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In allבְּכָלthisזֹאתJobאִיּוֹבdid notלֹאsin,חָטָאnorוְלֹאdid he chargeנָתַןElohimלֵאלֹהִיםwith impropriety.תִּפְלָה
Job 1:22
Study it in the app“In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge Elohim with impropriety.”
Job tears his robe, falls to the ground, and blesses the name of YHWHSuffering and Trials
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 1:22, word by word
- Jobאִיּוֹבiyov
Job
Job: the man of the land of Uz, blameless and upright, whose story of suffering and of questions to God is told in the book that bears his name. Ezekiel 14:14 and James 5:11 also mention him.
Where else “iyov” appears- sinחָטָאchata
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chata” appears- did he chargeנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears- with improprietyתִּפְלָהtifla
wrong, unseemliness
Something unseemly, wrong or senseless.
Where else “tifla” appears
Translation note
“Impropriety”: something improper, without reason. Job did not say that God had acted wrongly.
The context
21He said, “Naked I came out of the belly of my mother, and naked I will return there. YHWH gave, and YHWH took; may the name of YHWH be blessed.”
22 · This verse (above)