Job 38:34
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
עָב
ʻâb
properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
כָּסָה
kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
Key Terms in This Verse
עָב ʻâb
properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
Study H5645 →כָּסָה kâçâh
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
Study H3680 →Cross References
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon ...
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