Job 4:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?”

Job 4:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 4:177 words

HebrewMeaning

הַֽ֭/אֱנוֹשׁhaʾĕnwōš

anotherparticleH582

thirsty · certain · chap; divers · fellow ···

מֵ/אֱל֣וֹהַmēʾĕlwōha

GodpronH433

god. See

יִצְדָּ֑קyiṣədāq

cleanseverbH6663

clear self · (be · do) just(-ice · -ify ···

אִ֥םʾim

(andconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

מֵ֝/עֹשֵׂ֗/הוּmēʿōśēhw

accomplishpronH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

יִטְהַרyiṭəhar

be (makeverbH2891

make self · pronounce) clean · cleanse · purge ···

גָּֽבֶרgāber

every onenounH1397

man · mighty

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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