Job
Chapter 31
Verse 28
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Job 31

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28 That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Job 31:28. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 48
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

גַּם־ה֭וּא עָוֺ֣ן פְּלִילִ֑י כִּֽי־כִחַ֖שְׁתִּי לָאֵ֣ל מִמָּֽעַל׃

8 word entries
גַּם
Lemma
1571
Morphology
Hebrew: particle
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H1571
Occurrences
508
ה֭וּא
Lemma
1931
Morphology
Hebrew: pronoun
Part of Speech
pronoun
Strong's
H1931
Occurrences
1188
עָוֺ֣ן
Lemma
5771
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common both gender singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5771
Occurrences
164
פְּלִילִ֑י
Lemma
6416
Morphology
Hebrew: adjective
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
H6416
Occurrences
1
כִּֽי
Lemma
3588 a
Morphology
Hebrew: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
H3588
Occurrences
4218
כִחַ֖שְׁתִּי
Lemma
3584
Morphology
Hebrew: verb piel perfect 1rd person common gender singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H3584
Occurrences
14
לָאֵ֣ל
Lemma
l/410
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H410
Occurrences
25
מִמָּֽעַל
Lemma
m/4605
Morphology
Hebrew: preposition + adverb
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
H4605
Occurrences
27
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Καὶ τοῦτό μοι ἄρα ἀνομία ἡ μεγίστη λογισθείη, ὅτι ἐψευσάμην ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ ὑψίστου.

14 word entries
Καὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
καί
Transliteration
kai
Morphology
coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and, also, even
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Coordinating conjunction.
Strong's
G2532
Occurrences
56730
τοῦτό
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
toyto
Morphology
verb, middle/passive indicative, 3rd singular pattern
Gloss
he/she was ...
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
33
μοι
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ἐγώ
Transliteration
ego
Morphology
pronoun, nominative first-person singular
Gloss
I
Part of Speech
pronoun
Definition
First-person personal pronoun.
Occurrences
11445
ἄρα
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Lemma
ἄρα
Transliteration
ara
Morphology
nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
29
ἀνομία
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
anomia
Morphology
nominative/accusative neuter plural or feminine nominative singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
169
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
μεγίστη
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
megiste
Morphology
nominative feminine singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
λογισθείη
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
logistheie
Morphology
nominative feminine singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
ὅτι
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ὅτι
Transliteration
hoti
Morphology
subordinating conjunction
Gloss
that, because, for
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
Conjunction introducing cause, content, or explanation.
Occurrences
3703
ἐψευσάμην
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
epseysamen
Morphology
accusative singular feminine pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
ἐναντίον
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
enantion
Morphology
preposition/adverb
Gloss
before, opposite, against
Part of Speech
preposition/adverb
Definition
Before, opposite, in the presence of, or against.
Occurrences
414
Κυρίου
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
kyrios
Morphology
noun, masculine nominative singular
Gloss
Lord, master
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
Lord, master, owner, or title for God.
Occurrences
7934
τοῦ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
ὑψίστου
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
hypsistou
Morphology
superlative adjective/substantive, masculine/neuter genitive singular
Gloss
of the Most High
Part of Speech
adjective/substantive
Definition
Highest, most high; often a divine title.
Occurrences
81
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܐܦ ܗܘ ܚܙܐ ܟܠܗܝܢ ܨܢܥ̈ܬܝ ܐܢ ܟܕܒܬ ܩܕܡ ܐܠܗܐ

9 word entries
ܐܦ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܐܦ
Transliteration
'p
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
586
ܗܘ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܗܘ
Transliteration
hu
Morphology
pronoun/copula, masculine singular
Gloss
he, it, is
Occurrences
2003
ܚܙܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܚܙܐ
Transliteration
hza
Morphology
verb root/form
Gloss
saw
Occurrences
107
ܟܠܗܝܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
klhyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
225
ܨܢܥ̈ܬܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
sn'ty
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1
ܐܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܐܢ
Transliteration
'n
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
471
ܟܕܒܬ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
kdbt
Morphology
possible feminine singular, construct, or verbal ending
Occurrences
1
ܩܕܡ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܩܕܡ
Transliteration
qdm
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
1019
ܐܠܗܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Transliteration
alaha
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
God
Occurrences
940
Targumim on Prophets and Writings Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain

Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.

Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.

לְחוֹד הוּא סוּרְחָן פָּרִישׁ אֲרוּם כַּדְבֵית לֶאֱלָהָא מִלְעֵלָא׃

8 word entries
לְחוֹד
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
חוד
Transliteration
lchwd
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
149
הוּא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
הוא
Transliteration
hw'
Morphology
personal/demonstrative pronoun
Gloss
he, it
Occurrences
992
סוּרְחָן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
swrchn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
3
פָּרִישׁ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
prysh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
15
אֲרוּם
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'rwm
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
997
כַּדְבֵית
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
kdbyt
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
93
לֶאֱלָהָא
Confidence
medium aramaic rule-aligned
Note
Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
Lemma
אלה
Transliteration
l'lh'
Morphology
prefixed preposition ל + noun masculine singular emphatic
Gloss
to/for God
Occurrences
779
מִלְעֵלָא׃
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ml'l'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
23
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

quæ est iniquitas maxima, et negatio contra Deum altissimum.

9 word entries
quae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quis
Transliteration
quae
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
1619
est
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
est
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
iniquitas
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
iniquitas
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
460
maxima
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
magnus
Transliteration
maxima
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
1017
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
negatio
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
negatio
Transliteration
negatio
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
2
contra
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
contra
Transliteration
contra
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
895
Deum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Deum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889
altissimum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
altus
Transliteration
altissimum
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
112

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Job 31:11

For that would be a crime; it would be an act for which punishment would be measured out by the judges:

5 relevance votes

Psalms 50:6

And let the heavens make clear his righteousness; for God himself is the judge. (Selah.)

4 relevance votes

Job 23:7

There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

3 relevance votes

Deuteronomy 17:9

And come before the priests, the Levites, or before him who is judge at the time: and they will go into the question and give you a decision:

3 relevance votes

Joshua 24:27

And Joshua said to all the people, See now, this stone is to be a witness against us; for all the words of the Lord have been said to us in its hearing: so it will be a witness against you if you are false to the Lord your God.

3 relevance votes

Joshua 24:23

Then, he said, put away the strange gods among you, turning your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.

3 relevance votes

Judges 11:27

So I have done no wrong against you, but you are doing wrong to me in fighting against me: may the Lord, who is Judge this day, be judge between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

3 relevance votes

Genesis 18:25

Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?

3 relevance votes

Job 9:15

Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.

3 relevance votes

2 Peter 2:1

But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.

2 relevance votes

Titus 1:16

They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.

2 relevance votes

Hebrews 12:23

To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,

2 relevance votes
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