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ifאִםI sinned,חָטָאתִיyou would watch me,וּשְׁמַרְתָּנִיand you would notוּ לֹאleave me unpunishedתְנַקֵּנִיfor my iniquity.מֵעֲוֺנִי
Job 10:14
Study it in the app“if I sinned, you would watch me, and you would not leave me unpunished for my iniquity.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 10:14, word by word
- I sinnedחָטָאתִיchatati
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatati” appears- you would watch meשְׁמַרְתָּshemarta
preserve
To keep something, or watch and wait.
Where else “shemarta” appears- leave me unpunishedתְנַקֵּtenake
go unpunished
Not to receive the punishment one deserved.
Where else “tenake” appears- for my iniquityעֲוֺנִavoni
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avoni” appears
Translation note
“You would watch me”: it is the same verb as “has kept” in verse 12.
The context
13But these things you hid in your heart; I know that this was with you:
14 · This verse (above)
15If I am wicked, woe to me; and if I am righteous, I will not lift my head, sated with dishonor and seeing my affliction.