Job 24:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאִם־לֹ֣א אֵ֭פוֹ מִ֣י יַכְזִיבֵ֑נִי וְיָשֵׂ֥ם לְ֝אַ֗ל מִלָּתִֽי

Transliteration

And if lōʾ ʾēpô mî yaḵzîbēnî wəyāśēm ləʾal millātî

Grammar Details

*lōʾ*: negative particle - 'not'
*ʾēpô*: adverb - 'now/then'
*mî*: interrogative pronoun - 'who'
*yaḵzîbēnî*: hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - 'will prove me a liar'
*wəyāśēm*: conjunction *wə* + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - 'and will make'
*ləʾal*: preposition *lə* + adverb of negation - 'as nothing'
*millātî*: noun feminine singular construct + 1st person singular suffix - 'my speech/word'

Word Meanings

*lōʾ*: not/no
*ʾēpô*: now/then/where
*yaḵzîbēnî*: will prove me a liar/will refute me
*wəyāśēm*: and will make/and will set/and will render
*ləʾal*: as nothing/to nothing/worthless
*millātî*: my speech/my word/my discourse

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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 9:24 : 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof: If [it be] not [he], who then is it?
Job 11:2-3 : 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified? 3 Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
Job 15:2 : 2 Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?
Job 27:4 : 4 Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.
Job 6:28 : 28 Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face.

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