Job 27:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חָלִ֣ילָה לִּי֮ אִם־אַצְדִּ֢יק אֶ֫תְכֶ֥ם עַד־אֶגְוָ֑ע לֹא־אָסִ֖יר תֻּמָּתִ֣י מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

Transliteration

ḥālîlâ lî ʾim-ʾaṣdîq ʾeṯḵem ʿaḏ-ʾeḡwāʿ lōʾ-ʾāsîr tummāṯî mimmennî

Grammar Details

*ḥālîlâ*: interjection - far be it/God forbid
*lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me/for me
*ʾim-ʾaṣdîq*: conjunction + Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - if I justify/should justify
*ʾeṯḵem*: direct object marker with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you
*ʿaḏ-ʾeḡwāʿ*: preposition + Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - until I expire/die
*lōʾ-ʾāsîr*: negative particle + Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I will not remove/take away
*tummāṯî*: noun feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my integrity
*mimmennî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - from me

Word Meanings

*ḥālîlâ*: far be it/God forbid (expression of abhorrence)
*ṣāḏaq*: justify/be right/declare righteous
*gāwaʿ*: expire/perish/die
*sûr*: turn aside/remove/take away
*tummâ*: integrity/completeness/innocence

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 2:9 : 9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
Job 13:15 : 15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
Job 29:14 : 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
Job 32:3 : 3 Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
Job 42:7 : 7 And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
Prov 17:15 : 15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
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.
Gal 2:11 : 11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
Deut 25:1 : 1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

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