:29, Joshua 7:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3584; TAHOT Job 31:28 word 6
לָאֵ֣לla.'El<to> <the> 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 31:28 word 7
מִמָּֽעַל\׃mi.Ma.'al<from> above
Lemma: מַ֫עַל (ma.al) · Strong's: H4605
Parsing: Acbsa (Acbsa)
Meaning: above
Used 140 times. Also: Genesis 6:16, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 22:9, Exodus 20:4, Exodus 25:20, Exodus 25:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4605; TAHOT Job 31:28 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| this | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| would also be | → | גַּם H1571 also |
| an iniquity | → | עָוֺן H5771G iniquity: crime |
| to be judged | → | פְּלִילִי H6416 judge |
| for | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| I would have denied | → | כָּחַשׁ H3584 to deceive |
| God | → | אֵל H0410G God |
| on high | → | מַ֫עַל H4605 above |
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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