Job 34:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַף־אָמְנָ֗ם אֵ֥ל לֹֽא־יַרְשִׁ֑יעַ וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י לֹֽא־יְעַוֵּ֥ת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

Transliteration

ʾap-ʾomnām ʾēl lōʾ-yaršîaʿ wə-šadday lōʾ-yəʿawwēt mišpāṭ

Grammar Details

*ʾap*: conjunction - indeed/surely
*ʾomnām*: adverb - truly/certainly
*ʾēl*: masculine singular noun - God
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yaršîaʿ*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - acts wickedly
*wə-šadday*: waw conjunction + proper noun - and Almighty
*yəʿawwēt*: Piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - perverts
*mišpāṭ*: masculine singular noun - justice/judgment

Word Meanings

*ʾap-ʾomnām*: surely indeed/most certainly/in truth
*ʾēl*: God/deity/divine being
*yaršîaʿ*: acts wickedly/does wrong/condemns unjustly
*šadday*: Almighty/All-sufficient One (divine name)
*yəʿawwēt*: perverts/distorts/bends
*mišpāṭ*: justice/judgment/right

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 8:3 : 3 Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?
Ps 11:7 : 7 For Jehovah is righteous; He loveth righteousness: The upright shall behold his face.
Ps 145:17 : 17 Jehovah is righteous in all his ways, And gracious in all his works.
Hab 1:12-13 : 12 Art not thou from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established him for correction. 13 Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;

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