Job 34:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־אָ֭מַר אִיּ֣וֹב צָדַ֑קְתִּי וְ֝אֵ֗ל הֵסִ֥יר מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃

Transliteration

kî-ʾāmar ʾiyyôb ṣādaqtî wə-ʾēl hēsîr mišpāṭî

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ʾāmar*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he said
*ʾiyyôb*: proper noun, masculine singular - Job
*ṣādaqtî*: Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I am righteous
*wə-ʾēl*: waw conjunction + masculine singular noun - and God
*hēsîr*: Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has taken away
*mišpāṭî*: masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my justice/right

Word Meanings

*ʾāmar*: said/spoke/declared
*ʾiyyôb*: Job (name meaning possibly 'persecuted')
*ṣādaqtî*: I am righteous/I am just/I am innocent
*ʾēl*: God/deity/divine being
*hēsîr*: has taken away/removed/turned aside
*mišpāṭî*: my justice/my right/my legal claim

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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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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 27:2 : 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul:
Job 33:9 : 9 I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me:
Job 29:14 : 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
Job 32:1 : 1 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Job 9:17 : 17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause.
Job 10:7 : 7 Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?
Job 11:4 : 4 For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes.
Job 16:17 : 17 Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

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