20 Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me. Though I am blameless, it will prove me perverse.
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Job 9:20. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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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.
אִם־אֶ֭צְדָּק פִּ֣י יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי תָּֽם־אָ֝֗נִי וַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִי׃
7 word entries
אֶ֭צְדָּק
פִּ֣י
יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי
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.
Ἐὰν γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος, τὸ στόμα μου ἀσεβήσει· ἐάν τε ᾧ ἄμεμπτος, σκολιὸς ἀποβήσομαι.
14 word entries
Ἐὰν
- 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
- ἐάν
- Transliteration
- ean
- Morphology
- conditional particle
- Gloss
- if, whenever
- Part of Speech
- conditional particle
- Definition
- Conditional particle, often with subjunctive.
- Occurrences
- 1253
γὰρ
- 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
- γάρ
- Transliteration
- gar
- Morphology
- postpositive explanatory conjunction
- Gloss
- for, because
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- Explanatory or causal conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 1390
ὦ
- 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
- ὦ
- Transliteration
- ὦ
- Morphology
- 1st singular verb or contracted noun/adjective form depending on context
- Gloss
- I ...
- Part of Speech
- verb/noun form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 32
δίκαιος
- 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
- δίκαιος
- Transliteration
- dikaios
- Morphology
- adjective, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- righteous, just
- Part of Speech
- adjective
- Definition
- Righteous, just, upright.
- Occurrences
- 227
τὸ
- 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
- ὁ
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- definite article, nominative masculine singular
- Gloss
- the
- Part of Speech
- article
- Definition
- Greek definite article.
- Strong's
- G3588
- Occurrences
- 80473
στόμα
- 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
- στόμα
- Transliteration
- stoma
- Morphology
- noun, neuter nominative/accusative singular
- Gloss
- mouth
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Definition
- Mouth, opening, or speech.
- Occurrences
- 384
μου
- 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
ἀσεβήσει
- 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.
- Lemma
- ἀσεβήσει
- Transliteration
- asebesei
- Morphology
- dative singular or indeclinable form 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
ἐάν
- 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
- ἐάν
- Transliteration
- ean
- Morphology
- conditional particle
- Gloss
- if, whenever
- Part of Speech
- conditional particle
- Definition
- Conditional particle, often with subjunctive.
- Occurrences
- 1253
τε
- 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
- τε
- Transliteration
- te
- Morphology
- enclitic particle/conjunction
- Gloss
- and, also
- Part of Speech
- particle/conjunction
- Definition
- Connective enclitic particle.
- Occurrences
- 247
ᾧ
- 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
- ὅς
- Transliteration
- ho
- Morphology
- relative pronoun, dative masculine/neuter singular
- Gloss
- to whom, in which
- Part of Speech
- relative pronoun
- Definition
- Relative pronoun who, which, that.
- Occurrences
- 4123
ἄμεμπτος
- 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
- ἄμεμπτος
- Transliteration
- amemptos
- Morphology
- nominative masculine singular or genitive neuter 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
- 11
σκολιὸς
- 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
- σκολιὸς
- Transliteration
- skolios
- Morphology
- nominative masculine singular or genitive neuter 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
- 3
ἀποβήσομαι
- 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.
- Lemma
- ἀποβήσομαι
- Transliteration
- apobesomai
- Morphology
- nominative plural feminine or infinitive/verb form depending on context
- Gloss
- ...
- Part of Speech
- noun/adjective/verb form
- Definition
- Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
- Occurrences
- 1
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.
ܐܢ ܐܙܟܐ ܦܘܡܝ ܢܚܝܒܢܝ ܬܡܝܡ ܐܢܐ ܘܡܥܩܡ ܠܝ
8 word entries
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
ܐܙܟܐ
- 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
- ܐܙܟܐ
- Transliteration
- 'zk'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 1
ܦܘܡܝ
- 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
- ܦܘܡܝ
- Transliteration
- pwmy
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 34
ܢܚܝܒܢܝ
- 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
- ܢܚܝܒܢܝ
- Transliteration
- nhybny
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 1
ܬܡܝܡ
- 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
- ܬܡܝܡ
- Transliteration
- tmym
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 6
ܐܢܐ
- 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
- ܐܢܐ
- Transliteration
- ena
- Morphology
- personal pronoun, first common singular
- Gloss
- I
- Occurrences
- 1289
ܘܡܥܩܡ
- 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
- ܘܡܥܩܡ
- Transliteration
- wm'qm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
ܠܝ
- 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
- ܠܝ
- Transliteration
- ly
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 865
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.
אִין זַכַּי אֲנָא פּוּמִי יְחַיְבִינַנִי שְׁלִים אֲנָא וּמְקַלְקֵל יָתִי׃
9 word entries
אִין
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- אין
- Transliteration
- 'yn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 255
זַכַּי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- זכי
- Transliteration
- zky
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 26
אֲנָא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- אנא
- Transliteration
- 'n'
- Morphology
- personal pronoun first singular
- Gloss
- I
- Occurrences
- 1108
פּוּמִי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- פומי
- Transliteration
- pwmy
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 51
יְחַיְבִינַנִי
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יחיבינני
- Transliteration
- ychybynny
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 2
שְׁלִים
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- שלים
- Transliteration
- shlym
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 80
אֲנָא
- Confidence
- medium aramaic rule-aligned
- Note
- Matched Spirit Nation Aramaic rule lexicon. Verify before labeling as hand-reviewed scholarship.
- Lemma
- אנא
- Transliteration
- 'n'
- Morphology
- personal pronoun first singular
- Gloss
- I
- Occurrences
- 1108
וּמְקַלְקֵל
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- מקלקל
- Transliteration
- wmqlql
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
יָתִי׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- יתי
- Transliteration
- yty
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 381
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.
Si justificare me voluero, os meum condemnabit me; si innocentem ostendero, pravum me comprobabit.
14 word entries
si
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- si
- Transliteration
- si
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1970
iustificare
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iustifico
- Transliteration
- iustificare
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 80
me
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ego
- Transliteration
- me
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 6108
voluero
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uolo
- Transliteration
- voluero
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 538
os
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- os
- Transliteration
- os
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 657
meum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- meus
- Transliteration
- meum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 4586
condemnabit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- condemno
- Transliteration
- condemnabit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 43
me
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ego
- Transliteration
- me
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 6108
si
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- si
- Transliteration
- si
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1970
innocentem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- innocens
- Transliteration
- innocentem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 62
ostendere
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ostendo
- Transliteration
- ostendere
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 240
pravum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- prauus
- Transliteration
- pravum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 30
me
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ego
- Transliteration
- me
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 6108
conprobabit
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- comprobo
- Transliteration
- conprobabit
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 10
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 9:2
“Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?
3 relevance votesPsalms 130:3
If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
3 relevance votesJob 4:17
‘Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
3 relevance votesPsalms 143:2
Don’t enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.
3 relevance votesJob 34:35
‘Job speaks without knowledge. His words are without wisdom.’
3 relevance votes1 Timothy 6:5
constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.
2 relevance votesJob 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
2 relevance votesJames 3:2
For we all stumble in many things. Anyone who doesn’t stumble in word is a perfect person, able to bridle the whole body also.
2 relevance votesLuke 10:29
But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”
2 relevance votesProverbs 17:20
One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
2 relevance votesJob 35:16
therefore Job opens his mouth with empty talk, and he multiplies words without knowledge.”
2 relevance votesLuke 16:15
He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
2 relevance votes
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