Job 23:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַבְּרָב־כֹּ֭חַ יָרִ֣יב עִמָּדִ֑י לֹ֥א אַךְ־ה֝֗וּא יָשִׂ֥ם בִּֽי׃

Transliteration

hă-bərāb-kōaḥ yārîb ʿimmādî lōʾ ʾak-hûʾ yāśîm bî

Grammar Details

• *hă-bərāb-kōaḥ*: interrogative particle + preposition + noun, masculine singular - with greatness of strength/in his great power
• *yārîb*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - would he contend/strive
• *ʿimmādî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - with me
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *ʾak-hûʾ*: adverb + 3rd masculine singular pronoun - but/surely he
• *yāśîm*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - would set/place/put
• *bî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - in me/on me

Word Meanings

• *rōb*: abundance, greatness, multitude
• *kōaḥ*: strength, power, ability, might
• *rîb*: to strive, contend, dispute, plead
• *śîm*: to put, place, set, appoint, establish, direct attention to

Referenced Verses

• Job 13:21 : 21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.
• Ps 138:3 : 3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
• Isa 27:4 : 4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
• Isa 27:8 : 8 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
• Ezek 20:33 : 33 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
• Ezek 20:35 : 35 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face.
• 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
• Job 9:4 : 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
• Job 9:19 : 19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
• Job 9:33-34 : 33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. 34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: