Job 12:14
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
עָצָה
ʻâtsâh
properly, to fasten (or make firm), i.e. to close (the eyes)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
מִפְתָּח
miphtâch
an aperture, i.e. (figuratively) utterance
Key Terms in This Verse
עָצָה ʻâtsâh
properly, to fasten (or make firm), i.e. to close (the eyes)
Study H6095 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man...
And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border o...
Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the...
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they ...
He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air...
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
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