Job 40:8

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Would you indeed annul My justice? Would you condemn Me that you may 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

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Will you also annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Wilt thou disanulle my iudgment? Or, wilt thou condemne me, yt thou thy self mayest be made rightuous?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (40:3) Wilt thou disanul my iudgement? or wilt thou condemne me, that thou mayst be iustified?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? or wylt thou condempne me, that thou mayst be righteous?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

Referenced Verses

• Job 32:2 : 2 Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, from the family of Ram, became very angry. His anger burned against Job for justifying himself rather than God.
• Job 34:5-6 : 5 For Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.' 6 Though I am innocent, I am counted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I have committed no offense.
• Rom 3:4 : 4 Absolutely not! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written: "So that You may be justified in Your words and prevail when You are judged."
• Job 10:3 : 3 Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands, while You favor the plans of the wicked?
• Job 27:2-6 : 2 As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter, 3 as long as my breath remains in me and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, 4 my lips will not utter injustice, and my tongue will not speak deceit. 5 Far be it from me to justify you. Until my dying breath, I will not set aside my integrity. 6 I will hold on to my righteousness and not let it go; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.
• Gal 3:15 : 15 Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life: Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly ratified, so it is in this case.
• Gal 3:17 : 17 This is what I mean: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus cancel the promise.
• Heb 7:18 : 18 The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless,
• Job 35:2-3 : 2 Do you think this is justice, when you say, 'My righteousness is greater than God's'? 3 For you ask, 'What advantage is it to me? What do I gain by not sinning?'
• Ps 51:4 : 4 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
• Isa 14:27 : 27 For the LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?
• Isa 28:18 : 18 Your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.