Job 40:8 Go deeper
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Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? (KJV)
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הַ֭אַףHa.'af¿ even
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 40:8 word 1
תָּפֵ֣רta.Ferwill you annul
Lemma: פָּרַר (pa.rar) · Strong's: H6565A
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhi2ms)
Meaning: to break
Used 47 times. Also: Genesis 17:14, Leviticus 26:15, Leviticus 26:44, Numbers 15:31, Numbers 30:8, Numbers 30:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6565A; TAHOT Job 40:8 word 2
מִשְׁפָּטִ֑יmish.pa.Tijustice my
Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) · Strong's: H4941G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: justice: judgement
Used 214 times. Also: Exodus 15:25, Exodus 21:1, Exodus 21:31, Exodus 24:3, Exodus 28:15, Exodus 28:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4941G; TAHOT Job 40:8 word 3
תַּ֝רְשִׁיעֵ֗נִיtar.shi.'E.niwill you condemn as guilty? me
Lemma: רָשַׁע (ra.sah) · Strong's: H7561
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhi2ms)
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 40:8 word 4
לְמַ֣עַןle.Ma.'anso that
Lemma: מַ֫עַן (ma.an) · Strong's: H4616
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: because
Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 12:13, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 37:22, Genesis 50:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4616; TAHOT Job 40:8 word 5
תִּצְדָּֽק\׃titz.Dakyou may be justified
Lemma: צָדֵק (tsa.daq) · Strong's: H6663
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqj2ms)
Meaning: to justify
Used 41 times. Also: Genesis 38:26, Genesis 44:16, Exodus 23:7, Deuteronomy 25:1, 2 Samuel 15:4, 1 Kings 8:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6663; TAHOT Job 40:8 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Would you really | → | אַף H0637 also |
| annul | → | פָּרַר H6565A to break |
| My justice | → | H4639 |
| Would you condemn Me | → | רָשַׁע H7561 be wicked |
| to | → | מַ֫עַן H4616 because |
| justify yourself? | → | צָדֵק H6663 to justify |
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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