Job 13:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנֵּה־נָ֭א עָרַ֣כְתִּי מִשְׁפָּ֑ט יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּֽי־אֲנִ֥י אֶצְדָּֽק׃

Transliteration

hinnēh-nāʾ ʿārāktî mišpāṭ yādaʿtî kî-ʾănî ʾeṣdāq

Grammar Details

*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

Word Meanings

*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

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Classic King James Version text presented with Strong's numbering to link English words to their underlying Hebrew and Greek terms. Prioritizes literal/formal correspondence while enabling original-language word study.

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Readability

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Concordance compatibility: Strong's numbers map to widely available concordances and lexicons for deeper study.

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Strong linkage to original Hebrew/Greek via Strong's numbers
High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
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Archaic language can be difficult for modern readers
Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
Less suitable for public or devotional reading compared to modern translations

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Referenced Verses

Job 23:4 : 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Job 9:2-3 : 2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? 3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
Job 9:20 : 20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
Job 16:21 : 21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
Job 40:7-8 : 7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Isa 43:26 : 26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
Rom 8:33-34 : 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. 34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

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