Job 31:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲלֹא־ה֭וּא יִרְאֶ֣ה דְרָכָ֑י וְֽכָל־צְעָדַ֥י יִסְפּֽוֹר׃

Transliteration

hălōʾ-hûʾ yirʾeh dərākāy and-all-ṣəʿāday yispôr

Grammar Details

*hălōʾ*: interrogative particle with negative - is not/does not
*hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he
*yirʾeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he sees
*dərākāy*: noun, feminine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my ways
*ṣəʿāday*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my steps
*yispôr*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he counts

Word Meanings

*yirʾeh*: sees/observes/watches
*dərākāy*: my ways/my paths/my conduct
*ṣəʿāday*: my steps/my footsteps
*yispôr*: counts/numbers/records

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 14:16 : 16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
Job 34:21 : 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
Prov 5:21 : 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
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.
Prov 15:3 : 3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
Jer 16:17 : 17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
Jer 32:19 : 19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
John 1:48 : 48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
Heb 4:13 : 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Ps 44:21 : 21 Shall not God search this out{H8799)}? for he knoweth{H8802)} the secrets of the heart.
Ps 139:1-3 : 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
Gen 16:13 : 13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?

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