Job 12:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מְגַלֶּ֣ה עֲ֭מֻקוֹת מִנִּי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וַיֹּצֵ֖א לָא֣וֹר צַלְמָֽוֶת׃

Transliteration

məgalleh ʿămūqôt minnî-ḥōšek wa-yōṣēʾ lā-ʾôr ṣalmāwet

Grammar Details

• *məgalleh*: piel participle, masculine singular - uncovering
• *ʿămūqôt*: adjective, feminine plural - deep things
• *minnî-ḥōšek*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - from darkness
• *wa-yōṣēʾ*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he brings out
• *lā-ʾôr*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to the light
• *ṣalmāwet*: noun, masculine singular - deep darkness/shadow of death

Word Meanings

• *məgalleh*: uncovers/reveals/discloses
• *ʿămūqôt*: deep things/depths/profound matters
• *ḥōšek*: darkness/obscurity
• *yōṣēʾ*: brings out/produces
• *ʾôr*: light/daylight
• *ṣalmāwet*: deep darkness/shadow of death/gloom

Referenced Verses

• Dan 2:22 : 22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
• 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
• Job 3:5 : 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
• 1 Cor 2:10 : 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
• 2 Kgs 6:12 : 12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
• Job 11:6 : 6 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.
• Job 24:17 : 17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
• Job 28:20-23 : 20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. 22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. 23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.
• Job 34:22 : 22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
• Ps 44:21 : 21 Shall not God search this out{H8799)}? for he knoweth{H8802)} the secrets of the heart.
• Ps 139:12 : 12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
• Amos 5:8 : 8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
• Matt 10:26 : 26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
• Luke 1:79 : 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.