Psalms 94:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they say, Jehovah will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob consider.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַ֭יֹּ֣אמְרוּ לֹ֣א יִרְאֶה־יָּ֑הּ וְלֹא־יָ֝בִ֗ין אֱלֹהֵ֥י יַעֲקֹֽב

Transliteration

wayyōʾmərû not yirʾeh-Yāh wə-lōʾ-yābîn ʾĕlōhê yaʿăqōb

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmərû*: conjunction + verb, qal, imperfect, consecutive, 3rd person, masculine, plural - and they say
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yirʾeh*: verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he sees
• *Yāh*: proper noun - shortened form of divine name
• *wə-lōʾ-yābîn*: conjunction + negative particle + verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular - and he does not perceive/understand
• *ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine, plural, construct - God of
• *yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob

Word Meanings

• *wayyōʾmərû*: and they say/said
• *yirʾeh*: sees/perceives/notices
• *yābîn*: perceives/understands/discerns
• *ʾĕlōhê*: God of/deity of

Referenced Verses

• Job 22:12-13 : 12 Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are! 13 And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
• Ps 10:11-13 : 11 He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; He hideth his face; he will never see it. 12 Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand: Forget not the poor. 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, And say in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it]?
• Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, [say they], doth hear?
• Isa 29:15 : 15 Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
• 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.
• Ezek 9:9 : 9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wresting [of judgment]: for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah seeth not.
• 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.
• Luke 18:3-4 : 3 and there was a widow in that city; and she came oft unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, {G2532} Though I fear not God, nor regard man;