Job 31:33

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־כִּסִּ֣יתִי כְאָדָ֣ם פְּשָׁעָ֑י לִטְמ֖וֹן בְּחֻבִּ֣י עֲוֺֽנִי׃

Transliteration

If-kissîtî kəʾādām pəšāʿāy to-ṭəmôn in-ḥubbî ʿăwōnî

Grammar Details

*kissîtî*: verb, piel perfect, 1st person singular - I covered
*kəʾādām*: preposition with noun, masculine singular - like Adam/like mankind
*pəšāʿāy*: noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my transgressions
*ṭəmôn*: verb, qal infinitive construct - to hide
*ḥubbî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my bosom
*ʿăwōnî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my iniquity

Word Meanings

*kissîtî*: I covered/I concealed/I hid
*kəʾādām*: like Adam/like mankind/like people
*pəšāʿāy*: my transgressions/my sins
*ḥubbî*: my bosom/my chest/my heart
*ʿăwōnî*: my iniquity/my guilt/my sin

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 28:13 : 13 He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper: But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.
Hos 6:7 : 7 But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
Gen 3:12 : 12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Josh 7:11 : 11 Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also; and they have even put it among their own stuff.
Gen 3:7-8 : 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig -leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8 And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God amongst the trees of the garden.
Acts 5:8 : 8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much. And she said, Yea, for so much.
1 John 1:8-9 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

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