Job 23:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שָׁ֗ם יָ֭שָׁר נוֹכָ֣ח עִמּ֑וֹ וַאֲפַלְּטָ֥ה לָ֝נֶ֗צַח מִשֹּׁפְטִֽי׃

Transliteration

šām yāšār nôkāḥ ʿimmô wa-ʾăpallĕṭâ lāneṣaḥ miššōpĕṭî

Grammar Details

• *šām*: adverb - there
• *yāšār*: adjective, masculine singular - upright/righteous
• *nôkāḥ*: preposition - before/in the presence of
• *ʿimmô*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him
• *wa-ʾăpallĕṭâ*: waw consecutive + Piel imperfect, 1st person singular (cohortative) - and I would escape/be delivered
• *lāneṣaḥ*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - forever/completely
• *miššōpĕṭî*: preposition + Qal participle, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - from my judge

Word Meanings

• *yāšār*: upright, straight, righteous, just
• *nôkāḥ*: in front of, opposite to, before, in the presence of
• *pālaṭ*: to escape, deliver, save, rescue
• *neṣaḥ*: forever, perpetuity, completely, entirely
• *šāpaṭ*: to judge, govern, vindicate, decide

Referenced Verses

• Job 13:3 : 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.
• Isa 1:18 : 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
• Jer 3:5 : 5 Will he retain [his anger] for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and hast had thy way.
• Jer 12:1 : 1 Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?
• Rom 3:19-22 : 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God: 20 because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law [cometh] the knowledge of sin. 21 But now apart from the law a righteousness of God hath been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ unto all them that believe; for there is no distinction;
• Rom 8:1 : 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.
• Rom 8:33-34 : 33 Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth; 34 who is he that condemneth? It is Christ Jesus that died, yea rather, that was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
• Job 9:15 : 15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.