Job 9:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָ֭מְנָם יָדַ֣עְתִּי כִי־כֵ֑ן וּמַה־יִּצְדַּ֖ק אֱנ֣וֹשׁ עִם־אֵֽל׃

Transliteration

ʾāmnām yādaʿtî kî-kēn û-mah-yiṣdaq ʾĕnôš ʿim-ʾēl

Grammar Details

• *ʾāmnām*: adverb - truly, indeed
• *yādaʿtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I know/have known
• *kî-kēn*: conjunction + adverb - that thus/so
• *û-mah-yiṣdaq*: conjunction + interrogative + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and how can be righteous
• *ʾĕnôš*: masculine singular noun - man, mortal
• *ʿim-ʾēl*: preposition + masculine singular noun - with God

Word Meanings

• *ʾāmnām*: truly, indeed, verily
• *yādaʿtî*: to know, understand, recognize
• *yiṣdaq*: to be righteous, be justified, be in the right
• *ʾĕnôš*: man, mankind, mortal (emphasizes frailty)
• *ʾēl*: God, deity, divine being

Referenced Verses

• Job 4:17 : 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
• Job 25:4 : 4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
• Rom 3:20 : 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
• Ps 143:2 : 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
• 1 Kgs 8:46 : 46 If they sin against thee,(for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
• Job 14:3-4 : 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
• 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 33:9 : 9 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
• Job 34:5 : 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
• Ps 130:3 : 3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?