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Thereשָׁםan upright manיָשָׁרcould argueנוֹכָחwith him,עִמּוֹand I would go freeוַאֲפַלְּטָהforeverלָנֶצַחfrom my judge.מִשֹּׁפְטִי
Job 23:7
Study it in the app“There an upright man could argue with him, and I would go free forever from my judge.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 23:7, word by word
- an upright manיָשָׁרyashar
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appears- could argueנוֹכָחnochach
argue
To lay out the case before someone to reason with him.
Where else “nochach” appears- and I would go freeאֲפַלְּטָהafalta
escape
To get free from danger.
Where else “afalta” appears- foreverנֶצַחnetsach
forever
Forever, without end; with not, never again.
Where else “netsach” appears- from my judgeשֹּׁפְטִshofti
judge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shofti” appears
The context
6Would he contend with me in the greatness of his strength? No; surely he would pay attention to me.
7 · This verse (above)
8Look, I go east, and he is not there; and west, and I do not perceive him;