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Concerningעַלmy right,מִשְׁפָּטִיshould I lie?אֲכַזֵּבIncurableאָנוּשׁis my arrow,חִצִּיwithoutבְלִיtransgression.’פָשַׁע
Job 34:6
Study it in the app“Concerning my right, should I lie? Incurable is my arrow, without transgression.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 34:6, word by word
- my rightמִשְׁפָּטִmishpati
right
What is due someone: what the orphan should receive.
Where else “mishpati” appears- should I lieאֲכַזֵּבachazev
lie
To say what is not true, or not to keep what was promised.
Where else “achazev” appears- Incurableאָנוּשׁanush
be incurable, be sick
To be desperately sick, beyond remedy; figuratively, to be in despair.
Where else “anush” appears- is my arrowחִצִּchitsi
arrow
Arrow.
Where else “chitsi” appears- withoutבְלִיveli
without; not
Without; not; nothing.
Where else “veli” appears- transgression.’פָשַׁעfasha
transgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “fasha” appears
Translation note
“My arrow”: it can be understood as the wound of the arrow that struck him (6:4).
The context
5For Job has said, ‘I am in the right, and El has taken away my right.
6 · This verse (above)
7What man is like Job, who drinks scorn like water,