Job 34:12 Go deeper
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Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. (KJV)
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אַף\־'af-also
Lemma: אַף (aph) · Strong's: H0637
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: also
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 3:1, Genesis 18:13, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 40:16, Leviticus 26:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0637; TAHOT Job 34:12 word 1
אָמְנָ֗ם'a.me.Namtruly
Lemma: אׇמְנָם (om.nam) · Strong's: H0551
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: truly
Used 9 times. Also: Ruth 3:12, 2 Kings 19:17, Job 9:2, Job 12:2, Job 19:4, Job 19:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0551; TAHOT Job 34:12 word 2
אֵ֥ל'elGod
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 34:12 word 3
לֹֽא\־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 34:12 word 4
יַרְשִׁ֑יעַyar.Shi.a'he acts wickedly
Lemma: רָשַׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7561
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhi3ms)
Meaning: be wicked
Used 33 times. Also: Exodus 22:9, Deuteronomy 25:1, 1 Samuel 14:47, 2 Samuel 22:22, 1 Kings 8:32, 1 Kings 8:47 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7561; TAHOT Job 34:12 word 5
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 34:12 word 6
לֹֽא\־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 34:12 word 7
יְעַוֵּ֥תye.'a.Vethe perverts
Lemma: עָוַת (a.vat) · Strong's: H5791
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpi3ms)
Meaning: to pervert
Used 11 times. Also: Job 8:3, Job 19:6, Psalms 119:78, Psalms 146:9, Ecclesiastes 1:15, Ecclesiastes 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5791; TAHOT Job 34:12 word 8
מִשְׁפָּֽט\׃mish.Patjustice
Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) · Strong's: H4941H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
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 34:12 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Indeed | → | אַף H0637 also |
| it is true | → | אׇמְנָם H0551 truly |
| that God | → | אֵל H0410G God |
| does not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| act wickedly | → | רָשַׁע H7561 be wicked |
| and the Almighty | → | שַׁדַּי H7706 Almighty |
| does not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| pervert | → | עָוַת H5791 to pervert |
| justice | → | מִשְׁפָּט H4941H justice |
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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