Job 38:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִ֭תְבֹּנַנְתָּ עַד־רַחֲבֵי־אָ֑רֶץ הַ֝גֵּ֗ד אִם־יָדַ֥עְתָּ כֻלָּֽהּ׃

Transliteration

?-hitbōnantā unto-raḥăbê-ʾāreṣ haggēd if-yādaʿtā all-of-her.

Grammar Details

*hă*: interrogative particle - ?
*hitbōnantā*: hithpolel perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have considered/understood
*ʿad*: preposition - unto/to
*raḥăbê*: noun, masculine plural construct - breadths/expanses of
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth/land
*haggēd*: hiphil imperative, masculine singular - declare/tell
*ʾim*: conditional particle - if
*yādaʿtā*: qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have known
*kullāh*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - all of it/her

Word Meanings

*hitbōnantā*: you have considered/you have understood/you have perceived
*raḥăbê*: breadths/expanses/wide spaces
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground
*yādaʿtā*: you have known/you understand

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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 28:24 : 24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven;
Ps 74:17 : 17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: Thou hast made summer and winter.
Ps 89:11-12 : 11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. 12 The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name.
Isa 40:28 : 28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.
Jer 31:37 : 37 Thus saith Jehovah: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith Jehovah.
Rev 20:9 : 9 And they went up over the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down {G575} {G2316} out of heaven, and devoured them.

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