Job 9:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־לְכֹ֣חַ אַמִּ֣יץ הִנֵּ֑ה וְאִם־לְ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗ט מִ֣י יוֹעִידֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

ʾim-lə-kōaḥ ʾammîṣ hinnēh wə-ʾim-lə-mišpāṭ mî yôʿîdēnî

Grammar Details

• *ʾim-lə-kōaḥ*: conditional particle + preposition + masculine singular noun - if as to strength
• *ʾammîṣ*: adjective masculine singular - mighty
• *hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold/here
• *wə-ʾim-lə-mišpāṭ*: conjunction + conditional particle + preposition + masculine singular noun - and if as to judgment
• *mî*: interrogative pronoun - who
• *yôʿîdēnî*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - will summon me

Word Meanings

• *kōaḥ*: strength, power, might
• *ʾammîṣ*: strong, mighty, powerful
• *hinnēh*: behold, lo, see
• *mišpāṭ*: judgment, justice, legal case
• *yôʿîdēnî*: to appoint, summon, designate

Referenced Verses

• Job 9:4 : 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
• Job 9:32-33 : 32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. 33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
• 1 Cor 1:25 : 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
• 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
• Job 31:35 : 35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
• Job 33:5-7 : 5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up. 6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay. 7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
• Job 36:17-19 : 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. 18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. 19 Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
• Job 40:9-9 : 9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? 10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
• Ps 62:11 : 11 God hath spoken{H8765)} once; twice have I heard{H8804)} this; that power belongeth unto God.
• Matt 6:13 : 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.