Job
Job 15:9–10
9What do you know that we do not?
What do you understand that is not clear to us?
10Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side —
men much older than your father.
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.
Job 15:9
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What | מַה־ | mah- | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| do you know | יָּ֭דַעְתָּ | yā·ḏa‘·tā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H3045 know |
| that we do not | וְלֹ֣א | wə·lō | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| What do you understand | תָּ֝בִ֗ין | tā·ḇîn | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H995 discern |
| that is not | וְֽלֹא־ | wə·lō- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| clear to us | עִמָּ֥נוּ | ‘im·mā·nū | Preposition; first person common plural | H5973 with |
Job 15:10
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Both | גַּם־ | gam- | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| the gray-haired | שָׂ֣ב | śāḇ | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H7867 be hoary |
| and | גַּם־ | gam- | Conjunction | H1571 also, moreover, yea |
| the aged | יָשִׁ֣ישׁ | yā·šîš | Adjective - masculine singular | H3453 aged |
| are on our side | בָּ֑נוּ | bā·nū | Preposition; first person common plural | |
| men much older | כַּבִּ֖יר | kab·bîr | Adjective - masculine singular | H3524 great, mighty, much |
| than your father | מֵאָבִ֣יךָ | mê·’ā·ḇî·ḵā | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H1 father |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Job 15:9 Job 13:2 · 2 Corinthians 11:5
Job 15:10 Job 32:6–7 · Job 8:8–10 · Job 12:12
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.