Job 37:19
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָמַד
lâmad
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
עָרַךְ
ʻârak
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →עָרַךְ ʻârak
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
Study H6186 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →לָמַד lâmad
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
Study H3925 →חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →Cross References
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
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