“Even If I Answered Him”: A Deep Hebrew Walkthrough of Job 9:14
אַ֭ף כִּֽי־אָנֹכִ֣י אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ אֶבְחֲרָ֖ה דְבָרַ֣י עִמֹּֽו׃ (Job 9:14) How much less shall I answer Him and choose my words with Him? This verse, coming from Job’s long reply to Bildad, conveys Job’s sense of smallness when standing before God. The Hebrew phrase is tightly woven, but when unpacked word by word, it shows Job’s rhetorical…