Job 31:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִי בְמֹאזְנֵי־צֶ֑דֶק וְיֵדַ֥ע אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ תֻּמָּתִֽי׃

Transliteration

yišqəlēnî in-mōʾznê-ṣedeq and-yēdaʿ ʾĕlôah tummātî

Grammar Details

*yišqəlēnî*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he weighs me
*mōʾznê*: noun, masculine dual construct - scales of
*ṣedeq*: noun, masculine singular - righteousness/justice
*yēdaʿ*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he knows
*ʾĕlôah*: noun, masculine singular - God/deity
*tummātî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my integrity

Word Meanings

*yišqəlēnî*: let him weigh me/may he weigh me
*mōʾznê-ṣedeq*: scales of righteousness/just balances
*yēdaʿ*: know/perceive/acknowledge
*tummātî*: my integrity/my innocence/my blamelessness

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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 7:8-9 : 8 Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me. 9 O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous: For the righteous God trieth the minds and hearts.
Ps 17:2-3 : 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; Let thine eyes look upon equity. 3 Thou hast proved my heart; Thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Dan 5:27 : 27 TEKEL; thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
Mic 6:11 : 11 Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
Matt 7:23 : 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his: and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.
Ps 26:1 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in Jehovah without wavering.
Ps 139:23 : 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;
Prov 16:11 : 11 A just balance and scales are Jehovah's; All the weights of the bag are his work.
Isa 26:7 : 7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.
Josh 22:22 : 22 The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, {H430} the Mighty One, God, Jehovah, {H430} he knoweth; and Israel he shall know: if it be in rebellion, or if in trespass against Jehovah (save thou us not this day,)
1 Sam 2:3 : 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a God of knowledge, And by him actions are weighed.
Job 6:2 : 2 Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!
Job 27:5-6 : 5 Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me. 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach [me] so long as I live.
Ps 1:6 : 6 For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.

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