Job 9:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

If [we speak] of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, Who, [saith he], will summon me?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־לְכֹ֣חַ אַמִּ֣יץ הִנֵּ֑ה וְאִם־לְ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗ט מִ֣י יוֹעִידֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

ʾim-lə-kōaḥ ʾammîṣ hinnēh wə-ʾim-lə-mišpāṭ mî yôʿîdēnî

Grammar Details

*ʾim-lə-kōaḥ*: conditional particle + preposition + masculine singular noun - if as to strength
*ʾammîṣ*: adjective masculine singular - mighty
*hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold/here
*wə-ʾim-lə-mišpāṭ*: conjunction + conditional particle + preposition + masculine singular noun - and if as to judgment
*mî*: interrogative pronoun - who
*yôʿîdēnî*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - will summon me

Word Meanings

*kōaḥ*: strength, power, might
*ʾammîṣ*: strong, mighty, powerful
*hinnēh*: behold, lo, see
*mišpāṭ*: judgment, justice, legal case
*yôʿîdēnî*: to appoint, summon, designate

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 9:4 : 4 [ He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered? --
Job 9:32-33 : 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment. 33 There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.
1 Cor 1:25 : 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
Job 31:35 : 35 Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); And [that I had] the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
Job 33:5-7 : 5 If thou canst, answer thou me; Set [thy words] in order before me, stand forth. 6 Behold, I am toward God even as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay. 7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee.
Job 36:17-19 : 17 But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee]. 18 For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside. 19 Will thy cry avail, [that thou be] not in distress, Or all the forces of [thy] strength?
Job 40:9-9 : 9 Or hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? 10 Deck thyself now with excellency and dignity; And array thyself with honor and majesty.
Ps 62:11 : 11 God hath spoken once, Twice have I heard this, That power belongeth unto God.
Matt 6:13 : 13 And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil [one].

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