Job 27:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־תְּדַבֵּ֣רְנָה שְׂפָתַ֣י עַוְלָ֑ה וּ֝לְשׁוֹנִ֗י אִם־יֶהְגֶּ֥ה רְמִיָּֽה׃

Transliteration

ʾim-təḏabbērnâ śəp̄āṯay ʿawlâ û-ləšônî ʾim-yehgeh rəmiyyâ

Grammar Details

*ʾim-təḏabbērnâ*: conjunction + Piel imperfect, 3rd feminine plural - if they shall speak
*śəp̄āṯay*: noun feminine dual construct with 1st person singular suffix - my lips
*ʿawlâ*: noun feminine singular - injustice/wrong/wickedness
*û-ləšônî*: conjunction + noun feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - and my tongue
*ʾim-yehgeh*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - if it utters/mutters
*rəmiyyâ*: noun feminine singular - deceit/treachery

Word Meanings

*ḏāḇar*: speak/say/tell
*śāp̄â*: lip/language/speech
*ʿawlâ*: injustice/unrighteousness/wickedness
*lāšôn*: tongue/language
*hāḡâ*: mutter/utter/meditate/speak
*rəmiyyâ*: deceit/treachery/guile

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
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 13:7 : 7 Will ye speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him?
Job 34:6 : 6 Notwithstanding my right I am [accounted] a liar; My wound is incurable, [though I am] without transgression.
John 8:55 : 55 and ye have not known him: but I know him; and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be like unto you, a liar: but I know him, and keep his word.
2 Cor 11:10 : 10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this glorying in the regions of Achaia.
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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