Job 31:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִי בְמֹאזְנֵי־צֶ֑דֶק וְיֵדַ֥ע אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ תֻּמָּתִֽי׃

Transliteration

yišqəlēnî in-mōʾznê-ṣedeq and-yēdaʿ ʾĕlôah tummātî

Grammar Details

*yišqəlēnî*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he weighs me
*mōʾznê*: noun, masculine dual construct - scales of
*ṣedeq*: noun, masculine singular - righteousness/justice
*yēdaʿ*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he knows
*ʾĕlôah*: noun, masculine singular - God/deity
*tummātî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my integrity

Word Meanings

*yišqəlēnî*: let him weigh me/may he weigh me
*mōʾznê-ṣedeq*: scales of righteousness/just balances
*yēdaʿ*: know/perceive/acknowledge
*tummātî*: my integrity/my innocence/my blamelessness

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 7:8-9 : 8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Ps 17:2-3 : 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. 3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Dan 5:27 : 27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
Mic 6:11 : 11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Matt 7:23 : 23 And then will I profess unto them , I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
Ps 26:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
Ps 139:23 : 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Prov 16:11 : 11 A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.
Isa 26:7 : 7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
Josh 22:22 : 22 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD ,(save us not this day,)
1 Sam 2:3 : 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Job 6:2 : 2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
Job 27:5-6 : 5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
Ps 1:6 : 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

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