Job 38:18

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{ "verseID": "Job.38.18", "source": "הִ֭תְבֹּנַנְתָּ עַד־רַחֲבֵי־אָ֑רֶץ הַ֝גֵּ֗ד אִם־יָדַ֥עְתָּ כֻלָּֽהּ׃", "text": "?-*hitbōnantā* unto-*raḥăbê*-*ʾāreṣ* *haggēd* if-*yādaʿtā* all-of-her.", "grammar": { "*hă*": "interrogative particle - ?", "*hitbōnantā*": "hithpolel perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have considered/understood", "*ʿad*": "preposition - unto/to", "*raḥăbê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - breadths/expanses of", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth/land", "*haggēd*": "hiphil imperative, masculine singular - declare/tell", "*ʾim*": "conditional particle - if", "*yādaʿtā*": "qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have known", "*kullāh*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - all of it/her" }, "variants": { "*hitbōnantā*": "you have considered/you have understood/you have perceived", "*raḥăbê*": "breadths/expanses/wide spaces", "*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground", "*yādaʿtā*": "you have known/you understand" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִ֭תְבֹּנַנְתָּ עַד־רַחֲבֵי־אָ֑רֶץ הַ֝גֵּ֗ד אִם־יָדַ֥עְתָּ כֻלָּֽהּ׃

Transliteration

?-hitbōnantā unto-raḥăbê-ʾāreṣ haggēd if-yādaʿtā all-of-her.

Grammar Details

• *hă*: interrogative particle - ?
• *hitbōnantā*: hithpolel perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have considered/understood
• *ʿad*: preposition - unto/to
• *raḥăbê*: noun, masculine plural construct - breadths/expanses of
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth/land
• *haggēd*: hiphil imperative, masculine singular - declare/tell
• *ʾim*: conditional particle - if
• *yādaʿtā*: qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have known
• *kullāh*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - all of it/her

Word Meanings

• *hitbōnantā*: you have considered/you have understood/you have perceived
• *raḥăbê*: breadths/expanses/wide spaces
• *ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground
• *yādaʿtā*: you have known/you understand

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know all this.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Have you perceived the breadth of the earth? Declare, if you know it all.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Hast thou comprehended{H995} the earth{H776} in its breadth?{H7338} Declare,{H5046} if thou knowest{H3045} it all.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Hast thou perceived{H995}{(H8712)} the breadth{H7338} of the earth{H776}? declare{H5046}{(H8685)} if thou knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} it all.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Hast thou also perceaued, how brode ye earth is? Now yf thou hast knowlege of all,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Hast thou perceiued the breadth of the earth? Tell if thou knowest all this.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Hast thou also perceaued how brode the earth is? If thou hast knowledge of all this:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Thou hast understanding, Even unto the broad places of earth! Declare -- if thou hast known it all.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Hast thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou knowest it all.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Have you taken note of the wide limits of the earth? Say, if you have knowledge of it all.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Have you comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if you know it all.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Have you considered the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know it all!

Referenced Verses

• Job 28:24 : 24 { "verseID": "Job.28.24", "source": "כִּי־ה֭וּא לִקְצוֹת־הָאָ֣רֶץ יַבִּ֑יט תַּ֖חַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם יִרְאֶֽה׃", "text": "For-*hûʾ* to-*qəṣôṯ*-the-*ʾāreṣ* *yabbîṭ* *taḥaṯ* all-the-*šāmayim* *yirʾeh*", "grammar": { "*hûʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he", "*qəṣôṯ*": "noun, feminine, plural, construct - ends of", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine, singular, absolute - earth/land", "*yabbîṭ*": "verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he looks", "*taḥaṯ*": "preposition - under", "*šāmayim*": "noun, masculine, plural, absolute - heavens", "*yirʾeh*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he sees" }, "variants": { "*qəṣôṯ*": "ends/extremities/boundaries", "*yabbîṭ*": "looks/gazes/observes", "*yirʾeh*": "sees/perceives/beholds" } }
• Ps 74:17 : 17 { "verseID": "Psalms.74.17", "source": "אַתָּ֣ה הִ֭צַּבְתָּ כָּל־גְּבוּל֣וֹת אָ֑רֶץ קַ֥יִץ וָ֝חֹ֗רֶף אַתָּ֥ה יְצַרְתָּם׃", "text": "*Attah hitsavta kol-gevulot arets*, *qayits va-choref attah yetsartam*.", "grammar": { "*Attah*": "2nd person masculine singular pronoun - 'you'", "*hitsavta*": "hiphil perfect 2nd person masculine singular - 'you set/established'", "*kol-gevulot*": "construct phrase - 'all boundaries of'", "*arets*": "feminine singular noun - 'earth/land'", "*qayits*": "masculine singular noun - 'summer'", "*va-choref*": "conjunction + masculine singular noun - 'and winter'", "*yetsartam*": "qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - 'you formed them'" }, "variants": { "*hitsavta*": "set/established/fixed", "*gevulot*": "boundaries/borders/territories", "*qayits*": "summer/fruit harvest season", "*choref*": "winter/rainy season", "*yetsartam*": "formed them/shaped them/created them" } }
• Ps 89:11-12 : 11 { "verseID": "Psalms.89.11", "source": "אַתָּה דִכִּאתָ כֶחָלָל רָהַב בִּזְרוֹעַ עֻזְּךָ פִּזַּרְתָּ אוֹיְבֶיךָ", "text": "*ʾAttâ* *dikkiʾtā* like-*ḥālāl* *Rāhab*; with-*zᵉrôaʿ* *ʿuzzᵉkā* *pizzartā* *ʾôyᵉbeykā*", "grammar": { "*ʾAttâ*": "pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you", "*dikkiʾtā*": "verb, piel perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you crushed", "*ke-ḥālāl*": "preposition + noun - like the slain", "*Rāhab*": "proper noun - Rahab [mythological sea monster]", "*bi-zᵉrôaʿ*": "preposition + noun construct - with arm of", "*ʿuzzᵉkā*": "noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your strength", "*pizzartā*": "verb, piel perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you scattered", "*ʾôyᵉbeykā*": "noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your enemies" }, "variants": { "*dikkiʾtā*": "you crushed/broke in pieces", "*ḥālāl*": "slain/pierced/wounded", "*Rāhab*": "mythological sea monster/Egypt (metaphorically)", "*zᵉrôaʿ*": "arm/strength/power", "*ʿuzzᵉkā*": "your strength/might/power", "*pizzartā*": "you scattered/dispersed" } } 12 { "verseID": "Psalms.89.12", "source": "לְךָ שָׁמַיִם אַף־לְךָ אָרֶץ תֵּבֵל וּמְלֹאָהּ אַתָּה יְסַדְתָּם", "text": "To-*lᵉkā* *šāmayim* also-to-*lᵉkā* *ʾāreṣ*; *tēbēl* and-*mᵉlōʾāh* *ʾattâ* *yᵉsadtām*", "grammar": { "*lᵉkā*": "preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you/yours", "*šāmayim*": "noun, masculine dual/plural - heavens", "*ʾap-lᵉkā*": "conjunction + preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - also to you/yours", "*ʾāreṣ*": "noun, feminine singular - earth/land", "*tēbēl*": "noun, feminine singular - world/inhabited earth", "*û-mᵉlōʾāh*": "conjunction + noun + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and its fullness", "*ʾattâ*": "pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you", "*yᵉsadtām*": "verb, qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - you founded them" }, "variants": { "*šāmayim*": "heavens/sky", "*ʾāreṣ*": "earth/land/ground", "*tēbēl*": "world/inhabited part of earth", "*mᵉlōʾāh*": "its fullness/that which fills it", "*yᵉsadtām*": "you founded them/established them" } }
• Isa 40:28 : 28 { "verseID": "Isaiah.40.28", "source": "הֲל֨וֹא יָדַ֜עְתָּ אִם־לֹ֣א שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ אֱלֹהֵ֨י עוֹלָ֤ם ׀ יְהוָה֙ בּוֹרֵא֙ קְצ֣וֹת הָאָ֔רֶץ לֹ֥א יִיעַ֖ף וְלֹ֣א יִיגָ֑ע אֵ֥ין חֵ֖קֶר לִתְבוּנָתֽוֹ׃", "text": "*hălôʾ yādaʿtā ʾim-lōʾ šāmaʿtā ʾĕlōhê ʿôlām YHWH bôrēʾ qěṣôt hāʾāreṣ lōʾ yîʿap wělōʾ yîgāʿ ʾên ḥēqer litbûnātô*", "grammar": { "*hălôʾ*": "interrogative particle + negative particle - 'have you not'", "*yādaʿtā*": "qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - 'known'", "*ʾim-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - 'if not'", "*šāmaʿtā*": "qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - 'heard'", "*ʾĕlōhê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - 'God of'", "*ʿôlām*": "noun, masculine singular - 'eternity'", "*YHWH*": "divine name - 'LORD'", "*bôrēʾ*": "qal participle, masculine singular construct - 'Creator of'", "*qěṣôt*": "noun, feminine plural construct - 'ends of'", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - 'the earth'", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - 'not'", "*yîʿap*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'faints'", "*wělōʾ*": "conjunction + negative particle - 'and not'", "*yîgāʿ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'grows weary'", "*ʾên*": "negative particle - 'there is no'", "*ḥēqer*": "noun, masculine singular - 'searching out'", "*litbûnātô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'for his understanding'" }, "variants": { "*ʾĕlōhê ʿôlām*": "everlasting God/eternal God", "*bôrēʾ qěṣôt hāʾāreṣ*": "Creator of the ends of the earth/Maker of the earth's farthest bounds", "*lōʾ yîʿap wělōʾ yîgāʿ*": "does not faint or grow weary/never tires or becomes exhausted", "*ʾên ḥēqer litbûnātô*": "there is no searching of his understanding/his understanding is unsearchable" } }
• Jer 31:37 : 37 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.31.37", "source": "כֹּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אִם־יִמַּ֤דּוּ שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ מִלְמַ֔עְלָה וְיֵחָקְר֥וּ מֽוֹסְדֵי־אֶ֖רֶץ לְמָ֑טָּה גַּם־אֲנִ֞י אֶמְאַ֨ס בְּכָל־זֶ֧רַע יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל עַֽל־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשׂ֖וּ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃", "text": "Thus *ʾāmar* *YHWH*, if-*yimmaddû* *šāmayim* from above, and *yēḥāqᵊrû* *môsᵊdê*-*ʾereṣ* to below, also-I *ʾemʾas* in all-*zeraʿ* *Yiśrāʾēl* for all-which *ʿāśû*, *nᵊʾum*-*YHWH*.", "grammar": { "*ʾāmar*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he said", "*YHWH*": "divine name - LORD", "*yimmaddû*": "verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be measured", "*šāmayim*": "noun, masculine, plural - heavens", "*yēḥāqᵊrû*": "verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will be searched out", "*môsᵊdê*": "noun, masculine, plural, construct - foundations of", "*ʾereṣ*": "noun, feminine, singular - earth/land", "*ʾemʾas*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will reject", "*zeraʿ*": "noun, masculine, singular, construct - seed/offspring of", "*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel", "*ʿāśû*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they did/made", "*nᵊʾum*": "construct state noun - utterance/declaration of" }, "variants": { "*yimmaddû*": "they will be measured/estimated", "*šāmayim*": "heavens/sky", "*yēḥāqᵊrû*": "they will be searched out/investigated/explored", "*môsᵊdê*": "foundations/bases", "*ʾereṣ*": "earth/land/ground/territory", "*ʾemʾas*": "I will reject/despise/refuse", "*zeraʿ*": "seed/offspring/descendants/posterity" } }
• Rev 20:9 : 9 { "verseID": "Revelation.20.9", "source": "Καὶ ἀνέβησαν ἐπὶ τὸ πλάτος τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐκύκλωσαν τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν ἁγίων, καὶ τὴν πόλιν τὴν ἠγαπημένην: καὶ κατέβη πῦρ ἀπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτούς.", "text": "And they *anebēsan* upon the *platos* of the *gēs*, and *ekyklōsan* the *parembolēn* of the *hagiōn*, and the *polin* the *ēgapēmenēn*: and *katebē* *pyr* from the *Theou* out of the *ouranou*, and *katephagen* them.", "grammar": { "*anebēsan*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - went up/ascended", "*platos*": "accusative, neuter, singular - breadth/width", "*gēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - earth/land", "*ekyklōsan*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - surrounded/encircled", "*parembolēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - camp/army", "*hagiōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - saints/holy ones", "*polin*": "accusative, feminine, singular - city", "*ēgapēmenēn*": "perfect passive participle, accusative, feminine, singular - beloved/loved", "*katebē*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - came down/descended", "*pyr*": "nominative, neuter, singular - fire", "*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - God", "*ouranou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - heaven/sky", "*katephagen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - devoured/consumed" }, "variants": { "*anebēsan*": "went up/ascended/mounted", "*platos*": "breadth/width/expanse", "*ekyklōsan*": "surrounded/encircled/encompassed", "*parembolēn*": "camp/army/encampment", "*hagiōn*": "saints/holy ones/set apart ones", "*polin*": "city/town", "*ēgapēmenēn*": "beloved/loved/cherished", "*katephagen*": "devoured/consumed/ate up" } }