Job 29:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

צֶ֣דֶק לָ֭בַשְׁתִּי וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁ֑נִי כִּֽמְעִ֥יל וְ֝צָנִ֗יף מִשְׁפָּטִֽי

Transliteration

ṣedeq lābastî wa-yyilbāšēnî ki-məʿîl wə-ṣānîp mišpāṭî

Grammar Details

*ṣedeq*: noun, masculine singular - righteousness
*lābastî*: Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I put on/clothed myself
*wa-yyilbāšēnî*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and it clothed me
*ki-məʿîl*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - like a robe
*wə-ṣānîp*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and turban/headdress
*mišpāṭî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my justice

Word Meanings

*ṣedeq*: righteousness/rightness/justice
*lābastî*: I put on/clothed myself with/wore
*yilbāšēnî*: it clothed me/covered me
*məʿîl*: robe/cloak/mantle
*ṣānîp*: turban/headdress/diadem
*mišpāṭî*: my justice/judgment/right

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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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Referenced Verses

Ps 132:9 : 9 Let thy priest be clothed with righteousness; And let thy saints shout for joy.
Isa 59:17 : 17 And he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.
Isa 61:10 : 10 I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Eph 6:14 : 14 Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
Job 27:6 : 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.
Isa 62:3 : 3 Thou shalt also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
1 Thess 5:8 : 8 But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
Rev 19:8 : 8 And it was given unto her that she should array herself in fine linen, bright [and] pure: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
2 Cor 6:7 : 7 in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
Rom 13:14 : 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].
Deut 24:13 : 13 thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God.
Isa 28:5 : 5 In that day will Jehovah of hosts become a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people;

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