Job 38:1

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּֽעַן־יְהוָ֣ה אֶת־אִ֭יּוֹב מִ֥ן ׀ הַסְּעָרָ֗ה וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

Transliteration

And-yayan-YHWH et-ʾiyyôb from the-səʿārâ and-yōʾmar.

Grammar Details

• *wə-*: conjunction - and/but/then
• *yayan*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - he answered
• *YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/LORD
• *et*: direct object marker
• *ʾiyyôb*: proper noun - Job
• *min*: preposition - from/out of
• *səʿārâ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - whirlwind/storm/tempest
• *yōʾmar*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - he said

Word Meanings

• *səʿārâ*: whirlwind/tempest/storm
• *yayan*: answered/responded
• *yōʾmar*: said/spoke/declared

Referenced Verses

• Job 40:6 : 6 And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --
• Ezek 1:4 : 4 And I look, and lo, a tempestuous wind is coming from the north, a great cloud, and fire catching itself, and brightness to it round about, and out of its midst as the colour of copper, out of the midst of the fire.
• Nah 1:3 : 3 Jehovah `is' slow to anger, and great in power, And Jehovah doth not entirely acquit, In a hurricane and in a tempest `is' His way, And a cloud `is' the dust of His feet.
• Exod 19:16-19 : 16 And it cometh to pass, on the third day, while it is morning, that there are voices, and lightnings, and a heavy cloud, on the mount, and the sound of a trumpet very strong; and all the people who `are' in the camp do tremble. 17 And Moses bringeth out the people to meet God from the camp, and they station themselves at the lower part of the mount, 18 and mount Sinai `is' wholly a smoke from the presence of Jehovah, who hath come down on it in fire, and its smoke goeth up as smoke of the furnace, and the whole mount trembleth exceedingly; 19 and the sound of the trumpet is going on, and very strong; Moses speaketh, and God doth answer him with a voice.
• Deut 4:11-12 : 11 and ye draw near and stand under the mountain, and the mountain is burning with fire unto the heart of the heavens -- darkness, cloud, yea, thick darkness: 12 `And Jehovah speaketh unto you out of the midst of the fire; a voice of words ye are hearing and a similitude ye are not seeing, only a voice;
• Deut 5:22-24 : 22 `These words hath Jehovah spoken unto all your assembly, in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness -- a great voice; and He hath not added, and He writeth them on two tables of stone, and giveth them unto me. 23 `And it cometh to pass as ye hear the voice out of the midst of the darkness, and of the mountain burning with fire, that ye come near unto me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders, 24 and say, Lo, Jehovah our God hath shewed us His honour, and His greatness; and His voice we have heard out of the midst of the fire; this day we have seen that God doth speak with man -- and he hath lived.
• 1 Kgs 19:11 : 11 And He saith, `Go out, and thou hast stood in the mount before Jehovah.' And lo, Jehovah is passing by, and a wind -- great and strong -- is rending mountains, and shivering rocks before Jehovah: -- not in the wind `is' Jehovah; and after the wind a shaking: -- not in the shaking `is' Jehovah;
• 2 Kgs 2:1 : 1 And it cometh to pass, at Jehovah's taking up Elijah in a whirlwind to the heavens, that Elijah goeth, and Elisha, from Gilgal,
• 2 Kgs 2:11 : 11 And it cometh to pass, they are going, going on and speaking, and lo, a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and they separate between them both, and Elijah goeth up in a whirlwind, to the heavens.
• Job 37:1-2 : 1 Also, at this my heart trembleth, And it moveth from its place. 2 Hearken diligently to the trembling of His voice, Yea, the sound from His mouth goeth forth.
• Job 37:9 : 9 From the inner chamber cometh a hurricane, And from scatterings winds -- cold,
• Job 37:14 : 14 Hear this, O Job, Stand and consider the wonders of God.