Job
Job 9:29–31
29Since I am already found guilty,
why should I labor in vain?
30If I should wash myself with snowf
and cleanse my hands with lye,
31then You would plunge me into the pit,
and even my own clothes would despise me.
Footnotes
- f 9:30 Or soap
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 9:29
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since I am | אָנֹכִ֥י | ’ā·nō·ḵî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H595 I |
| already found guilty | אֶרְשָׁ֑ע | ’er·šā‘ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H7561 be wicked, act wickedly |
| why | לָמָּה־ | lām·māh- | Preposition-l; Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| should I labor | אִיגָֽע׃ | ’î·ḡā‘ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H3021 toil, grow or be weary |
| in vain | הֶ֣בֶל | he·ḇel | Noun - masculine singular | H1892 vapour, breath |
Job 9:30
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| I should wash | הִתְרָחַ֥צְתִּי | hiṯ·rā·ḥaṣ·tî | Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - first person common singular | H7364 wash, wash off, away, bathe |
| myself | בְמוֹ | ḇə·mō | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct | H1119 in, with, by |
| with snow | שָׁ֑לֶג | šā·leḡ | Noun - masculine singular | H7950 snow |
| and cleanse | וַ֝הֲזִכּ֗וֹתִי | wa·hă·zik·kō·w·ṯî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H2141 be bright, clean, pure |
| my hands | כַּפָּֽי׃ | kap·pāy | Noun - feminine dual construct; first person common singular | H3709 hollow, or flat of the hand, palm, sole of foot, pan |
| with lye | בְּבֹ֣ר | bə·ḇōr | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular | H1253 lye, potash |
Job 9:31
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| then | אָ֭ז | ’āz | Adverb | H227 at that time, then |
| You would plunge me | תִּטְבְּלֵ֑נִי | tiṭ·bə·lê·nî | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular | H2881 dip |
| into the pit | בַּשַּׁ֣חַת | baš·ša·ḥaṯ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H7845 pit |
| and even my own clothes | שַׂלְמוֹתָֽי׃ | śal·mō·w·ṯāy | Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular | H8008 id. |
| would despise me | וְ֝תִֽעֲב֗וּנִי | wə·ṯi·‘ă·ḇū·nî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular | H8581 loathe, detest |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Job 9:29 Job 10:7
Job 9:30 Jeremiah 2:22 · Psalm 26:6
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.