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“Thisזֹאתdo you countהֲ חָשַׁבְתָּas justice?לְמִשְׁפָּטYou said,אָמַרְתָּ‘My righteousnessצִדְקִיis more than El’s.’מֵאֵל
Job 35:2
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With the Hebrew beneath
Job 35:2, word by word
- do you countחָשַׁבְתָּchashavta
count
To hold or give something as so: to put it on someone's account.
Where else “chashavta” appears- as justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- You saidאָמַרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- ‘My righteousnessצִדְקִtsidki
righteousness
Living uprightly before God.
Where else “tsidki” appears- is more than El’s.’אֵלel
El, God, god
"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".
Where else “el” appears
Translation note
“More than El’s”: it can also be understood “my righteousness before El” (as in 4:17 and 32:2).
The context
1And Elihu answered and said:
2 · This verse (above)
3For you say, ‘What does it profit you? What do I gain more than my sin?’