Job 39:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, Neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־הִשָּׁ֣הּ אֱל֣וֹהַּ חָכְמָ֑ה וְלֹא־חָ֥לַק לָ֝֗הּ בַּבִּינָֽה׃

Transliteration

kî-hiššāh ʾĕlôah ḥokmāh wə-lōʾ-ḥālaq lāh ba-bînāh

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*hiššāh*: hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he caused to forget
*ʾĕlôah*: masculine singular absolute - God
*ḥokmāh*: feminine singular absolute - wisdom
*wə*: conjunction - and
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ḥālaq*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he imparted/distributed
*lāh*: preposition with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - to her
*ba*: preposition with definite article - in the
*bînāh*: feminine singular absolute - understanding

Word Meanings

*kî*: for/because/that
*hiššāh*: he caused to forget/deprived/made to forget
*ʾĕlôah*: God/deity
*ḥokmāh*: wisdom/skill
*ḥālaq*: imparted/distributed/gave a share
*bînāh*: understanding/discernment/intelligence

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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 35:11 : 11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
Isa 19:11-14 : 11 The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? 12 Where then are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now; and let them know what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed concerning Egypt. 13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Memphis are deceived; they have caused Egypt to go astray, that are the corner-stone of her tribes. 14 Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
Isa 57:17 : 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid [my face] and was wroth; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
Deut 2:30 : 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Jehovah thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as at this day.
2 Chr 32:31 : 31 Howbeit in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
Job 17:4 : 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].

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