Job 12:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִ֭י לֹא־יָדַ֣ע בְּכָל־אֵ֑לֶּה כִּ֥י יַד־יְ֝הוָה עָ֣שְׂתָה זֹּֽאת׃

Transliteration

mî lōʾ-yādaʿ bə-kāl-ʾēlleh kî yad-YHWH ʿāśtâ zōʾt

Grammar Details

*mî*: interrogative pronoun - who
*lōʾ-yādaʿ*: negative particle + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has not known
*bə-kāl-ʾēlleh*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + demonstrative pronoun, plural - in all these
*kî*: conjunction - that
*yad-YHWH*: noun, feminine singular construct + divine name - hand of YHWH/LORD
*ʿāśtâ*: qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - has done/made
*zōʾt*: demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this

Word Meanings

*yādaʿ*: knew/understood/perceived
*kāl*: all/every/whole
*ʾēlleh*: these (things)
*yad*: hand/power/agency
*YHWH*: Yahweh/LORD (divine name)
*ʿāśtâ*: has done/made/accomplished
*zōʾt*: this (thing)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 41:20 : 20 that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
Jer 27:5-6 : 5 I have made the earth, the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it unto whom it seemeth right unto me. 6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field also have I given him to serve him.
Dan 5:18 : 18 O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:
Dan 9:17 : 17 Now therefore, O our God, hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
Acts 19:35 : 35 And when the townclerk had quieted the multitude, he saith, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there who knoweth not that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Diana, and of the [image] which fell down from Jupiter?
Rom 11:36 : 36 For of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things. To him [be] the glory for ever. Amen.
Jas 2:5-7 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him? 6 But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats? 7 Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called?
Deut 8:17-18 : 17 and [lest] thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth. 18 But thou shalt remember Jehovah thy God, for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as at this day.
1 Sam 2:7 : 7 Jehovah maketh poor, and maketh rich: He bringeth low, he also lifteth up.
Job 12:3 : 3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Job 22:18 : 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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