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Job 42:3

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← Job 42:2	Job 42:3 (KJV)	Job 42:4 →
I know that thou canst do every [thing], and [that] no thought can be withholden from thee.	Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.	Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Who is he that hideth^H5956 counsel^H6098 without knowledge^H1847? therefore have I uttered^H5046 that I understood^H995 not; things too wonderful^H6381 for me, which I knew^H3045 not.

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Original Hebrew

מִי זֶה ׀ מַעְלִים עֵצָה בְּלִי דָעַת לָכֵן הִגַּדְתִּי וְלֹא אָבִין נִפְלָאֹות מִמֶּנִּי וְלֹא אֵדָע׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מִ֤י	mi	H4310	HTi	who?
זֶ֨ה	zeh	H2088	HPdxms	this
מַעְלִ֥ים	ma'.Lim	H5956	HVhrmsc	(is) concealing
עֵצָ֗ה	'e.Tzah	H6098	HNcfsa	counsel
בְּֽלִ֫י	be.Li	H1097	HTn	not
דָ֥עַת	Da.'at	H1847	HNcfsa	knowledge
לָ/כֵ֣ן	la./Khen	H3651	HR/D	(to)/ therefore
הִ֭גַּדְתִּי	Hi.gad.ti	H5046	HVhp1cs	I have told
וְ/לֹ֣א	ve./Lo'	H3808	HC/Tn	and/ not
אָבִ֑ין	'a.Vin	H995	HVqi1cs	I understood
נִפְלָא֥וֹת	nif.la.'ot	H6381	HVNrfpa	(things too) wonderful
מִ֝מֶּ֗/נִּי	mi.Me./ni	H4480	HR/Sp1cs	for/ me
וְ/לֹ֣א	ve./Lo'	H3808	HC/Tn	and/ not
אֵדָֽע	'e.Da'	H3045	HVqi1cs	I knew

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).
• H1847 — דַּעַת (daʻath, dah'-ath): from יָדַע; knowledge; cunning, (ig-) norantly, know(-ledge), (un-) awares (wittingly).
• 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.
• 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.
• H5956 — עָלַם (ʻâlam, aw-lam'): a primitive root; to veil from sight, i.e. conceal (literally or figuratively); [idiom] any ways, blind, dissembler, hide (self), secret (thing).
• H6098 — עֵצָה (ʻêtsâh, ay-tsaw'): from יָעַץ; advice; by implication, plan; also prudence; advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.
• H6381 — פָּלָא (pâlâʼ, paw-law'): a primitive root; properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful; accomplish, (arise...too, be too) hard, hidden, things too high, (be, do, do a, shew) marvelous(-ly, -els, things, work), miracles, perform, separate, make singular, (be, great, make) wonderful(-ers, -ly, things, works), wondrous (things, works, -ly).

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.
• H3651 — כֵּן (kên, kane): from כּוּן; properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles); [phrase] after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, [phrase] (for-) asmuch as yet, [phrase] be (for which) cause, [phrase] following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), [idiom] the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, [phrase] there (where) -fore, this, thus, true, well, [idiom] you.
• 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.
• 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.
• H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Cross References

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

• things — Psalms 40:5, Psalms 131:1, Psalms 139:6, Proverbs 30:2-4
• Who — Job 38:2

Reciprocal references (14): Job 6:26, Job 6:30, Job 13:1, Job 13:22, Job 15:6, Job 31:37, Job 34:35, Job 37:19, Psalms 77:10, Psalms 139:4, Proverbs 25:2, Proverbs 30:18, Jeremiah 30:21, Jeremiah 49:19

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