Job 9:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֵ֤ן יַעֲבֹ֣ר עָ֭לַי וְלֹ֣א אֶרְאֶ֑ה וְ֝יַחֲלֹ֗ף וְֽלֹא־אָבִ֥ין לֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

hēn yaʿăbōr ʿālay wə-lōʾ ʾerʾeh wə-yaḥălōp wə-lōʾ-ʾābîn lô

Grammar Details

*hēn*: demonstrative particle - behold/see
*yaʿăbōr*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he passes
*ʿālay*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - over me
*wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*ʾerʾeh*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I see
*wə-yaḥălōp*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he passes on
*wə-lōʾ-ʾābîn*: conjunction + negative particle + qal imperfect 1st person singular - and I do not perceive
*lô*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - him/it

Word Meanings

*hēn*: behold, see, lo
*yaʿăbōr*: to pass, cross over, go through
*ʾerʾeh*: to see, perceive, observe
*yaḥălōp*: to pass, go through, change
*ʾābîn*: to understand, perceive, discern

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 23:8-9 : 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
Job 35:14 : 14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
Ps 77:19 : 19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known{H8738)}.

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