Job 15:8 Go deeper
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Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? (KJV)
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הַבְס֣וֹדhav.Sod¿ in [the] council of
Lemma: סוֹד (sod) · Strong's: H5475
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: counsel
Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 49:6, Job 19:19, Job 29:4, Psalms 25:14, Psalms 55:14, Psalms 64:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5475; TAHOT Job 15:8 word 1
אֱל֣וֹהַ'e.Lo.haGod
Lemma: אֱלֹהַּ (e.lo.ah) · Strong's: H0433
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: god
Used 57 times. Also: Deuteronomy 32:15, Deuteronomy 32:17, 2 Chronicles 32:15, Nehemiah 9:17, Job 3:4, Job 3:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0433; TAHOT Job 15:8 word 2
תִּשְׁמָ֑עtish.Ma'do you listen
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to hear: hear
Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT Job 15:8 word 3
וְתִגְרַ֖עve.tig.Ra'and you may restrain?
Lemma: גָּרַע (ga.ra) · Strong's: H1639
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqu2ms)
Meaning: to dimish
Used 22 times. Also: Exodus 5:8, Exodus 5:11, Exodus 5:19, Exodus 21:10, Leviticus 27:18, Numbers 9:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1639; TAHOT Job 15:8 word 4
אֵלֶ֣יךָ'e.Lei.khato yourself
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Job 15:8 word 5
חָכְמָֽה\׃chokh.mahwisdom
Lemma: חׇכְמָה (chokh.mah) · Strong's: H2451
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: wisdom
Used 153 times. Also: Exodus 28:3, Exodus 31:3, Exodus 31:6, Exodus 35:26, Exodus 35:31, Exodus 35:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2451; TAHOT Job 15:8 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Do you listen in | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| on the council | → | סוֹד H5475 counsel |
| of God | → | אֱלֹהַּ H0433 god |
| or limit | → | גָּרַע H1639 to dimish |
| wisdom | → | חׇכְמָה H2451 wisdom |
| to yourself | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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