Job 27:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חָלִ֣ילָה לִּי֮ אִם־אַצְדִּ֢יק אֶ֫תְכֶ֥ם עַד־אֶגְוָ֑ע לֹא־אָסִ֖יר תֻּמָּתִ֣י מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

Transliteration

ḥālîlâ lî ʾim-ʾaṣdîq ʾeṯḵem ʿaḏ-ʾeḡwāʿ lōʾ-ʾāsîr tummāṯî mimmennî

Grammar Details

*ḥālîlâ*: interjection - far be it/God forbid
*lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me/for me
*ʾim-ʾaṣdîq*: conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - if I justify/should justify
*ʾeṯḵem*: direct object marker with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you
*ʿaḏ-ʾeḡwāʿ*: preposition + Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - until I expire/die
*lōʾ-ʾāsîr*: negative particle + Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I will not remove/take away
*tummāṯî*: noun feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my integrity
*mimmennî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - from me

Word Meanings

*ḥālîlâ*: far be it/God forbid (expression of abhorrence)
*ṣāḏaq*: justify/be right/declare righteous
*gāwaʿ*: expire/perish/die
*sûr*: turn aside/remove/take away
*tummâ*: integrity/completeness/innocence

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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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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 2:9 : 9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.
Job 13:15 : 15 Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
Job 29:14 : 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
Job 32:3 : 3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
Job 42:7 : 7 And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
Prov 17:15 : 15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our glorifying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
Gal 2:11 : 11 But when Cephas came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face, because he stood condemned.
Deut 25:1 : 1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;

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