Job 27:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

God liveth! He turned aside my judgment, And the Mighty -- He made my soul bitter.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חַי אֵ֭ל הֵסִ֣יר מִשְׁפָּטִ֑י וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י הֵמַ֥ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

Transliteration

ḥay ʾēl hēsîr mišpāṭî wə-šadday hēmar nap̄šî

Grammar Details

• *ḥay*: adjective masculine singular - living/alive (used as oath formula)
• *ʾēl*: noun masculine singular - God
• *hēsîr*: Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has removed/taken away
• *mišpāṭî*: noun masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my justice/right/cause
• *wə-šadday*: conjunction + noun masculine singular - and the Almighty
• *hēmar*: Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he has embittered/made bitter
• *nap̄šî*: noun feminine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my soul/life

Word Meanings

• *ḥay*: living/alive (used in oath formulas)
• *ʾēl*: God/deity/mighty one
• *šadday*: Almighty/All-sufficient One
• *nep̄eš*: soul/life/self/person/being

Referenced Verses

• Job 34:5 : 5 For Job hath said, `I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right,
• 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 And she cometh in unto the man of God, unto the hill, and layeth hold on his feet, and Gehazi cometh nigh to thrust her away, and the man of God saith, `Let her alone, for her soul `is' bitter to her, and Jehovah hath hidden `it' from me, and hath not declared `it' to me.'
• Num 14:21 : 21 and yet, I live -- and it is filled -- the whole earth -- `with' the honour of Jehovah;
• Ruth 1:20-21 : 20 And she saith unto them, `Call me not Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly to me, 21 I went out full, and empty hath Jehovah brought me back, why do ye call me Naomi, and Jehovah hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath done evil to me?'
• Ruth 3:13 : 13 Lodge to night, and it hath been in the morning, if he doth redeem thee, well: he redeemeth; and if he delight not to redeem thee, then I have redeemed thee -- I; Jehovah liveth! lie down till the morning.'
• 1 Sam 14:39 : 39 for, Jehovah liveth, who is saving Israel: surely if it be in Jonathan my son, surely he doth certainly die;' and none is answering him out of all the people.
• 1 Sam 14:45 : 45 And the people say unto Saul, `Doth Jonathan die who wrought this great salvation in Israel? -- a profanation! Jehovah liveth, if there falleth from the hair of his head to the earth, for with God he hath wrought this day;' and the people rescue Jonathan, and he hath not died.
• 1 Sam 20:21 : 21 and lo, I send the youth: Go, find the arrows. If I at all say to the youth, Lo, the arrows `are' on this side of thee -- take them, -- then come thou, for peace `is' for thee, and there is nothing; Jehovah liveth.
• 1 Sam 25:26 : 26 and now, my lord, Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, in that Jehovah hath withheld thee from coming in with blood, and to save thy hand to thee -- now let thine enemies be as Nabal, even those seeking evil unto my lord.
• 1 Sam 25:34 : 34 And yet, Jehovah liveth, God of Israel, who hath kept me back from doing evil with thee, for unless thou hadst hasted, and dost come to meet me, surely there had not been left to Nabal till the light of the morning, of those sitting on the wall.'
• 2 Sam 2:27 : 27 And Joab saith, `God liveth! for unless thou hadst spoken, surely then from the morning had the people gone up each from after his brother.'
• 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, saith unto Ahab, `Jehovah, God of Israel, liveth, before whom I have stood, there is not these years dew and rain, except according to my word.'
• 1 Kgs 18:15 : 15 And Elijah saith, `Jehovah of Hosts liveth, before whom I have stood, surely to-day I appear unto him.'
• Job 9:18 : 18 He permitteth me not to refresh my spirit, But filleth me with bitter things.
• Job 10:3 : 3 Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?
• Isa 40:27 : 27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob? and speakest thou, O Israel? `My way hath been hid from Jehovah, And from my God my judgment passeth over.'
• Jer 4:2 : 2 And thou hast sworn -- Jehovah liveth, In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness, And blessed themselves in Him have nations, And in Him they boast themselves.
• Jer 5:2 : 2 And if they say, `Jehovah liveth,' Surely to a falsehood they swear.
• Jer 12:16 : 16 And it hath come to pass, If they learn well the ways of My people, To swear by My name, `Jehovah liveth,' As they taught My people to swear by Baal, Then they have been built up in the midst of My people.
• Ezek 33:11 : 11 Say unto them, I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I delight not in the death of the wicked, But -- in the turning of the wicked from his way, And he hath lived, Turn back, turn back, from your evil ways, Yea, why do ye die, O house of Israel?