Job 41:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Who hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? [Whatsoever is] under the whole heaven is mine.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִ֭פִּיו לַפִּידִ֣ים יַהֲלֹ֑כוּ כִּיד֥וֹדֵי אֵ֝֗שׁ יִתְמַלָּֽטוּ׃

Transliteration

Mippîw lappîḏîm yahălōḵû kîḏôḏê ʾēš yiṯmallāṭû

Grammar Details

*Mippîw*: preposition with noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - from his mouth
*lappîḏîm*: noun, masculine plural - torches/flames
*yahălōḵû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they go/walk
*kîḏôḏê*: preposition with noun, plural construct - like sparks of
*ʾēš*: noun, feminine singular - fire
*yiṯmallāṭû*: hithpael imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they escape/go forth

Word Meanings

*pîw*: his mouth
*lappîḏîm*: torches/flames/lightning
*yahălōḵû*: they go/they proceed/they walk
*kîḏôḏê*: like sparks of/like burning coals of
*yiṯmallāṭû*: they escape/they go forth/they leap out

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 24:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein.
Rom 11:35 : 35 or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
Ps 50:12 : 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Exod 19:5 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:
Deut 10:14 : 14 Behold, unto Jehovah thy God belongeth heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.
1 Cor 10:26 : 26 for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
Job 35:7 : 7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand?
Ps 21:3 : 3 For thou meetest him with the blessings of goodness: Thou settest a crown of fine gold on his head.
Ps 115:16 : 16 The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.
1 Chr 29:11-14 : 11 Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth [is thine]; thine is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and thou art exalted as head above all. 12 Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou rulest over all; and in thy hand is power and might; and in thy hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. 13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. 14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Job 22:2-3 : 2 Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself. 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain [to him], that thou makest thy ways perfect?
1 Cor 10:28 : 28 But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, {G1494} eat not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience sake:

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