Job 11:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־ה֭וּא יָדַ֣ע מְתֵי־שָׁ֑וְא וַיַּרְא־אָ֝֗וֶן וְלֹ֣א יִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃

Transliteration

ki-huʾ yadaʿ mətē-šawʾ wa-yarʾ-ʾawen wə-lōʾ yitbonan

Grammar Details

• *ki*: conjunction - for/because
• *huʾ*: pronoun 3rd masculine singular - he
• *yadaʿ*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he knows
• *mətē*: noun masculine plural construct - men of
• *šawʾ*: noun masculine singular - vanity/falsehood
• *wa-yarʾ*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he sees
• *ʾawen*: noun masculine singular - iniquity
• *wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
• *yitbonan*: hithpael imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he considers

Word Meanings

• *yadaʿ*: know/perceive/recognize
• *mətē*: men/people/mortals
• *šawʾ*: vanity/emptiness/falsehood/worthlessness
• *yarʾ*: see/observe/perceive
• *ʾawen*: iniquity/wickedness/trouble/sorrow
• *yitbonan*: consider/understand/discern/perceive

Referenced Verses

• Heb 4:13 : 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
• Ps 10:14 : 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
• Ps 35:22 : 22 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence{H8799)}: O Lord, be not far{H8799)} from me.
• Ps 94:11 : 11 The LORD knoweth{H8802)} the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
• Eccl 5:8 : 8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
• Jer 17:9-9 : 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
• Hos 7:2 : 2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
• Hab 1:13 : 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
• John 2:24-25 : 24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, 25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
• Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
• Job 22:13-14 : 13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
• Job 34:21-23 : 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. 22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. 23 For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
• Ps 10:11 : 11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.