Job 6:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲיֵשׁ־בִּלְשׁוֹנִ֥י עַוְלָ֑ה אִם־חִ֝כִּ֗י לֹא־יָבִ֥ין הַוּֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

hăyēš-bilšônî ʿawlâ ʾim-ḥikkî lōʾ-yābîn hawwôt

Grammar Details

*hăyēš*: interrogative + existential particle - is there
*bilšônî*: preposition + noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - in my tongue
*ʿawlâ*: noun, feminine singular - injustice/unrighteousness
*ʾim-ḥikkî*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - if my palate
*lōʾ-yābîn*: negative particle + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - does not discern
*hawwôt*: noun, feminine plural - calamities/destructions

Word Meanings

*lāšôn*: tongue/language
*ʿawlâ*: injustice/unrighteousness/wrong
*ḥēk*: palate/roof of mouth/taste
*bîn*: to understand/discern/perceive
*hawwâ*: calamity/disaster/destruction

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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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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 12:11 : 11 Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food?
Job 33:8-9 : 8 Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the voice of [thy] words, [saying], 9 I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me: 10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy: 11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, He marketh all my paths. 12 Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just; For God is greater than man.
Job 34:3 : 3 For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food.
Job 42:3-6 : 3 Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 5 I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee: 6 Wherefore I abhor [myself], And repent in dust and ashes.
Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for fullgrown men, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern {G5037} good and evil.
Job 6:6 : 6 Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

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