Job 22:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְֽ֭אָמַרְתָּ מַה־יָּ֣דַֽע אֵ֑ל הַבְעַ֖ד עֲרָפֶ֣ל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾāmartā mah-yādaʿ ʾēl ha-bəʿad ʿărāpel yišpôṭ

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾāmartā*: conjunction + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you say
*mah-yādaʿ*: interrogative + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - what does know
*ʾēl*: noun, masculine singular - God
*ha-bəʿad*: interrogative + preposition - can through
*ʿărāpel*: noun, masculine singular - thick darkness/cloud
*yišpôṭ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he judges

Word Meanings

*ʾāmartā*: to say/speak/think
*yādaʿ*: to know/perceive/understand
*ʾēl*: God/deity/divine being
*bəʿad*: through/behind/around
*ʿărāpel*: thick darkness/dark cloud
*yišpôṭ*: to judge/govern/decide

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 10:11 : 11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
Ezek 8:12 : 12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they belch out{H8686)} with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear{H8802)}?
Ps 73:11 : 11 And they say{H8804)}, How doth God know{H8804)}? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Ezek 9:9 : 9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.
Isa 29:15 : 15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Zeph 1:12 : 12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
Ps 94:7-9 : 7 Yet they say{H8799)}, The LORD shall not see{H8799)}, neither shall the God of Jacob regard{H8799)} it. 8 Understand{H8798)}, ye brutish{H8802)} among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise{H8686)}? 9 He that planted{H8802)} the ear, shall he not hear{H8799)}? he that formed{H8802)} the eye, shall he not see{H8686)}?
Ps 64:5 : 5 They encourage{H8762)} themselves in an evil matter: they commune{H8762)} of laying snares privily{H8800)}; they say{H8804)}, Who shall see{H8799)} them?

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