Job 27:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חַי אֵ֭ל הֵסִ֣יר מִשְׁפָּטִ֑י וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י הֵמַ֥ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

Transliteration

ḥay ʾēl hēsîr mišpāṭî wə-šadday hēmar nap̄šî

Grammar Details

• *ḥay*: adjective masculine singular - living/alive (used as oath formula)
• *ʾēl*: noun masculine singular - God
• *hēsîr*: Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has removed/taken away
• *mišpāṭî*: noun masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my justice/right/cause
• *wə-šadday*: conjunction + noun masculine singular - and the Almighty
• *hēmar*: Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has embittered/made bitter
• *nap̄šî*: noun feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my soul/life

Word Meanings

• *ḥay*: living/alive (used in oath formulas)
• *ʾēl*: God/deity/mighty one
• *šadday*: Almighty/All-sufficient One
• *nep̄eš*: soul/life/self/person/being

Referenced Verses

• Job 34:5 : 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
• 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
• Num 14:21 : 21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.
• Ruth 1:20-21 : 20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. 21 I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
• Ruth 3:13 : 13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.
• 1 Sam 14:39 : 39 For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.
• 1 Sam 14:45 : 45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
• 1 Sam 20:21 : 21 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth.
• 1 Sam 25:26 : 26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
• 1 Sam 25:34 : 34 For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
• 2 Sam 2:27 : 27 And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
• 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
• 1 Kgs 18:15 : 15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
• Job 9:18 : 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
• Job 10:3 : 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
• Isa 40:27 : 27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
• Jer 4:2 : 2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
• Jer 5:2 : 2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
• Jer 12:16 : 16 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.
• Ezek 33:11 : 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?