Job 9:20

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If [I speak] of strength, lo, [he is] strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time [to plead]?	If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: [if I say], I [am] perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.	[Though] I [were] perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

If I justify^H6663 myself, mine own mouth^H6310 shall condemn^H7561 me: if I say, I am perfect^H8535, it shall also prove me perverse^H6140.

Original Hebrew

אִם־אֶצְדָּק פִּי יַרְשִׁיעֵנִי תָּם־אָנִי וַיַּעְקְשֵׁנִי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אִם	'im-	H518	HC	though
אֶ֭צְדָּק	'Etz.dok	H6663	HVqi1cs	I am righteous
פִּ֣/י	p/i	H6310	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	own mouth/ my
יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑/נִי	yar.shi.'E./ni	H7561	HVhi3ms/Sp1cs	it will condemn as guilty/ me
תָּֽם	tam-	H8535	HAamsa	(am) blameless
אָ֝֗נִי	'A.ni	H589	HPp1cs	I
וַֽ/יַּעְקְשֵֽׁ/נִי	Va/i.ya'.ke.She./ni	H6140	HC/Vhw3ms/Sp1cs	and/ it declared guilty/ me

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H6140 — עָקַשׁ (ʻâqash, aw-kash'): a primitive root; to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse); make crooked, (prove, that is) perverse(-rt).
H6310 — פֶּה (peh, peh): from פָּאָה; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to; accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, tenor, [idiom] to, [phrase] two-edged, wish, word.
H6663 — צָדַק (tsâdaq, tsaw-dak'): a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense); cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just(-ice, -ify, -ify self), (be turn to) righteous(-ness).
H7561 — רָשַׁע (râshaʻ, raw-shah'): a primitive root; to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate; condemn, make trouble, vex, be (commit, deal, depart, do) wicked(-ly, -ness).
H8535 — תָּם (tâm, tawm): from תָּמַם; complete; usually (morally) pious; specifically, gentle, dear; coupled together, perfect, plain, undefiled, upright.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): lemma אֲנַי second vowel, corrected to אֲנִי; contracted from אָנֹכִי; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

I am perfect — Job 1:1
it shall — Job 33:8-13, Proverbs 17:20, 1 Timothy 6:5
justify — Job 4:17, Job 9:2, Job 32:1-2, Psalms 130:3, Psalms 143:2, Luke 10:29, Luke 16:15
mine — Job 15:5-6, Job 34:35, Job 35:16, Proverbs 10:19, Isaiah 6:5, Matthew 12:36-37, James 3:2

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: PERFECTION-IMPERFECTION, SELF-JUSTIFICATION-SELF-CONDEMNATION
Torrey’s: CONDEMNATION, PERFECTION, SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
Nave’s: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES, DEPRAVITY OF MAN, DOUBTING, GOD, PERFECTION, REPENTANCE, SELF-CONDEMNATION, SIN

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