Job 26:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶת־מִ֭י הִגַּ֣דְתָּ מִלִּ֑ין וְנִשְׁמַת־מִ֝י יָצְאָ֥ה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃

Transliteration

ʾet-mî higgadtā millîn wĕ-nišmat-mî yāṣĕʾāh mimmekā

Grammar Details

*ʾet-mî*: direct object marker + interrogative pronoun - whom
*higgadtā*: Hiphil perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you declared/told
*millîn*: noun, feminine plural - words/sayings
*wĕ-nišmat-mî*: waw conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct + interrogative pronoun - and breath/spirit of whom
*yāṣĕʾāh*: Qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - came out/proceeded
*mimmekā*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - from you

Word Meanings

*higgadtā*: declared/told/reported
*millîn*: words/sayings/speech
*nišmat*: breath/spirit/inspiration
*yāṣĕʾāh*: came out/proceeded/went forth

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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

1 Kgs 22:23-24 : 23 Now therefore, behold, Jehovah hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets; and Jehovah hath spoken evil concerning thee. 24 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak unto thee?
Job 20:3 : 3 I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.
Job 32:18 : 18 For I am full of words; The spirit within me constraineth me.
Eccl 12:7 : 7 and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.
1 Cor 12:3 : 3 Wherefore I make known unto you, that no man speaking in the Spirit of God saith, Jesus is anathema; and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but in the Holy Spirit.
1 John 4:1-3 : 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby {G5129} know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus {G5547} {G2064} {G1722} {G4561} is not of God: and this is the [spirit] of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.
Rev 16:13-14 : 13 And I saw [coming] out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, as it were frogs: 14 for they are spirits of demons, working signs; which go forth {G3739} {G1607} unto the kings {G1093} {G2532} of the whole world, to gather them together unto the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.

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