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Job 34:6

Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.

KJV

In judicando enim me mendacium est : violenta sagitta mea absque ullo peccato.

Vulgate

ἐψεύσατο δὲ τῷ κρίματί μου· βίαιον τὸ βέλος μου ἄνευ ἀδικίας.

LXX

Notwithstanding my right I am accounted a liar; My wound is incurable, though I amwithout transgression.

ASV

עַל מִשְׁפָּטִ֥/י אֲכַזֵּ֑ב אָנ֖וּשׁ חִצִּ֣/י בְלִי פָֽשַׁע

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָנ֖וּשׁ
'nvsh
verb · 9×
בְלִי
bly
noun · 58×
ו
v
noun · 45×
י
y
noun · 422×
י
y
noun · 93×
יְכַזֵּ֑ב
ykzb
verb · 18×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 15:18 — Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
  • Job 6:4 — For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
  • Job 9:17 — For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
  • Job 27:4 — My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.