Job 34:23
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
יְמָנִי
yᵉmânîy
right (i.e. at the right hand)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
Key Terms in This Verse
נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...
Study H4941 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as thi...
Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?
For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
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