Job 23:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שָׁ֗ם יָ֭שָׁר נוֹכָ֣ח עִמּ֑וֹ וַאֲפַלְּטָ֥ה לָ֝נֶ֗צַח מִשֹּׁפְטִֽי׃

Transliteration

šām yāšār nôkāḥ ʿimmô wa-ʾăpallĕṭâ lāneṣaḥ miššōpĕṭî

Grammar Details

• *šām*: adverb - there
• *yāšār*: adjective, masculine singular - upright/righteous
• *nôkāḥ*: preposition - before/in the presence of
• *ʿimmô*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - with him
• *wa-ʾăpallĕṭâ*: waw consecutive + Piel imperfect, 1st person singular (cohortative) - and I would escape/be delivered
• *lāneṣaḥ*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - forever/completely
• *miššōpĕṭî*: preposition + Qal participle, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - from my judge

Word Meanings

• *yāšār*: upright, straight, righteous, just
• *nôkāḥ*: in front of, opposite to, before, in the presence of
• *pālaṭ*: to escape, deliver, save, rescue
• *neṣaḥ*: forever, perpetuity, completely, entirely
• *šāpaṭ*: to judge, govern, vindicate, decide

Referenced Verses

• Job 13:3 : 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
• Isa 1:18 : 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.
• Jer 3:5 : 5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
• Jer 12:1 : 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?
• Rom 3:19-22 : 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
• 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.
• 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.
• Job 9:15 : 15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.