Job

Job 40:7–8

7“Now brace yourselfa like a man;

I will question you, and you shall inform Me.b

8Would you really annul My justice?

Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?

Footnotes

  • a 40:7 Hebrew gird up your loins
  • b 40:7 Cited in Job 42:4|JOB 42:4

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Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

Job 40:7

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Nowנָ֣אnāInterjectionH4994 I (we) pray, now
braceאֱזָר־’ĕ·zār-Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singularH247 gird, encompass, equip
yourselfחֲלָצֶ֑יךָḥă·lā·ṣe·ḵāNoun - masculine dual construct; second person masculine singularH2504 loins
like a manכְגֶ֣בֶרḵə·ḡe·ḇerPreposition-k; Noun - masculine singularH1397 man
I will question youאֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗’eš·’ā·lə·ḵāVerb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singularH7592 ask, inquire
and you shall inform Meוְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃wə·hō·w·ḏî·‘ê·nîConjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singularH3045 know

Job 40:8

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Would you reallyהַ֭אַףha·’ap̄ConjunctionH637 also, yea
annulתָּפֵ֣רtā·p̄êrVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singularH6565 break, frustrate
My justiceמִשְׁפָּטִ֑יmiš·pā·ṭîNoun - masculine singular construct; first person common singularH4639 deed, work
Would you condemn Meתַּ֝רְשִׁיעֵ֗נִיtar·šî·‘ê·nîVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singularH7561 be wicked, act wickedly
toלְמַ֣עַןlə·ma·‘anConjunctionH4616 purpose, intent
justify yourselfתִּצְדָּֽק׃tiṣ·dāqVerb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularH6663 be just, righteous

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 40:7 Job 38:3 · Job 42:4 · Job 23:3–4

Job 40:8 Romans 3:4 · Job 32:2 · Isaiah 28:18 · Job 34:5–6 · Job 10:3 · Isaiah 14:27 · Psalm 51:4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.