Job 9:33

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹ֣א יֵשׁ־בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ מוֹכִ֑יחַ יָשֵׁ֖ת יָד֣וֹ עַל־שְׁנֵֽינוּ׃

Transliteration

lōʾ yēš-bênênû môkîaḥ yāšēt yādô ʿal-šənênû

Grammar Details

• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yēš-bênênû*: existential particle + preposition + 1st person plural suffix - there is between us
• *môkîaḥ*: hiphil participle masculine singular - an arbiter
• *yāšēt*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular jussive - who might lay
• *yādô*: feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his hand
• *ʿal-šənênû*: preposition + numeral + 1st person plural suffix - upon us both

Word Meanings

• *yēš*: there is, there exists
• *bênênû*: between us, among us
• *môkîaḥ*: arbiter, mediator, judge
• *yāšēt*: to place, set, put
• *yādô*: hand, power
• *šənênû*: both of us, the two of us

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 2:25 : 25 If one man sin against another, God shall judge him; but if a man sin against Jehovah, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because Jehovah was minded to slay them.
• Job 9:19 : 19 If [we speak] of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, Who, [saith he], will summon me?
• Ps 106:23 : 23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them, Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy [them].
• 1 John 2:1-2 : 1 My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2 and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
• 1 Kgs 3:16-28 : 16 Then there came two women that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. 17 And the one woman said, Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. 18 And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also; and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. 19 And this woman's child died in the night, because she lay upon it. 20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. 21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead; but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I did bear. 22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king. 23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. 24 And the king said, Fetch me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. 25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. 26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it. 27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof. 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.