Job 23:8 Go deeper

Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

הֵ֤ןhenhere!

Lemma: הֵן (hen) · Strong's: H2005

Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)

Meaning: look!

Used 316 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 11:6, Genesis 15:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2005; TAHOT Job 23:8 word 1

קֶ֣דֶםKe.demforward

Lemma: קֶ֫דֶם (qe.dem) · Strong's: H6924I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: front: forward

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6924I; TAHOT Job 23:8 word 2

אֶהֱלֹ֣ךְ'e.he.LokhI go

Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: to go: went

Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Job 23:8 word 3

וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּve.'ei.Ne.nuand there not [is] he

Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: nothing

Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Job 23:8 word 4

וְ֝אָח֗וֹרve.'a.Chorand backwards

Lemma: אָחוֹר (a.chor) · Strong's: H0268

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: back

Used 41 times. Also: Genesis 49:17, Exodus 26:12, Exodus 33:23, 2 Samuel 1:22, 2 Samuel 10:9, 1 Kings 7:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0268; TAHOT Job 23:8 word 5

וְֽלֹא\־ve.lo'-and not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Job 23:8 word 6

אָבִ֥ין'a.VinI perceive

Lemma: בִּין (bin) · Strong's: H0995

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: to understand

Used 168 times. Also: Genesis 41:33, Genesis 41:39, Deuteronomy 1:13, Deuteronomy 4:6, Deuteronomy 32:7, Deuteronomy 32:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0995; TAHOT Job 23:8 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

If	→	הֵן H2005 look!
I go	→	הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went
east	→	קֶ֫דֶם H6924I front: forward
He is not there	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
and if I go west	→	אָחוֹר H0268 back
I cannot	→	לֹא H3808 not
find	→	בִּין H0995 to understand
Him	→

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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