Job 9:32

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־לֹא־אִ֣ישׁ כָּמֹ֣נִי אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ נָב֥וֹא יַ֝חְדָּ֗ו בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃

Transliteration

kî-lōʾ-ʾîš kāmōnî ʾeʿĕnennû nābôʾ yaḥdāw ba-mmišpāṭ

Grammar Details

• *kî-lōʾ-ʾîš*: conjunction + negative particle + masculine singular noun - for not a man
• *kāmōnî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - like me
• *ʾeʿĕnennû*: qal imperfect 1st person singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - I can answer him
• *nābôʾ*: qal imperfect 1st person plural - we may come
• *yaḥdāw*: adverb - together
• *ba-mmišpāṭ*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - to the judgment

Word Meanings

• *ʾîš*: man, person, husband
• *kāmōnî*: like me, as I am
• *ʾeʿĕnennû*: to answer, respond, reply
• *nābôʾ*: to come, enter, arrive
• *yaḥdāw*: together, unitedly
• *mišpāṭ*: judgment, justice, legal proceeding

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 6:10 : 10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
• Rom 9:20 : 20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
• Num 23:19 : 19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
• Ps 143:2 : 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
• 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
• Job 13:18-23 : 18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. 19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost. 20 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee. 21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid. 22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me. 23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.
• Job 23:3-7 : 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. 6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
• Job 33:12 : 12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
• Job 35:5-7 : 5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. 6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? 7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?
• 1 John 3:20 : 20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
• Isa 45:9 : 9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
• Jer 49:19 : 19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?