Job 12:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִ֭י לֹא־יָדַ֣ע בְּכָל־אֵ֑לֶּה כִּ֥י יַד־יְ֝הוָה עָ֣שְׂתָה זֹּֽאת׃

Transliteration

mî lōʾ-yādaʿ bə-kāl-ʾēlleh kî yad-YHWH ʿāśtâ zōʾt

Grammar Details

*mî*: interrogative pronoun - who
*lōʾ-yādaʿ*: negative particle + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has not known
*bə-kāl-ʾēlleh*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct + demonstrative pronoun, plural - in all these
*kî*: conjunction - that
*yad-YHWH*: noun, feminine singular construct + divine name - hand of YHWH/LORD
*ʿāśtâ*: qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - has done/made
*zōʾt*: demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this

Word Meanings

*yādaʿ*: knew/understood/perceived
*kāl*: all/every/whole
*ʾēlleh*: these (things)
*yad*: hand/power/agency
*YHWH*: Yahweh/LORD (divine name)
*ʿāśtâ*: has done/made/accomplished
*zōʾt*: this (thing)

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Isa 41:20 : 20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
Jer 27:5-6 : 5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. 6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
Dan 5:18 : 18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
Dan 9:17 : 17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
Acts 19:35 : 35 And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
Rom 11:36 : 36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
Jas 2:5-7 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? 6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? 7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
Deut 8:17-18 : 17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. 18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
1 Sam 2:7 : 7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
Job 12:3 : 3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Job 22:18 : 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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