Job 22:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְֽ֭אָמַרְתָּ מַה־יָּ֣דַֽע אֵ֑ל הַבְעַ֖ד עֲרָפֶ֣ל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾāmartā mah-yādaʿ ʾēl ha-bəʿad ʿărāpel yišpôṭ

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾāmartā*: conjunction + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you say
*mah-yādaʿ*: interrogative + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - what does know
*ʾēl*: noun, masculine singular - God
*ha-bəʿad*: interrogative + preposition - can through
*ʿărāpel*: noun, masculine singular - thick darkness/cloud
*yišpôṭ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he judges

Word Meanings

*ʾāmartā*: to say/speak/think
*yādaʿ*: to know/perceive/understand
*ʾēl*: God/deity/divine being
*bəʿad*: through/behind/around
*ʿărāpel*: thick darkness/dark cloud
*yišpôṭ*: to judge/govern/decide

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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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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 10:11 : 11 He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; He hideth his face; he will never see it.
Ezek 8:12 : 12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his chambers of imagery? for they say, Jehovah seeth us not; Jehovah hath forsaken the land.
Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, [say they], doth hear?
Ps 73:11 : 11 And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?
Ezek 9:9 : 9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wresting [of judgment]: for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah seeth not.
Isa 29:15 : 15 Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Zeph 1:12 : 12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps; and I will punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, neither will he do evil.
Ps 94:7-9 : 7 And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider. 8 Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise? 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Ps 64:5 : 5 They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?

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