Job 28:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־ה֭וּא לִקְצוֹת־הָאָ֣רֶץ יַבִּ֑יט תַּ֖חַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם יִרְאֶֽה׃

Transliteration

For-hûʾ to-qəṣôṯ-the-ʾāreṣ yabbîṭ taḥaṯ all-the-šāmayim yirʾeh

Grammar Details

*hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he
*qəṣôṯ*: noun, feminine, plural, construct - ends of
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine, singular, absolute - earth/land
*yabbîṭ*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he looks
*taḥaṯ*: preposition - under
*šāmayim*: noun, masculine, plural, absolute - heavens
*yirʾeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he sees

Word Meanings

*qəṣôṯ*: ends/extremities/boundaries
*yabbîṭ*: looks/gazes/observes
*yirʾeh*: sees/perceives/beholds

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 15:3 : 3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
Zech 4:10 : 10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
Rev 5:6 : 6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
2 Chr 16:9 : 9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
Ps 33:13-14 : 13 The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. 14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

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