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Does Elהַאֵלtwistיְעַוֵּתjustice?מִשְׁפָּטOrוְאִםdoes Shaddaiשַׁדַּיtwistיְעַוֵּתrighteousness?צֶדֶק
Job 8:3
Study it in the app“Does El twist justice? Or does Shaddai twist righteousness?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 8:3, word by word
- Does Elאֵלel
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- twistיְעַוֵּתyeavet
pervert, make crooked
To bend, to pervert; to make what is straight crooked. Said above all of justice and right.
Where else “yeavet” appears- justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat
justice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appears- does Shaddaiשַׁדַּיshaday
Shaddai, Almighty
"Shaddai": an ancient name of God, above all in Genesis and Job. It is usually translated "Almighty"; the exact origin of the word is not certain.
Where else “shaday” appears- righteousnessצֶדֶקtsedek
righteousness
Living uprightly before God.
Where else “tsedek” appears
The context
2“How long will you say these things, and the sayings of your mouth be a mighty wind?
3 · This verse (above)
4If your sons sinned against him, he delivered them into the hand of their transgression.