Job 25:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֵ֣ן עַד־יָ֭רֵחַ וְלֹ֣א יַאֲהִ֑יל וְ֝כוֹכָבִ֗ים לֹא־זַכּ֥וּ בְעֵינָֽיו׃

Transliteration

hēn ʿad-yārēaḥ wə-lōʾ yaʾăhīl wə-kōkābīm lōʾ-zakkū bəʿēnāyw

Grammar Details

*hēn*: demonstrative particle - behold
*ʿad-yārēaḥ*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - even the moon
*wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*yaʾăhīl*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - shines/is bright
*wə-kōkābīm*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural - and stars
*lōʾ-zakkū*: negative particle + qal perfect, 3rd common plural - are not pure
*bəʿēnāyw*: preposition + noun, feminine dual construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his eyes

Word Meanings

*hēn*: behold, look, see
*yārēaḥ*: moon
*yaʾăhīl*: to shine, be bright, illuminate
*kōkābīm*: stars, celestial bodies
*zakkū*: to be pure, clean, bright
*ʿēnāyw*: eyes, sight, presence

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 15:15 : 15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
Isa 60:19-20 : 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. 20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
2 Cor 3:10 : 10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
Job 31:26 : 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
Isa 24:23 : 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

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