Job 6:29

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שֻֽׁבוּ־נָ֭א אַל־תְּהִ֣י עַוְלָ֑ה וְשׁ֥וּבוּ ע֝וֹד צִדְקִי־בָֽהּ׃

Transliteration

šubû-nāʾ ʾal-təhî ʿawlâ wəšûbû ʿôd ṣidqî-bāh

Grammar Details

*šubû-nāʾ*: Qal imperative, masculine plural + particle of entreaty - return, please
*ʾal-təhî*: negative particle + Qal jussive, 3rd feminine singular - let there not be
*ʿawlâ*: noun, feminine singular - injustice/unrighteousness
*wəšûbû*: conjunction + Qal imperative, masculine plural - and return
*ʿôd*: adverb - still/yet/again
*ṣidqî-bāh*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix + preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - my righteousness is in it

Word Meanings

*šûb*: to return/turn back
*nāʾ*: please (particle of entreaty)
*hāyâ*: to be/become/happen
*ʿawlâ*: injustice/unrighteousness/wrong
*ṣedeq*: righteousness/justice/rightness

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 17:10 : 10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
Job 23:10 : 10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Job 27:4-6 : 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.
Job 34:5 : 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
Job 42:6 : 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Mal 3:18 : 18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

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