Job 40:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַ֭אַף תָּפֵ֣ר מִשְׁפָּטִ֑י תַּ֝רְשִׁיעֵ֗נִי לְמַ֣עַן תִּצְדָּֽק׃

Transliteration

hă-ʾap tāpēr mišpāṭî taršîʿēnî ləmaʿan tiṣdāq

Grammar Details

• *hă-ʾap*: interrogative particle + conjunction - indeed, also, even
• *tāpēr*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will break/annul
• *mišpāṭî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - my judgment
• *taršîʿēnî*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - you will condemn me
• *ləmaʿan*: conjunction - in order that, so that
• *tiṣdāq*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you may be justified/righteous

Word Meanings

• *ʾap*: indeed, even, also, moreover
• *tāpēr*: to break, annul, violate, frustrate
• *mišpāṭî*: judgment, justice, ordinance, decision
• *taršîʿēnî*: to condemn, declare guilty, act wickedly
• *tiṣdāq*: to be righteous, be justified, be in the right

Referenced Verses

• Job 32:2 : 2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
• Job 34:5-6 : 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. 6 Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
• Rom 3:4 : 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
• 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?
• Job 27:2-6 : 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; 3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. 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.
• Gal 3:15 : 15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
• Gal 3:17 : 17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
• Heb 7:18 : 18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
• Job 35:2-3 : 2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? 3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
• Ps 51:4 : 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned{H8804)}, and done{H8804)} this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified{H8799)} when thou speakest{H8800)}, and be clear{H8799)} when thou judgest{H8800)}.
• Isa 14:27 : 27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
• Isa 28:18 : 18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.