Job 9:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יָגֹ֥רְתִּי כָל־עַצְּבֹתָ֑י יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּי־לֹ֥א תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃

Transliteration

yāgōrtî kāl-ʿaṣṣəbōtāy yādaʿtî kî-lōʾ tənaqqēnî

Grammar Details

*yāgōrtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I dread
*kāl-ʿaṣṣəbōtāy*: masculine singular construct + feminine plural noun + 1st person singular suffix - all my pains
*yādaʿtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I know
*kî-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - that not
*tənaqqēnî*: piel imperfect 2nd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you will hold me innocent

Word Meanings

*yāgōrtî*: to fear, dread, be afraid
*ʿaṣṣəbōtāy*: pains, sorrows, hardships
*yādaʿtî*: to know, understand, recognize
*tənaqqēnî*: to acquit, hold innocent, clear

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Ps 130:3 : 3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
Exod 20:7 : 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Job 3:25 : 25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
Job 7:21 : 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
Job 9:2 : 2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
Job 9:20-21 : 20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. 21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
Job 10:14 : 14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
Job 14:16 : 16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
Job 21:6 : 6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
Ps 88:15-16 : 15 I am afflicted and ready to die{H8802)} from my youth up: while I suffer{H8804)} thy terrors I am distracted{H8799)}. 16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over{H8804)} me; thy terrors have cut me off{H8768)}.

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