Job 40:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

Will you also annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַ֭אַף תָּפֵ֣ר מִשְׁפָּטִ֑י תַּ֝רְשִׁיעֵ֗נִי לְמַ֣עַן תִּצְדָּֽק׃

Transliteration

hă-ʾap tāpēr mišpāṭî taršîʿēnî ləmaʿan tiṣdāq

Grammar Details

• *hă-ʾap*: interrogative particle + conjunction - indeed, also, even
• *tāpēr*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will break/annul
• *mišpāṭî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - my judgment
• *taršîʿēnî*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - you will condemn me
• *ləmaʿan*: conjunction - in order that, so that
• *tiṣdāq*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you may be justified/righteous

Word Meanings

• *ʾap*: indeed, even, also, moreover
• *tāpēr*: to break, annul, violate, frustrate
• *mišpāṭî*: judgment, justice, ordinance, decision
• *taršîʿēnî*: to condemn, declare guilty, act wickedly
• *tiṣdāq*: to be righteous, be justified, be in the right

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Would you indeed annul My justice? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Wilt thou even annul{H6565} my judgment{H4941}? Wilt thou condemn{H7561} me, that thou mayest be justified{H6663}?

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Wilt thou also disannul{H6565}{(H8686)} my judgment{H4941}? wilt thou condemn{H7561}{(H8686)} me, that thou mayest be righteous{H6663}{(H8799)}?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Wilt thou disanulle my iudgment? Or, wilt thou condemne me, yt thou thy self mayest be made rightuous?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (40:3) Wilt thou disanul my iudgement? or wilt thou condemne me, that thou mayst be iustified?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? or wylt thou condempne me, that thou mayst be righteous?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

Referenced Verses

• Job 32:2 : 2 Then the wrath of Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled against Job, because he justified himself rather than God.
• Job 34:5-6 : 5 For Job has said, I am righteous; and God has taken away my justice. 6 Should I lie against my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.
• Rom 3:4 : 4 Certainly not: indeed, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, 'That you may be justified in your words, and may overcome when you are judged.'
• Job 10:3 : 3 Is it good to You that You should oppress, that You should despise the work of Your hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
• Job 27:2-6 : 2 As God lives, who has taken away my justice, and the Almighty, who has troubled my soul; 3 As long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; 4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. 5 God forbid that I should justify you: until I die I will not renounce my integrity. 6 My righteousness I hold fast and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach me as long as I live.
• Gal 3:15 : 15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men: Though it is but a man's covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no man annuls or adds to it.
• Gal 3:17 : 17 And this I say, that the covenant, which was confirmed before by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul, that it should make the promise of no effect.
• Heb 7:18 : 18 For there is indeed a setting aside of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness.
• Job 35:2-3 : 2 Do you think this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God's? 3 For you said, What advantage will it be to you? and, What profit shall I have, if I am cleansed from my sin?
• Ps 51:4 : 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done this evil in your sight, that you may be justified when you speak and be clear when you judge.
• Isa 14:27 : 27 For the LORD of hosts has purposed, and who will disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?
• Isa 28:18 : 18 And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then you shall be trampled down by it.