Job 31:6 Go deeper

Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. (KJV)

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יִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִיyish.ke.Le.nilet him weigh me

Lemma: שָׁקַל (sha.qal) · Strong's: H8254

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to weigh

Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 23:16, Exodus 22:17, 2 Samuel 14:26, 2 Samuel 18:12, 1 Kings 20:39, Ezra 8:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8254; TAHOT Job 31:6 word 1

בְמֹאזְנֵי\־ve.mo.ze.nei-in balances of

Lemma: מֹאזֵן (mo.zen) · Strong's: H3976

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Dual · Construct (HNcmdc)

Meaning: balance

Used 15 times. Also: Leviticus 19:36, Job 6:2, Psalms 62:9, Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 16:11, Proverbs 20:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3976; TAHOT Job 31:6 word 2

צֶ֑דֶקTze.dekrighteousness

Lemma: צֶ֫דֶק (tse.deq) · Strong's: H6664G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: righteousness

Used 117 times. Also: Leviticus 19:15, Leviticus 19:36, Deuteronomy 1:16, Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 16:20, Deuteronomy 25:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6664G; TAHOT Job 31:6 word 3

וְיֵדַ֥עve.ye.Da'and let him acknowledge

Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqu3ms)

Meaning: to know

Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Job 31:6 word 4

אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahGod

Lemma: אֱלֹהַּ (e.lo.ah) · Strong's: H0433

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: god

Used 57 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:15, Deuteronomy 32:17, 2 Chronicles 32:15, Nehemiah 9:17, Job 3:4, Job 3:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0433; TAHOT Job 31:6 word 5

תֻּמָּתִֽי\׃tu.ma.Tiintegrity my

Lemma: תֻּמָּה (tum.mah) · Strong's: H8538

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: integrity

Used 5 times. Also: Job 2:3, Job 2:9, Job 27:5, Proverbs 11:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8538; TAHOT Job 31:6 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

let God weigh me	→	שָׁקַל H8254 to weigh
with honest	→	צֶ֫דֶק H6664G righteousness
scales	→	מֹאזֵן H3976 balance
that He	→	אֱלֹהַּ H0433 god
may know	→	יָדַע H3045 to know
my integrity	→	תֻּמָּה H8538 integrity

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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