Job

Job 9:32–33

³²For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him,

that we can take each other to court.

³³Nor is there a mediator between us,

to lay his hand upon us both.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
He is not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
a man	אִ֣ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
like me	כָּמֹ֣נִי	kā·mō·nî	Preposition; first person common singular	H3644 like, as, when
that I can answer Him	אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ	’e·‘ĕ·nen·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine singular	H6030 answer, respond
that we can take	נָב֥וֹא	nā·ḇō·w	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural	H3162 unitedness
each other	יַ֝חְדָּ֗ו	yaḥ·dāw	Adverb	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to court	בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃	bam·miš·pāṭ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4941 judgment

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Nor	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
is there	יֵשׁ־	yêš-	Adverb	H3426 being, substance, existence
a mediator	מוֹכִ֑יחַ	mō·w·ḵî·aḥ	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H3198 decide, adjudge, prove
between us	בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ	bê·nê·nū	Preposition; first person common plural	H996 interval, space between
to lay	יָשֵׁ֖ת	yā·šêṯ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular	H7896 put, set
his hand	יָד֣וֹ	yā·ḏōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3027 hand
upon us	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
both	שְׁנֵֽינוּ׃	šə·nê·nū	Number - masculine dual construct; first person common plural	H8147 two

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

Job 9:32 Romans 9:20 · Ecclesiastes 6:10 · Isaiah 45:9 · Psalm 143:2 · Numbers 23:19

Job 9:33 1 Samuel 2:25 · Job 9:19 · 1 John 2:1–2 · Psalm 106:23

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.