Job 31:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גַּם־ה֭וּא עָוֺ֣ן פְּלִילִ֑י כִּֽי־כִחַ֖שְׁתִּי לָאֵ֣ל מִמָּֽעַל׃

Transliteration

Also-hûʾ ʿāwōn pəlîlî for-kiḥaštî to-ʾēl from-above

Grammar Details

• *hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he/it (masculine)
• *ʿāwōn*: noun, masculine singular construct - iniquity of
• *pəlîlî*: adjective, masculine singular - judicial/criminal
• *kiḥaštî*: verb, piel perfect, 1st person singular - I denied
• *ʾēl*: noun, masculine singular - God

Word Meanings

• *ʿāwōn pəlîlî*: judicial iniquity/punishable crime
• *kiḥaštî*: I denied/I lied to/I deceived
• *ʾēl*: God/deity

Referenced Verses

• Job 31:11 : 11 For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:
• Deut 17:2-7 : 2 If there be found in the midst of thee, within any of thy gates which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that doeth that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, in transgressing his covenant, 3 and hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; 4 and it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, then shalt thou inquire diligently; and, behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel, 5 then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, who hath done this evil thing, unto thy gates, even the man or the woman; and thou shalt stone them to death with stones. 6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. 7 The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee.
• Josh 24:27 : 27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness against you, lest ye deny your God.
• Judg 11:27 : 27 I therefore have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: Jehovah, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
• Job 9:15 : 15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.
• Job 23:7 : 7 There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
• Deut 17:9 : 9 and thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days: and thou shalt inquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment.
• Josh 24:23 : 23 Now therefore put away, [said he], the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.
• Gen 18:25 : 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
• Ps 50:6 : 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; For God is judge himself. {H5542}
• Prov 30:9 : 9 Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.
• Titus 1:16 : 16 They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
• Heb 12:23 : 23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
• 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
• 1 John 2:23 : 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.
• Jude 1:4 : 4 For there are certain men crept in privily, [even] they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master {G2316} and {G2257} Lord, Jesus Christ.