Job 33:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זַ֥ךְ אֲנִ֗י בְּֽלִ֫י פָ֥שַׁע חַ֥ף אָנֹכִ֑י וְלֹ֖א עָוֺ֣ן לִֽי׃

Transliteration

zak ʾănî bəlî pāša' ḥap ʾānōkî wəlō' 'āwōn lî

Grammar Details

*zak*: adjective, masculine singular - pure/clean
*ʾănî*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
*bəlî*: preposition + negative particle - without
*pāša'*: noun, masculine singular - transgression/rebellion
*ḥap*: adjective, masculine singular - clean/innocent
*ʾānōkî*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
*wəlō'*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*'āwōn*: noun, masculine singular - iniquity/guilt
*lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to/for me

Word Meanings

*zak*: pure/clean/innocent
*bəlî*: without/lacking
*pāša'*: transgression/rebellion/offense
*ḥap*: clean/innocent/blameless
*'āwōn*: iniquity/guilt/sin

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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

Job 10:7 : 7 Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?
Job 16:17 : 17 Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
Job 11:4 : 4 For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes.
Job 9:21 : 21 I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.
Job 29:14 : 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
Jer 2:35 : 35 Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
Job 9:23 : 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.
Job 9:28 : 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
Job 9:17 : 17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Job 13:18 : 18 Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous.
Job 13:23 : 23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.
Job 17:8 : 8 Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
Job 23:11-12 : 11 My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside. 12 I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
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.

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