Job 22:14
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָב
ʻâb
properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
מִכְסֶה
mikçeh
a covering, i.e. weatherboarding
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
Key Terms in This Verse
הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →עָב ʻâb
properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
Study H5645 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Study H8064 →Cross References
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
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