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Job 32:7

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And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I [am] young, and ye [are] very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.	I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.	But [there is] a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

I said^H559, Days^H3117 should speak^H1696, and multitude^H7230 of years^H8141 should teach^H3045 wisdom^H2451.

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Original Hebrew

אָמַרְתִּי יָמִים יְדַבֵּרוּ וְרֹב נִים יֹדִיעוּ חָכְמָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אָ֭מַרְתִּי	'A.mar.ti	H559	HVqp1cs	I said
יָמִ֣ים	ya.Mim	H3117	HNcmpa	days
יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ	ye.da.Be.ru	H1696	HVpi3mp	let them speak
וְ/רֹ֥ב	ve./Ro	H7230	HC/Ncbsc	and/ abundance of
שָׁ֝נִ֗ים	Sha.Nim	H8141	HNcfpa	years
יֹדִ֥יעוּ	yo.Di.'u	H3045	HVhi3mp	let them make known
חָכְמָֽה	chokh.mah	H2451	HNcfsa	wisdom

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H1696 — דָבַר (dâbar, daw-bar'): a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.
• H2451 — חׇכְמָה (chokmâh, khok-maw'): from חָכַם; wisdom (in a good sense); skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
• H3045 — יָדַע (yâdaʻ, yaw-dah'): a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.); acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, [phrase] be learned, [phrase] lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, [idiom] prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), [idiom] will be, wist, wit, wot.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H7230 — רֹב (rôb, robe): from רָבַב; abundance (in any respect); abundance(-antly), all, [idiom] common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), [idiom] very (age).
• H8141 — שָׁנֶה (shâneh, shaw-neh'): (in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה; from שָׁנָה; a year (as a revolution of time); [phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).

Cross References

Reciprocal references (8): 2 Chronicles 10:6, Job 8:10, Job 12:2, Job 15:10, Job 20:4, Psalms 37:25, Acts 6:3, Galatians 2:6

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: WISDOM-FOLLY
• Torrey’s: CHILDREN, GOOD
• Nave’s: CHILDREN, HUMILITY, MODESTY, OLD AGE, REVERENCE, WISDOM

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