Job 10:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֹמַ֣ר אֶל־אֱ֭לוֹהַּ אַל־תַּרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי הֽ֝וֹדִיעֵ֗נִי עַ֣ל מַה־תְּרִיבֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

ʾōmar to ʾĕlôah not taršîʿēnî hôdîʿēnî for what tərîbēnî

Grammar Details

• *ʾōmar*: Qal imperfect, 1st singular - I will say
• *ʾĕlôah*: noun, masculine singular - God/deity
• *taršîʿēnî*: Hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular with 1st person suffix - condemn me
• *hôdîʿēnî*: Hiphil imperative, masculine singular with 1st person suffix - make known to me
• *tərîbēnî*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular with 1st person suffix - contend with me

Word Meanings

• *ʾĕlôah*: God/deity
• *taršîʿēnî*: condemn me/declare me guilty/treat me as wicked
• *tərîbēnî*: contend with me/oppose me/bring charges against me

Referenced Verses

• Job 9:29 : 29 I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?
• Ps 143:2 : 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant; For in thy sight no man living is righteous.
• Lam 3:40-42 : 40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah. 41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. 42 We have transgressed and have rebelled; thou hast not pardoned.
• Lam 5:16-17 : 16 The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned. 17 For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;
• Rom 8:1 : 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.
• 1 Cor 11:31-32 : 31 But if we discerned ourselves, we should not {G302} be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
• Job 34:31-32 : 31 For hath any said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more]: 32 That which I see not teach thou me: If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more?
• Ps 6:1-4 : 1 For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; for I am withered away: O Jehovah, heal me; for my bones are troubled. 3 My soul also is sore troubled: And thou, O Jehovah, how long? 4 Return, O Jehovah, deliver my soul: Save me for thy lovingkindness' sake.
• Ps 25:7 : 7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.
• Ps 38:1-8 : 1 A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness. 6 I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh. 8 I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
• Ps 109:21 : 21 But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name's sake: Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me;
• Ps 139:23-24 : 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts; 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
• Job 8:5-6 : 5 If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty; 6 If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.