Job 37:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He sealeth up the hand of every man, That all men whom he hath made may know [it].

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּיַד־כָּל־אָדָ֥ם יַחְתּ֑וֹם לָ֝דַ֗עַת כָּל־אַנְשֵׁ֥י מַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ׃

Transliteration

bə-yad-kol-ʾādām yaḥtôm lā-daʿat kol-ʾanšê maʿăśêhû

Grammar Details

*bə-yad*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - in/by hand of
*kol*: noun, masculine singular construct - all of
*ʾādām*: noun, masculine singular - man/mankind/human
*yaḥtôm*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he seals/shuts up
*lā-daʿat*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to know/so that may know
*ʾanšê*: noun, masculine plural construct - men of
*maʿăśêhû*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his work/deed

Word Meanings

*yaḥtôm*: seals/shuts up/puts a stop to/restricts
*lā-daʿat*: to know/to recognize/to acknowledge
*ʾanšê*: men/people/persons/workers
*maʿăśêhû*: his work/his deed/his action/his making

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 109:27 : 27 That they may know that this is thy hand; [That] thou, Jehovah, hast done it.
Ps 111:2 : 2 The works of Jehovah are great, Sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Eccl 8:17 : 17 then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because however much a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea moreover, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
Isa 5:12 : 12 And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are [in] their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
Isa 26:11 : 11 Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see [thy] zeal for the people, and be put to shame; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.
Job 5:12 : 12 He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Job 9:7 : 7 That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars;
Job 12:14 : 14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Job 36:24 : 24 Remember that thou magnify his work, Whereof men have sung.
Ps 46:8 : 8 Come, behold the works of Jehovah, What desolations he hath made in the earth.
Ps 64:9 : 9 And all men shall fear; And they shall declare the work of God, And shall wisely consider of his doing.
Ps 92:4 : 4 For thou, Jehovah, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

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