Job 11:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיַגֶּד־לְךָ֨ ׀ תַּֽעֲלֻמ֣וֹת חָכְמָה֮ כִּֽי־כִפְלַ֢יִם לְֽת֫וּשִׁיָּ֥ה וְדַ֡ע כִּֽי־יַשֶּׁ֥ה לְךָ֥ אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ מֵעֲוֺנֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

wə-yaged-ləka taʿalumot ḥokmah ki-kiplayim lə-tushiyah wə-daʿ ki-yaššeh ləka Eloah mē-ʿawoneka

Grammar Details

• *wə-yaged*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular jussive - and may he tell/declare
• *ləka*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - for you
• *taʿalumot*: noun feminine plural construct - secrets of
• *ḥokmah*: noun feminine singular - wisdom
• *ki*: conjunction - that
• *kiplayim*: noun masculine dual - double
• *lə-tushiyah*: preposition + noun feminine singular - to sound wisdom/understanding
• *wə-daʿ*: conjunction + qal imperative masculine singular - and know
• *yaššeh*: hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he causes to forget/he exacts less
• *Eloah*: noun proper masculine singular - God
• *mē-ʿawoneka*: preposition + noun masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - than your iniquity

Word Meanings

• *taʿalumot*: secrets/hidden things/mysteries
• *ḥokmah*: wisdom/skill
• *kiplayim*: double/twice as much
• *tushiyah*: sound wisdom/efficiency/success/effectual working
• *yaššeh*: causes to forget/exacts less than/remits
• *ʿawoneka*: your iniquity/your guilt/your punishment

Referenced Verses

• Ezra 9:13 : 13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
• Job 9:4 : 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
• Job 15:5 : 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
• Job 15:8 : 8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
• Job 15:11 : 11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
• Job 28:28 : 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
• Ps 25:14 : 14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
• Ps 103:10 : 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
• Ps 106:43-46 : 43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. 44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: 45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. 46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.
• Lam 3:22 : 22 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
• Dan 2:28 : 28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
• Dan 2:47 : 47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.
• Matt 13:35 : 35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
• Rom 16:25-26 : 25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, 26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
• 1 Cor 2:9-9 : 9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
• Eph 3:5 : 5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
• Deut 29:29 : 29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.