Psalms 73:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they say, How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְֽאָמְר֗וּ אֵיכָ֥ה יָדַֽע־אֵ֑ל וְיֵ֖שׁ דֵּעָ֣ה בְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

We'amru, 'Eikha yada'-El, weyesh de'ah ve'elyon?

Grammar Details

*We'amru*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - and they say
*Eikha*: interrogative - how
*yada'-El*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + noun, masculine singular (divine name) - God knows
*weyesh*: conjunction + adverb of existence - and there is
*de'ah*: noun, feminine singular - knowledge
*ve'elyon*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - in Most High

Word Meanings

*amru*: they say/said
*eikha*: how/in what way
*yada*: knows/perceives/understands
*El*: God/deity/mighty one
*yesh*: there is/exists
*de'ah*: knowledge/understanding
*elyon*: Most High/Highest One

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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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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 22:13-14 : 13 And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness? 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.
Ps 10:11 : 11 He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; He hideth his face; he will never see it.
Ps 44:21 : 21 Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Ps 73:9 : 9 They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.
Ps 94:7 : 7 And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider.
Ps 139:1-6 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me]. 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether. 5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me. 6 [ Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Ezek 8:12 : 12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his chambers of imagery? for they say, Jehovah seeth us not; Jehovah hath forsaken the land.
Hos 7:2 : 2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them about; they are before my face.
Zeph 1:12 : 12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps; and I will punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, neither will he do evil.

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