Job 26:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

To whom have you uttered words, and whose breath has come from you?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶת־מִ֭י הִגַּ֣דְתָּ מִלִּ֑ין וְנִשְׁמַת־מִ֝י יָצְאָ֥ה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃

Transliteration

ʾet-mî higgadtā millîn wĕ-nišmat-mî yāṣĕʾāh mimmekā

Grammar Details

• *ʾet-mî*: direct object marker + interrogative pronoun - whom
• *higgadtā*: Hiphil perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you declared/told
• *millîn*: noun, feminine plural - words/sayings
• *wĕ-nišmat-mî*: waw conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct + interrogative pronoun - and breath/spirit of whom
• *yāṣĕʾāh*: Qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - came out/proceeded
• *mimmekā*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - from you

Word Meanings

• *higgadtā*: declared/told/reported
• *millîn*: words/sayings/speech
• *nišmat*: breath/spirit/inspiration
• *yāṣĕʾāh*: came out/proceeded/went forth

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit came from you?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Before whom hast thou spoken those wordes? Who made the breth to come out of ye mouth?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  To whom doest thou declare these words? or whose spirit commeth out of thee?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  To whom hast thou spoken these wordes? who made the breath to come out of thy mouth?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  With whom hast thou declared words? And whose breath came forth from thee?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you?

• World English Bible (2000)

  To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  To whom did you utter these words? And whose spirit has come forth from your mouth?

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 22:23-24 : 23 So now the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours, and the LORD has decreed disaster for you. 24 Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up and slapped Micaiah on the cheek and demanded, 'Which way did the spirit of the LORD go when he left me to speak to you?'
• Job 20:3 : 3 I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding prompts me to reply.
• Job 32:18 : 18 For I am full of words, and the spirit within me compels me.
• Eccl 12:7 : 7 And the dust returns to the earth as it once was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
• 1 Cor 12:3 : 3 Therefore, I want you to know that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, 'Jesus be cursed,' and no one can say, 'Jesus is Lord,' except by the Holy Spirit.
• 1 John 4:1-3 : 1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God. 3 And every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now it is already in the world.
• Rev 16:13-14 : 13 And I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouths of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet. 14 They are demonic spirits performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world to gather them for battle on the great day of God Almighty.