Job 10:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֹמַ֣ר אֶל־אֱ֭לוֹהַּ אַל־תַּרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי הֽ֝וֹדִיעֵ֗נִי עַ֣ל מַה־תְּרִיבֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

ʾōmar to ʾĕlôah not taršîʿēnî hôdîʿēnî for what tərîbēnî

Grammar Details

• *ʾōmar*: Qal imperfect, 1st singular - I will say
• *ʾĕlôah*: noun, masculine singular - God/deity
• *taršîʿēnî*: Hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular with 1st person suffix - condemn me
• *hôdîʿēnî*: Hiphil imperative, masculine singular with 1st person suffix - make known to me
• *tərîbēnî*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular with 1st person suffix - contend with me

Word Meanings

• *ʾĕlôah*: God/deity
• *taršîʿēnî*: condemn me/declare me guilty/treat me as wicked
• *tərîbēnî*: contend with me/oppose me/bring charges against me

Referenced Verses

• Job 9:29 : 29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
• Ps 143:2 : 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
• Lam 3:40-42 : 40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. 41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. 42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
• Lam 5:16-17 : 16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
• Rom 8:1 : 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
• 1 Cor 11:31-32 : 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
• Job 34:31-32 : 31 Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: 32 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
• Ps 6:1-4 : 1 To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. 3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? 4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.
• Ps 25:7 : 7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
• Ps 38:1-8 : 1 A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke{H8686)} me not in thy wrath: neither chasten{H8762)} me in thy hot displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore{H8799)}. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy{H8799)} for me. 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt{H8738)} because of my foolishness. 6 I am troubled; I am bowed down{H8804)} greatly; I go{H8765)} mourning{H8802)} all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome{H8737)} disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh. 8 I am feeble and sore broken{H8738)}: I have roared{H8804)} by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
• Ps 109:21 : 21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
• Ps 139:23-24 : 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
• Job 8:5-6 : 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; 6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.