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Job 32:9

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But [there is] a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.	Great men are not [always] wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.	Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Great men^H7227 are not always wise^H2449: neither do the aged^H2205 understand^H995 judgment^H4941.

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Original Hebrew

לֹא־רַבִּים יֶחְכָּמוּ וּזְקֵנִים יָבִינוּ מִשְׁפָּט׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
לֹֽא	lo'-	H3808	HTn	not
רַבִּ֥ים	ra.Bim	H7227	HAampa	many (people)
יֶחְכָּ֑מוּ	yech.Ka.mu	H2449	HVqi3mp	they are wise
וּ֝/זְקֵנִ֗ים	u./ze.ke.Nim	H2205	HC/Aampa	and/ old (people)
יָבִ֥ינוּ	ya.Vi.nu	H995	HVqi3mp	they understand
מִשְׁפָּֽט	mish.Pat	H4941	HNcmsa	justice

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

Strong's References

• H995 — בִּין (bîyn, bene): a primitive root; to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand; attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
• H2205 — זָקֵן (zâqên, zaw-kane'): from זָקֵן; old; aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
• H2449 — חָכַם (châkam, khaw-kam'): a primitive root,; to be wise (in mind, word or act); [idiom] exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.
• H4941 — מִשְׁפָּט (mishpâṭ, mish-pawt'): from שָׁפַט; properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style; [phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, [idiom] worthy, [phrase] wrong.
• H7227 — רַב (rab, rab): by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• Great — Jeremiah 5:5, Matthew 11:25, John 7:48, 1 Corinthians 1:26-27, 1 Corinthians 2:7-8, James 2:6-7
• neither — Job 12:20, Ecclesiastes 4:13

Reciprocal references (5): 2 Samuel 3:38, 2 Kings 4:8, 2 Kings 5:13, Job 17:10, Proverbs 28:11

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: HONOUR-DISHONOUR
• Torrey’s: MAN
• Nave’s: OLD AGE, PRIDE, WISDOM

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