Job

Job 32:7–8

⁷I thought that age should speak,

and many years should teach wisdom.

⁸But there is a spirit^a in a man,

the breath of the Almighty,

that gives him understanding.

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
I thought	אָ֭מַרְתִּי	’ā·mar·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
that age	יָמִ֣ים	yā·mîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3117 day
should speak	יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ	yə·ḏab·bê·rū	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1696 speak
and many	וְרֹ֥ב	wə·rōḇ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H7230 multitude, abundance, greatness
years	שָׁ֝נִ֗ים	šā·nîm	Noun - feminine plural	H8141 year
should teach	יֹדִ֥יעוּ	yō·ḏî·‘ū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3045 know
wisdom	חָכְמָֽה׃	ḥāḵ·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H2451 wisdom

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But	אָ֭כֵן	’ā·ḵên	Adverb	H403 surely, truly
a spirit	רֽוּחַ־	rū·aḥ-	Noun - common singular	H7307 breath, wind, spirit
in a man	בֶאֱנ֑וֹשׁ	ḇe·’ĕ·nō·wōš	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H582 man, mankind
the breath	וְנִשְׁמַ֖ת	wə·niš·maṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct	H5397 breath
of the Almighty	שַׁדַּ֣י	šad·day	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7706 Almighty
that gives him understanding	תְּבִינֵֽם׃	tə·ḇî·nêm	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular; third person masculine plural	H995 discern

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 32:7 Proverbs 16:31 · Job 12:12 · Hebrews 5:12

Job 32:8 Job 33:4 · Job 38:36 · 2 Timothy 3:16 · James 1:5 · Proverbs 2:6 · Ecclesiastes 2:26 · 1 Corinthians 2:10–12 · 1 Kings 3:12 · Daniel 2:21 · Job 35:11 · 1 Kings 3:28 · Daniel 1:17

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.