18 {
"verseID": "Job.13.18",
"source": "הִנֵּה־נָ֭א עָרַ֣כְתִּי מִשְׁפָּ֑ט יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י אֶצְדָּֽק׃",
"text": "*hinnēh*-*nāʾ* *ʿārāktî* *mišpāṭ* *yādaʿtî* *kî*-*ʾănî* *ʾeṣdāq*",
"grammar": {
"*hinnēh*": "interjection - behold/see",
"*nāʾ*": "particle of entreaty - please/now",
"*ʿārāktî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have arranged/prepared",
"*mišpāṭ*": "noun, masculine singular - judgment/case",
"*yādaʿtî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I know",
"*kî*": "conjunction - that",
"*ʾănî*": "pronoun, 1st person singular - I",
"*ʾeṣdāq*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will be justified/righteous"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿārāktî* *mišpāṭ*": "I have prepared my case/I have arranged my legal argument",
"*ʾeṣdāq*": "I will be justified/I will be vindicated/I am righteous"
}
}
19 {
"verseID": "Job.13.19",
"source": "מִי־ה֭וּא יָרִ֣יב עִמָּדִ֑י כִּֽי־עַתָּ֖ה אַחֲרִ֣ישׁ וְאֶגְוָֽע׃",
"text": "*mî*-*hûʾ* *yārîb* *ʿimmādî* *kî*-*ʿattâ* *ʾaḥărîš* *weʾegwāʿ*",
"grammar": {
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who",
"*hûʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he",
"*yārîb*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will contend",
"*ʿimmādî*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - with me",
"*kî*": "conjunction - for/because/that",
"*ʿattâ*": "adverb - now",
"*ʾaḥărîš*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I will be silent",
"*weʾegwāʿ*": "conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - and I will expire/die"
},
"variants": {
"*yārîb*": "will contend/will argue against/will bring charges against",
"*ʾaḥărîš*": "I will be silent/I will hold my peace",
"*ʾegwāʿ*": "I will expire/I will die/I will perish"
}
}
20 {
"verseID": "Job.13.20",
"source": "אַךְ־שְׁ֭תַּיִם אַל־תַּ֣עַשׂ עִמָּדִ֑י אָ֥ז מִ֝פָּנֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א אֶסָּתֵֽר׃",
"text": "*ʾak*-*šetayim* *ʾal*-*taʿaś* *ʿimmādî* *ʾāz* *mippāneykā* *lōʾ* *ʾessātēr*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾak*": "restrictive particle - only",
"*šetayim*": "numeral, feminine dual - two",
"*ʾal*": "negative particle - do not",
"*taʿaś*": "verb, Qal jussive, 2nd person masculine singular - do",
"*ʿimmādî*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - with me",
"*ʾāz*": "adverb - then",
"*mippāneykā*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - from your face",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*ʾessātēr*": "verb, Niphal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will hide myself"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾak*-*šetayim*": "only two things",
"*mippāneykā*": "from your face/from your presence",
"*ʾessātēr*": "I will hide myself/I will conceal myself"
}
}