Job 33:32

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

If thou hast anything to say, answer me: Speak, for I desire to justify thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־יֵשׁ־מִלִּ֥ין הֲשִׁיבֵ֑נִי דַּ֝בֵּ֗ר כִּֽי־חָפַ֥צְתִּי צַדְּקֶֽךָּ׃

Transliteration

ʾim-yēš-millîn hăšîbēnî dabbēr kî-ḥāpaṣtî ṣaddeqekā

Grammar Details

*ʾim*: conditional particle - if
*yēš*: particle of existence - there is/are
*millîn*: noun, feminine plural - words
*hăšîbēnî*: hiphil imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - answer me
*dabbēr*: piel imperative, masculine singular - speak
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ḥāpaṣtî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I desire/delight in
*ṣaddeqekā*: piel infinitive construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to justify you

Word Meanings

*yēš*: there is/there are/exist
*millîn*: words/speech/things to say
*hăšîbēnî*: answer me/reply to me/respond to me
*dabbēr*: speak/talk/say
*ḥāpaṣtî*: I desire/I delight in/I want
*ṣaddeqekā*: to justify you/to vindicate you/to declare you right

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About this Translation

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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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 15:4-5 : 4 Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest devotion before God. 5 For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Job 21:27 : 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.
Job 22:5-9 : 5 Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities. 6 For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing. 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; And the honorable man, he dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, And the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Job 27:5 : 5 Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.

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