Job 36:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַ֣ף אִם־יָ֭בִין מִפְרְשֵׂי־עָ֑ב תְּ֝שֻׁא֗וֹת סֻכָּתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

ʾap̄ ʾim-yābîn mip̄rəśê-ʿāb təšuʾôt sukkātô

Grammar Details

*ʾap̄*: conjunction/adverb - also/moreover/indeed
*ʾim-yābîn*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - if he understands
*mip̄rəśê-ʿāb*: noun, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular - spreadings of cloud
*təšuʾôt*: noun, feminine plural - crashings/thunderings
*sukkātô*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his pavilion/tabernacle

Word Meanings

*ʾap̄*: also/moreover/indeed/even
*yābîn*: understands/perceives/considers
*mip̄rəśê-ʿāb*: spreadings of cloud/cloud expanse
*təšuʾôt*: crashings/thunderings/noises
*sukkātô*: his pavilion/tabernacle/booth

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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 37:16 : 16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?
Job 37:2-5 : 2 Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, And the sound that goeth out of his mouth. 3 He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, And his lightning unto the ends of the earth. 4 After it a voice roareth; He thundereth with the voice of his majesty; And he restraineth not [the lightnings] when his voice is heard. 5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
1 Kgs 18:44-45 : 44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Make ready [thy chariot], and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. 45 And it came to pass in a little while, that the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel:
Job 26:14 : 14 Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
Job 38:9 : 9 When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,
Job 38:37 : 37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
Ps 18:13 : 13 Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
Ps 29:3-9 : 3 The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth, Even Jehovah upon many waters. 4 The voice of Jehovah is powerful; The voice of Jehovah is full of majesty. 5 The voice of Jehovah breaketh the cedars; Yea, Jehovah breaketh in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. 6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox. 7 The voice of Jehovah cleaveth the flames of fire. 8 The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. 9 The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, And strippeth the forests bare: And in his temple everything saith, Glory. 10 Jehovah sat [as King] at the Flood; Yea, Jehovah sitteth as King for ever.
Ps 77:16-19 : 16 The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled. 17 The clouds poured out water; The skies sent out a sound: Thine arrows also went abroad. 18 The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lightened the world: The earth trembled and shook. 19 Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.
Ps 104:3 : 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; Who maketh the clouds his chariot; Who walketh upon the wings of the wind;
Ps 104:7 : 7 At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away
Nah 1:3 : 3 Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear [the guilty]: Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Hab 3:10 : 10 The mountains saw thee, and were afraid; The tempest of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, And lifted up its hands on high.

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