Job 20:4 Go deeper
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Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, (KJV)
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הֲזֹ֣אתha.Zot¿ this
Lemma: זֹאת (zot) · Strong's: H2063
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 603 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:17, Genesis 12:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2063; TAHOT Job 20:4 word 1
יָ֭דַעְתָּYa.da'.tado you know
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to know
Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Job 20:4 word 2
מִנִּי\־mi.ni-from
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Job 20:4 word 3
עַ֑ד'Adantiquity
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5703
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: perpetuity
Used 48 times. Also: Exodus 15:18, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Job 19:24, Psalms 9:5, Psalms 9:18, Psalms 10:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5703; TAHOT Job 20:4 word 4
מִנִּ֤יmi.Nifrom when
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Job 20:4 word 5
שִׂ֖יםsimput
Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to set: put
Used 236 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7760H; TAHOT Job 20:4 word 6
אָדָ֣ם'a.Damhumankind
Lemma: אָדָם (a.dam) · Strong's: H0120G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: man
Used 529 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 6:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0120G; TAHOT Job 20:4 word 7
עֲלֵי\־'a.lei-on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Job 20:4 word 8
אָֽרֶץ\׃'A.retzearth
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Job 20:4 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Do you not know | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| that | → | זֹאת H2063 this |
| from | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
| antiquity | → | עַד H5703 perpetuity |
| since | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
| man | → | אָדָם H0120G man |
| was placed | → | שׂוּם H7760H to set: put |
| on | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| the earth | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
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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