Job

Job 12:6–10

⁶The tents of robbers are safe,

and those who provoke God are secure —

those who carry their god in their hands.^a

⁷But ask the animals, and they will instruct you;

ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.

⁸Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you;

let the fish of the sea inform you.

⁹Which of all these does not know

that the hand of the LORD has done this?

¹⁰The life of every living thing is in His hand,

as well as the breath of all mankind.

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The tents	אֹֽהָלִ֨ים׀	’ō·hā·lîm	Noun - masculine plural	H168 tent
of robbers	לְשֹׁ֥דְדִ֗ים	lə·šō·ḏə·ḏîm	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H7703 deal violently with, despoil, devastate, ruin
are safe	יִשְׁלָ֤יוּ	yiš·lā·yū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7951 be quiet, at ease
and those who provoke	לְמַרְגִּ֣יזֵי	lə·mar·gî·zê	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct	H7264 be agitated, quiver, quake, be excited, perturbed
God	אֵ֑ל	’êl	Noun - masculine singular	H410 god
are secure	וּֽ֭בַטֻּחוֹת	ū·ḇaṭ·ṭu·ḥō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural	H987 security, safety
those who carry	הֵבִ֖יא	hê·ḇî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
their god	אֱל֣וֹהַּ	’ĕ·lō·w·ah	Noun - masculine singular	H433 god, God
in their hands	בְּיָדֽוֹ׃	bə·yā·ḏōw	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3027 hand

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But	וְֽאוּלָ֗ם	wə·’ū·lām	Conjunction	H199 but, but indeed
ask	שְׁאַל־	šə·’al-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H7592 ask, inquire
the animals	בְהֵמ֣וֹת	ḇə·hê·mō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H929 beast, animal, cattle
and they will instruct you	וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ	wə·ṯō·re·kā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular; second person masculine singular	H3384 throw, shoot
ask the birds	וְע֥וֹף	wə·‘ō·wp̄	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H5775 flying creatures, fowl, insects
of the air	הַ֝שָּׁמַ֗יִם	haš·šā·ma·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
and they will tell	וְיַגֶּד־	wə·yag·geḏ-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular	H5046 be conspicuous
you	לָֽךְ׃	lāḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Or	א֤וֹ	’ōw	Conjunction	H176 or
speak	שִׂ֣יחַ	śî·aḥ	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H7878 muse, complain
to the earth	לָאָ֣רֶץ	lā·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and it will teach you	וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ	wə·ṯō·re·kā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular; second person masculine singular	H3384 throw, shoot
let the fish	דְּגֵ֣י	də·ḡê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1709 fish
of the sea	הַיָּֽם׃	hay·yām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3220 sea
inform	וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּ	wî·sap·pə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5608 count
you	לְ֝ךָ֗	lə·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Which	מִ֭י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
of all	בְּכָל־	bə·ḵāl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
these	אֵ֑לֶּה	’êl·leh	Pronoun - common plural	H428 these
does not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
know	יָדַ֣ע	yā·ḏa‘	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3045 know
that	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the hand	יַד־	yaḏ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H3027 hand
of the LORD	יְ֝הוָה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
has done	עָ֣שְׂתָה	‘ā·śə·ṯāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H6213 do, make
this	זֹּֽאת׃	zōṯ	Pronoun - feminine singular	H2063 this

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The life	נֶ֣פֶשׁ	ne·p̄eš	Noun - feminine singular construct	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
of every	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
living thing	חָ֑י	ḥāy	Adjective - masculine singular	H2416 alive, living
is in His hand	בְּ֭יָדוֹ	bə·yā·ḏōw	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3027 hand
as well as the breath	וְ֝ר֗וּחַ	wə·rū·aḥ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - common singular construct	H7307 breath, wind, spirit
of all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
mankind	בְּשַׂר־	bə·śar-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1320 flesh