Job 9:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָגֹ֥רְתִּי כָל־עַצְּבֹתָ֑י יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּי־לֹ֥א תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃

Transliteration

yāgōrtî kāl-ʿaṣṣəbōtāy yādaʿtî kî-lōʾ tənaqqēnî

Grammar Details

*yāgōrtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I dread
*kāl-ʿaṣṣəbōtāy*: masculine singular construct + feminine plural noun + 1st person singular suffix - all my pains
*yādaʿtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I know
*kî-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - that not
*tənaqqēnî*: piel imperfect 2nd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you will hold me innocent

Word Meanings

*yāgōrtî*: to fear, dread, be afraid
*ʿaṣṣəbōtāy*: pains, sorrows, hardships
*yādaʿtî*: to know, understand, recognize
*tənaqqēnî*: to acquit, hold innocent, clear

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments.
Ps 130:3 : 3 If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
Exod 20:7 : 7 Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Job 3:25 : 25 For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.
Job 7:21 : 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
Job 9:2 : 2 Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?
Job 9:20-21 : 20 Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse. 21 I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.
Job 10:14 : 14 If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
Job 14:16 : 16 But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?
Job 21:6 : 6 Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh.
Ps 88:15-16 : 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. 16 Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.

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