Job
Job 22:12
12Is not God as high as the heavens?
Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Is not | הֲֽלֹא־ | hălō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| God | אֱ֭לוֹהַּ | ’ĕ·lō·w·ah | Noun - masculine singular | H433 god, God |
| as high | גֹּ֣בַהּ | gō·ḇah | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1363 height |
| as the heavens | שָׁמָ֑יִם | šā·mā·yim | Noun - masculine plural | H8064 sky, aloft |
| Look at | וּרְאֵ֤ה | ū·rə·’êh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H7200 see |
| the highest | רֹ֖אשׁ | rōš | Noun - masculine singular construct | H7218 head |
| stars | כּוֹכָבִ֣ים | kō·w·ḵā·ḇîm | Noun - masculine plural | H3556 star |
| how | כִּי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| lofty they are | רָֽמּוּ׃ | rām·mū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H7311 be high, exalted, rise |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Isaiah 66:1 · Job 11:8 · Ecclesiastes 5:2 · Psalm 8:3–4
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.