Proverbs 30:4
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָלָה
ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
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...
יָרַד
yârad
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau...
אָסַף
ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
אָסַר
ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
בֶּגֶד
beged
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
כּוּן
kûwn
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, ...
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
נָגַד
nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to o...
Key Terms in This Verse
עָלָה ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
Study H5927 →יָרַד yârad
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applicat...
Study H3381 →כּוּן kûwn
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render su...
Study H3559 →אָסַר ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
Study H631 →רוּחַ rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...
Study H7307 →נָגַד nâgad
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, exp...
Study H5046 →Cross References
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prin...
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
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