Job 10:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־חָטָ֥אתִי וּשְׁמַרְתָּ֑נִי וּ֝מֵעֲוֺנִ֗י לֹ֣א תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃

Transliteration

if ḥāṭāʾtî and ûšəmartānî and from mēʿăwōnî not tənaqqēnî

Grammar Details

*ḥāṭāʾtî*: Qal perfect, 1st singular - I sinned
*ûšəmartānî*: Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular with waw conjunction and 1st person suffix - you observed me
*mēʿăwōnî*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person suffix - from my iniquity
*tənaqqēnî*: Piel imperfect, 2nd masculine singular with 1st person suffix - you clear me

Word Meanings

*ḥāṭāʾtî*: I sinned/I transgressed/I did wrong
*ûšəmartānî*: you observed me/you watched me/you took note of me
*mēʿăwōnî*: from my iniquity/from my guilt/from my punishment
*tənaqqēnî*: you clear me/you acquit me/you absolve me

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 7:21 : 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
Ps 130:3 : 3 If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
Ps 139:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
Exod 34:7 : 7 keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.
Num 14:18 : 18 Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; and that will by no means clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.
Job 9:28 : 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
Job 13:26-27 : 26 For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth: 27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:
Job 14:16 : 16 But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?

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