Job 27:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חַי אֵ֭ל הֵסִ֣יר מִשְׁפָּטִ֑י וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י הֵמַ֥ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

Transliteration

ḥay ʾēl hēsîr mišpāṭî wə-šadday hēmar nap̄šî

Grammar Details

• *ḥay*: adjective masculine singular - living/alive (used as oath formula)
• *ʾēl*: noun masculine singular - God
• *hēsîr*: Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has removed/taken away
• *mišpāṭî*: noun masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my justice/right/cause
• *wə-šadday*: conjunction + noun masculine singular - and the Almighty
• *hēmar*: Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has embittered/made bitter
• *nap̄šî*: noun feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my soul/life

Word Meanings

• *ḥay*: living/alive (used in oath formulas)
• *ʾēl*: God/deity/mighty one
• *šadday*: Almighty/All-sufficient One
• *nep̄eš*: soul/life/self/person/being

Referenced Verses

• Job 34:5 : 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:
• 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soul is vexed within her; and Jehovah hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
• Num 14:21 : 21 but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah;
• Ruth 1:20-21 : 20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. 21 I went out full, and Jehovah hath brought me home again empty; why call ye me Naomi, seeing Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
• Ruth 3:13 : 13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as Jehovah liveth: lie down until the morning.
• 1 Sam 14:39 : 39 For, as Jehovah liveth, who saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.
• 1 Sam 14:45 : 45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? Far from it: as Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
• 1 Sam 20:21 : 21 And, behold, I will send the lad, [saying], Go, find the arrows. If I say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee; take them, and come; for there is peace to thee and [ no hurt,] [as Jehovah] [liveth.]
• 1 Sam 25:26 : 26 Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
• 1 Sam 25:34 : 34 For in very deed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, who hath withholden me from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light so much as one {H8366} man-child.
• 2 Sam 2:27 : 27 And Joab said, As God liveth, if thou hadst not spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone away, nor followed every one his brother.
• 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
• 1 Kgs 18:15 : 15 And Elijah said, As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him to-day.
• Job 9:18 : 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.
• Job 10:3 : 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
• Isa 40:27 : 27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice [due] to me is passed away from my God?
• Jer 4:2 : 2 and thou shalt swear, As Jehovah liveth, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
• Jer 5:2 : 2 And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.
• Jer 12:16 : 16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Jehovah liveth; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people.
• Ezek 33:11 : 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?