Job
Job 25:4
4How then can a man be just before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How | וּמַה־ | ū·mah- | Conjunctive waw; Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| then can a man | אֱנ֣וֹשׁ | ’ĕ·nō·wōš | Noun - masculine singular | H582 man, mankind |
| be just | יִּצְדַּ֣ק | yiṣ·daq | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H6663 be just, righteous |
| before | עִם־ | ‘im- | Preposition | H5973 with |
| God | אֵ֑ל | ’êl | Noun - masculine singular | H410 god |
| How | וּמַה־ | ū·mah- | Conjunctive waw; Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| can one born | יְל֣וּד | yə·lūḏ | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular construct | H3205 bear, bring forth, beget |
| of woman | אִשָּֽׁה׃ | ’iš·šāh | Noun - feminine singular | H802 woman, wife, female |
| be pure | יִּ֝זְכֶּ֗ה | yiz·keh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H2135 be clear, clean, pure |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Romans 5:1 · Psalm 130:3 · Job 15:14–16 · Job 4:17–19 · Job 9:2 · Psalm 143:2 · Psalm 51:5 · Revelation 1:5 · Zechariah 13:1 · Job 14:3–4 · 1 John 1:9 · Romans 3:19–20
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.