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And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? (KJV)
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וְֽ֭אָמַרְתָּVe.'a.mar.taand you say
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Job 22:13 word 1
מַה\־mah-what?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Job 22:13 word 2
יָּ֣דַֽעYa.da'does he know
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
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 22:13 word 3
אֵ֑ל'ElGod
Lemma: אֵל (el) · Strong's: H0410G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: God
Used 205 times. Also: Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 21:33, Genesis 28:3, Genesis 31:13, Genesis 35:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0410G; TAHOT Job 22:13 word 4
הַבְעַ֖דhav.'Ad¿ through
Lemma: בַּ֫עַד (be.ad) · Strong's: H1157
Parsing: Acbsc (Acbsc)
Meaning: about/through/for
Used 105 times. Also: Genesis 7:16, Genesis 20:7, Genesis 20:18, Genesis 26:8, Exodus 8:28, Exodus 32:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1157; TAHOT Job 22:13 word 5
עֲרָפֶ֣ל'a.ra.Felthick darkness
Lemma: עֲרָפֶל (a.ra.phel) · Strong's: H6205
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: cloud
Used 15 times. Also: Exodus 20:21, Deuteronomy 4:11, Deuteronomy 5:22, 2 Samuel 22:10, 1 Kings 8:12, 2 Chronicles 6:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6205; TAHOT Job 22:13 word 6
יִשְׁפּֽוֹט\׃yish.Potwill he judge
Lemma: שָׁפַט (sha.phat) · Strong's: H8199
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to judge
Used 201 times. Also: Genesis 16:5, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 31:53, Exodus 2:14, Exodus 5:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8199; TAHOT Job 22:13 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Yet you say | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| What | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| does God | → | אֵל H0410G God |
| know | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| Does He judge | → | שָׁפַט H8199 to judge |
| through | → | בַּ֫עַד H1157 about/through/for |
| thick darkness | → | עֲרָפֶל H6205 cloud |
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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