Job 22:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲ‍ֽלֹא־אֱ֭לוֹהַּ גֹּ֣בַהּ שָׁמָ֑יִם וּרְאֵ֤ה רֹ֖אשׁ כּוֹכָבִ֣ים כִּי־רָֽמּוּ׃

Transliteration

hă-lōʾ-ʾĕlôah gōbah šāmāyim û-rəʾēh rōʾš kôkhābîm kî-rāmmû

Grammar Details

*hă-lōʾ-ʾĕlôah*: interrogative + negative particle + noun, masculine singular - is not God
*gōbah*: noun, masculine singular construct - height of
*šāmāyim*: noun, masculine plural - heavens
*û-rəʾēh*: conjunction + Qal imperative, masculine singular - and see
*rōʾš*: noun, masculine singular construct - head of
*kôkhābîm*: noun, masculine plural - stars
*kî-rāmmû*: conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - for they are high

Word Meanings

*ʾĕlôah*: God/deity
*gōbah*: height/loftiness
*šāmāyim*: heavens/sky
*rəʾēh*: to see/look/observe
*rōʾš*: head/top/summit
*kôkhābîm*: stars
*rāmmû*: to be high/exalted/lifted up

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Job 11:8 : 8 It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? Deeper than Sheol; What canst thou know?
Eccl 5:2 : 2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus saith Jehovah, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will ye build unto me? and what place shall be my rest?
Ps 8:3-4 : 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Ps 115:3 : 3 But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever he pleased.
Ps 115:16 : 16 The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.

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