Job
Job 9:2
2“Yes, I know that it is so,
but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
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 |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Job 4:17 · Job 25:4 · Romans 3:20 · Psalm 143:2
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.