Job 22:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עָבִ֣ים סֵֽתֶר־ל֭וֹ וְלֹ֣א יִרְאֶ֑ה וְח֥וּג שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃

Transliteration

ʿābîm sēter-lô wə-lōʾ yirʾê wə-ḥûg šāmayim yithallākh

Grammar Details

*ʿābîm*: noun, masculine plural - clouds
*sēter-lô*: noun, masculine singular + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - covering for him
*wə-lōʾ yirʾê*: conjunction + negative particle + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he does not see
*wə-ḥûg*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and vault/circle of
*šāmayim*: noun, masculine plural - heavens
*yithallākh*: Hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he walks about

Word Meanings

*ʿābîm*: clouds/thick clouds
*sēter*: covering/hiding place/shelter
*yirʾê*: to see/perceive/look
*ḥûg*: circle/vault/horizon
*šāmayim*: heavens/sky
*yithallākh*: to walk about/to go to and fro/to walk habitually

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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

Ps 139:11-12 : 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night; 12 Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike [to thee].
Jer 23:24 : 24 Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.
Luke 12:2-3 : 2 But there is nothing covered up, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. 3 Wherefore {G3739} whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
Job 26:9 : 9 He incloseth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it.
Job 34:22 : 22 There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Ps 33:14 : 14 From the place of his habitation he looketh forth Upon all the inhabitants of the earth,
Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Ps 139:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me]. 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.

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