Job 9:14
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
מָעַט
mâʻaṭ
properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)
עָנָה
ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, ...
בָּחַר
bâchar
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
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...
Key Terms in This Verse
מָעַט mâʻaṭ
properly, to pare off, i.e. lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively, to make) small or few (or figuratively, ineffective)
Study H4591 →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 →עָנָה ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
Study H6030 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
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