Job 38:2

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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,	Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?	Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Who is this that darkeneth^H2821 counsel^H6098 by words^H4405 without knowledge^H1847?

Original Hebrew

מִי זֶה ׀ מַחְשִׁיךְ עֵצָה בְמִלִּין בְּלִי־דָעַת׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מִ֤י	mi	H4310	HTi	who?
זֶ֨ה	zeh	H2088	HPdxms	this
מַחְשִׁ֖יךְ	mach.Shikh	H2821	HVhrmsa	(is) making dark
עֵצָ֥ה	'e.Tzah	H6098	HNcfsa	counsel
בְ/מִלִּ֗ין	ve./mi.Lin	H4405	HR/Ncfpa	by/ words
בְּֽלִי	be.li-	H1097	HTn	not
דָֽעַת	Da.'at	H1847	HNcfsa	knowledge

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

Strong's References

H1847 — דַּעַת (daʻath, dah'-ath): from יָדַע; knowledge; cunning, (ig-) norantly, know(-ledge), (un-) awares (wittingly).
H2821 — חָשַׁךְ (châshak, khaw-shak'): a primitive root; to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darken; be black, be (make) dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide.
H4405 — מִלָּה (millâh, mil-law'): from מָלַל (plural masculine as if from מִלֶּה; a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic; [phrase] answer, by-word, matter, any thing (what) to say, to speak(-ing), speak, talking, word.
H6098 — עֵצָה (ʻêtsâh, ay-tsaw'): from יָעַץ; advice; by implication, plan; also prudence; advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.

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

H1097 — בְּלִי (bᵉlîy, bel-ee'): from בָּלָה; properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.; corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.
H2088 — זֶה (zeh, zeh): a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that; he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare זֹאת, זֹה, זוֹ, זוּ.
H4310 — מִי (mîy, me): an interrogative pronoun of persons, as מָה is of things,; who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix; any (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.

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