Job 13:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אוּלָ֗ם אֲ֭נִי אֶל־שַׁדַּ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וְהוֹכֵ֖חַ אֶל־אֵ֣ל אֶחְפָּֽץ׃

Transliteration

ʾûlām ʾănî ʾel-šadday ʾădabbēr wehôkēaḥ ʾel-ʾēl ʾeḥpāṣ

Grammar Details

• *ʾûlām*: conjunction - but/however/nevertheless
• *ʾănî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - I
• *ʾel*: preposition - to/unto/towards
• *šadday*: divine name - Almighty
• *ʾădabbēr*: verb, Piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I will speak
• *wehôkēaḥ*: conjunction + infinitive absolute, Hiphil - and to argue/reason
• *ʾēl*: noun, masculine singular - God
• *ʾeḥpāṣ*: verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I desire/wish

Word Meanings

• *ʾûlām*: but/however/nevertheless
• *šadday*: Almighty/All-sufficient One
• *ʾădabbēr*: I will speak/I would speak
• *wehôkēaḥ*: to reason/to argue/to rebuke/to reprove
• *ʾeḥpāṣ*: I desire/I wish/I delight in

Referenced Verses

• Isa 41:21 : 21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
• Job 9:3 : 3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
• Job 13:22 : 22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
• Job 31:35 : 35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
• Isa 1:18-20 : 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: 20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
• Job 23:3-7 : 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. 6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
• Job 9:14-15 : 14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? 15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
• Job 9:34-35 : 34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: 35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.
• Job 11:5 : 5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
• Job 13:15 : 15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
• Jer 12:1-2 : 1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? 2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
• Mic 6:2 : 2 Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.