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Job 38:4
| ← Job 38:3 | Job 38:4 (KJV) | Job 38:5 → |
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Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
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Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
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Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
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Verse Text
WhereH375 wast thou when I laid the foundationsH3245 of the earthH776? declareH5046, if thou hastH3045 understandingH998.
אֵיפֹה הָיִיתָ בְּיָסְדִי־אָרֶץ הַגֵּד אִם־יָדַעְתָּ בִינָה׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
אֵיפֹ֣ה |
'ei.Foh | H375 | HTi | where? |
הָ֭יִיתָ |
Ha.yi.ta | H1961 | HVqp2ms | were you |
בְּ/יָסְדִ/י |
be./ya.se.d/i- | H3245 | HR/Vqc/Sp1cs | when/ founded/ I |
אָ֑רֶץ |
'A.retz | H776 | HNcbsa | (the) earth |
הַ֝גֵּ֗ד |
ha.Ged | H5046 | HVhv2ms | tell |
אִם |
'im- | H518 | HC | if |
יָדַ֥עְתָּ |
ya.Da'.ta | H3045 | HVqp2ms | you know |
בִינָֽה |
vi.Nah | H998 | HNcfsa | understanding |
- H375 — אֵיפֹה (ʼêyphôh, ay-fo'): from אַי and פֹּה; what place?; also (of time) when?; or (of means) how?; what manner, where.
- H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
- H998 — בִּינָה (bîynâh, bee-naw'): from בִּין; understanding; knowledge, meaning, [idiom] perfectly, understanding, wisdom.
- 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.
- H3245 — יָסַד (yâçad, yaw-sad'): a primitive root; to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult; appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, [idiom] sure.
- H5046 — נָגַד (nâgad, naw-gad'): a primitive root; properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise; bewray, [idiom] certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, [idiom] fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, [idiom] surely, tell, utter.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
- H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- I — Genesis 1:1, Psalms 102:25, Psalms 104:5, Hebrews 1:2, Hebrews 1:10
- Where — Proverbs 8:22, Proverbs 8:29-30, Proverbs 30:4
Reciprocal references (21): 1 Samuel 2:8, Job 9:6, Job 15:7, Job 34:13, Job 37:15, Job 38:12, Job 38:21, Psalms 18:15, Psalms 24:2, Psalms 90:2, Psalms 119:90, Proverbs 8:25, Proverbs 25:2, Ecclesiastes 11:5, Isaiah 24:23, Isaiah 40:12, Isaiah 40:22, Jeremiah 10:12, Jeremiah 27:5, Amos 4:13, Jonah 2:6
Related Topics
- Nave’s: BLESSING, CONTINENTS, GOD, MAN
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