Job 23:12
Strong's Lexicon
I have not
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

departed
אָמִ֑ישׁ (’ā·mîš)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4185: 1) to depart, remove 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to depart 1a2) to remove 1a3) to be removed (of inanimate objects) 1b) (Hiphil) to remove, depart

from the command
מִצְוַ֣ת (miṣ·waṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4687: 1) commandment 1a) commandment (of man) 1b) the commandment (of God) 1c) commandment (of code of wisdom)

of His lips;
שְׂ֭פָתָיו (p̄ā·ṯāw)
Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8193: 1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding 1a) lip (as body part) 1b) language 1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)

I have treasured
צָפַ֥נְתִּי (ṣā·p̄an·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6845: 1) to hide, treasure, treasure or store up 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to hide, treasure, treasure up 1a2) to lie hidden, lurk 1b) (Niphal) to be hidden, be stored up 1c) (Hiphil) to hide, hide from discovery

the words
אִמְרֵי־ (’im·rê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 561: 1) utterance, speech, word, saying, promise, command

of His mouth
פִֽיו׃ (p̄îw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6310: peh 1) mouth 1a) mouth (of man) 1b) mouth (as organ of speech) 1c) mouth (of animals) 1d) mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc) 1e) extremity, end pim 2) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1Sa 13:21

more than my daily bread.
מֵ֝חֻקִּ֗י (mê·ḥuq·qî)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2706: 1) statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due 1a) prescribed task 1b) prescribed portion 1c) action prescribed (for oneself), resolve 1d) prescribed due 1e) prescribed limit, boundary 1f) enactment, decree, ordinance 1f1) specific decree 1f2) law in general 1g) enactments, statutes 1g1) conditions 1g2) enactments 1g3) decrees 1g4) civil enactments prescribed by God

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

Young's Literal Translation
The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I have not departed from the commands of His  lips; I have treasured the words of His  mouth more than my  daily food.

New American Standard Bible
"I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.

King James Bible
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary [food].
Parallel Verses
New International Version
I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.

New Living Translation
I have not departed from his commands, but have treasured his words more than daily food.

English Standard Version
I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.

New American Standard Bible
"I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.

King James Bible
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I have not departed from the commands of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily food.

International Standard Version
I haven't wandered away from the commands that he has spoken; I've treasured what he has said more than my own meals."

NET Bible
I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion.

American Standard Version
I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

English Revised Version
I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Young's Literal Translation
The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.
















Cross References
Job 6:10
Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

Job 15:11
Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?

Job 22:22
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

Job 23:13
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

Psalm 33:11
The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

Proverbs 30:8
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

Jeremiah 15:16
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 23:11
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

Job 23:10
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Job 23:9
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
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