Job 13:23

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כַּמָּ֣ה לִ֭י עֲוֺנ֣וֹת וְחַטָּא֑וֹת פִּֽשְׁעִ֥י וְ֝חַטָּאתִ֗י הֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

kammâ lî ʿăwōnôt̄ weḥaṭṭāʾôt̄ pišʿî weḥaṭṭāʾt̄î hôdîʿēnî

Grammar Details

*kammâ*: interrogative adverb - how many
*lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me
*ʿăwōnôt̄*: noun, masculine plural - iniquities
*weḥaṭṭāʾôt̄*: conjunction + noun, feminine plural - and sins
*pišʿî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my transgression
*weḥaṭṭāʾt̄î*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - and my sin
*hôdîʿēnî*: verb, Hiphil imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - make known to me

Word Meanings

*ʿăwōnôt̄*: iniquities/perversities/guilt
*ḥaṭṭāʾôt̄*: sins/offenses
*pišʿî*: my transgression/my rebellion
*hôdîʿēnî*: make known to me/inform me/reveal to 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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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 22:5 : 5 Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.
Job 36:8-9 : 8 And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of afflictions; 9 Then he showeth them their work, And their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
Ps 44:20-21 : 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god; 21 Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Ps 139:23 : 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;

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