Job 9:21
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.”
נֶפֶשׁ
Life, soul, living being. Nephesh. The animating breath God places in every living creature. In animals it is the life force. In humanity it is the seat of emotion, will and identity. Every nephesh belongs to God — from the creatures in the sea to the deepest cry of the human heart.
חַי
life/ my
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חַי
Life, living. Chay. The quality of being alive. The same root as Chayim, life in its fullness. God breathed chay into Adam's nostrils and he became a living soul.
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יָדַע
I know
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יָדַע
To know, to perceive, to be acquainted with. Yada. The deepest form of knowing. God knows you completely and loves you still.
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תָּם
am blameless
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תָּם
complete; usually (morally) pious; specifically, gentle, dear
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מָאַס
I reject
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מָאַס
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
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