Job 26:3 Go deeper
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How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? (KJV)
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מַה\־mah-how!
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 26:3 word 1
יָּ֭עַצְתָּYa.'atz.tayou have counseled
Lemma: יָעַץ (ya.ats) · Strong's: H3289
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)
Meaning: to advise
Used 79 times. Also: Exodus 18:19, Numbers 24:14, 2 Samuel 15:12, 2 Samuel 16:23, 2 Samuel 17:7, 2 Samuel 17:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3289; TAHOT Job 26:3 word 2
לְלֹ֣אle.Lo'<to> 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 26:3 word 3
חָכְמָ֑הchokh.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 26:3 word 4
וְ֝תוּשִׁיָּ֗הve.tu.shi.Yahand sound wisdom
Lemma: תּוּשִׁיָּה (tu.shiy.yah) · Strong's: H8454
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: wisdom
Used 11 times. Also: Job 5:12, Job 6:13, Job 11:6, Job 12:16, Proverbs 2:7, Proverbs 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8454; TAHOT Job 26:3 word 5
לָרֹ֥בla.Rofor abundance
Lemma: רֹב (rov) · Strong's: H7230
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: abundance
Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 16:10, Genesis 27:28, Genesis 30:30, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 48:16, Exodus 15:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7230; TAHOT Job 26:3 word 6
הוֹדָֽעְתָּ\׃ho.Da.'e.tayou have made known
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhp2ms)
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 26:3 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| How | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| you have counseled | → | יָעַץ H3289 to advise |
| the unwise | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| . . . | → | חׇכְמָה H2451 wisdom |
| [and] provided | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| fully sound | → | רֹב H7230 abundance |
| insight | → | תּוּשִׁיָּה H8454 wisdom |
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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