Job 6:30

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲיֵשׁ־בִּלְשׁוֹנִ֥י עַוְלָ֑ה אִם־חִ֝כִּ֗י לֹא־יָבִ֥ין הַוּֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

hăyēš-bilšônî ʿawlâ ʾim-ḥikkî lōʾ-yābîn hawwôt

Grammar Details

*hăyēš*: interrogative + existential particle - is there
*bilšônî*: preposition + noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - in my tongue
*ʿawlâ*: noun, feminine singular - injustice/unrighteousness
*ʾim-ḥikkî*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - if my palate
*lōʾ-yābîn*: negative particle + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - does not discern
*hawwôt*: noun, feminine plural - calamities/destructions

Word Meanings

*lāšôn*: tongue/language
*ʿawlâ*: injustice/unrighteousness/wrong
*ḥēk*: palate/roof of mouth/taste
*bîn*: to understand/discern/perceive
*hawwâ*: calamity/disaster/destruction

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Classic King James Version text presented with Strong's numbering to link English words to their underlying Hebrew and Greek terms. Prioritizes literal/formal correspondence while enabling original-language word study.

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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

Job 12:11 : 11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
Job 33:8-9 : 8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying, 9 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. 10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy, 11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. 12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
Job 34:3 : 3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
Job 42:3-6 : 3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Heb 5:14 : 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Job 6:6 : 6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

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