KJV: If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
YLT: If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am! -- it declareth me perverse.
Darby: If I justified myself, mine own mouth would condemn me; were I perfect, he would prove me perverse.
ASV: Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
| אִם־ | Though |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: אִם Sense: if. |
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| אֶ֭צְדָּק | I were righteous |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular Root: צָדַק Sense: to be just, be righteous. |
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| פִּ֣י | my own mouth |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular Root: פֶּה Sense: mouth. |
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| יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי | would condemn me |
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Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, first person common singular Root: רָשַׁע Sense: to be wicked, act wickedly. |
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| תָּֽם־ | blameless |
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Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: תָּם Sense: perfect, complete. |
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| אָ֝֗נִי | Though I [were] |
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Parse: Pronoun, first person common singular Root: אֲנִי Sense: I (first pers. |
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| וַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִי | and it would prove me perverse |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, first person common singular Root: עָקַשׁ Sense: to be perverse, twist, pervert, make crooked, prove perverse, declare perverse. |
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