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Will you evenהַאַףannulתָּפֵרmy right?מִשְׁפָּטִיWill you declare me wickedתַּרְשִׁיעֵנִיso thatלְמַעַןyou may be in the right?תִּצְדָּק
Job 40:8
Study it in the app“Will you even annul my right? Will you declare me wicked so that you may be in the right?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 40:8, word by word
- annulתָּפֵרtafer
annul
To void a covenant or vow; spoil a plan.
Where else “tafer” appears- my rightמִשְׁפָּטִmishpati
right
What is due someone: what the orphan should receive.
Where else “mishpati” appears- Will you declare me wickedתַּרְשִׁיעֵtarshie
condemn
To pass a verdict of guilty on someone in a trial.
Where else “tarshie” appears- you may be in the rightתִּצְדָּקtitsdak
be righteous
To be in the clear before God.
Where else “titsdak” appears
Translation note
“My right”: Job had said that El had “taken away his right” (27:2).
The context
7“Gird up, please, your loins like a man; I will ask you, and you make known to me.
8 · This verse (above)
9Or do you have an arm like El’s, and with a voice like his can you thunder?