Job 40:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַ֭אַף תָּפֵ֣ר מִשְׁפָּטִ֑י תַּ֝רְשִׁיעֵ֗נִי לְמַ֣עַן תִּצְדָּֽק׃

Transliteration

hă-ʾap tāpēr mišpāṭî taršîʿēnî ləmaʿan tiṣdāq

Grammar Details

• *hă-ʾap*: interrogative particle + conjunction - indeed, also, even
• *tāpēr*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will break/annul
• *mišpāṭî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - my judgment
• *taršîʿēnî*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - you will condemn me
• *ləmaʿan*: conjunction - in order that, so that
• *tiṣdāq*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you may be justified/righteous

Word Meanings

• *ʾap*: indeed, even, also, moreover
• *tāpēr*: to break, annul, violate, frustrate
• *mišpāṭî*: judgment, justice, ordinance, decision
• *taršîʿēnî*: to condemn, declare guilty, act wickedly
• *tiṣdāq*: to be righteous, be justified, be in the right

Referenced Verses

• Job 32:2 : 2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
• Job 34:5-6 : 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right: 6 Notwithstanding my right I am [accounted] a liar; My wound is incurable, [though I am] without transgression.
• Rom 3:4 : 4 God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.
• Job 10:3 : 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
• Job 27:2-6 : 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul: 3 (For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils); 4 Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit. 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.
• Gal 3:15 : 15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it be but a man's covenant, yet when it hath been confirmed, no one maketh it void, or addeth thereto.
• Gal 3:17 : 17 Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, {G1519} {G5547} the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect.
• Heb 7:18 : 18 For there is {G3303} a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness
• Job 35:2-3 : 2 Thinkest thou this to be [thy] right, [Or] sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God's, 3 That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? [And], What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?
• Ps 51:4 : 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in thy sight; That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest.
• Isa 14:27 : 27 For Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
• Isa 28:18 : 18 And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.