Job

Job 9:2–3

²“Yes, I know that it is so,

but how can a mortal be righteous before God?

³If one wished to contend with God,^a

he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

Footnotes

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.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yes	אָ֭מְנָם	’ā·mə·nām	Conjunction	H551 verily, truly
I know	יָדַ֣עְתִּי	yā·ḏa‘·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H3045 know
that	כִי־	ḵî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
so	כֵ֑ן	ḵên	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
but how	וּמַה־	ū·mah-	Conjunctive waw; Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
can a mortal	אֱנ֣וֹשׁ	’ĕ·nō·wōš	Noun - masculine singular	H582 man, mankind
be righteous	יִּצְדַּ֖ק	yiṣ·daq	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6663 be just, righteous
before	עִם־	‘im-	Preposition	H5973 with
God	אֵֽל׃	’êl	Noun - masculine singular	H410 god

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
one wished	יַ֭חְפֹּץ	yaḥ·pōṣ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2654 delight in
to contend	לָרִ֣יב	lā·rîḇ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7378 strive, contend
with	עִמּ֑וֹ	‘im·mōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H5973 with
he could not	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
answer Him	יַ֝עֲנֶ֗נּוּ	ya·‘ă·nen·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H6030 answer, respond
one	אַחַ֥ת	’a·ḥaṯ	Number - feminine singular	H259 one
out of	מִנִּי־	min·nî-	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
a thousand	אָֽלֶף׃	’ā·lep̄	Number - masculine singular	H505 thousand

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

Job 9:2 Job 4:17 · Job 25:4 · Romans 3:20 · Psalm 143:2

Job 9:3 Job 10:2 · Job 40:2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.