Job

Job 38:1–2

¹Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

²“Who is this who obscures My counsel

by words without knowledge?^a

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
Then the LORD	יְהוָ֣ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
answered	וַיַּֽעַן־	way·ya·‘an-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6030 answer, respond
Job	אִ֭יּוֹב	’î·yō·wḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H347 Job
out of	מִנ	min	Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the whirlwind	הַסְּעָרָה	has·sə·ʿå̄·rå̄h	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5591 tempest
and said	וַיֹּאמַֽר׃	way·yō·mar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Who	מִ֤י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
is this	זֶ֨ה׀	zeh	Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
who obscures	מַחְשִׁ֖יךְ	maḥ·šîḵ	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H2821 be, grow dark
My counsel	עֵצָ֥ה	‘ê·ṣāh	Noun - feminine singular	H6098 counsel, advice
by words	בְמִלִּ֗ין	ḇə·mil·lîn	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural	H4405 word, speech, utterance
without	בְּֽלִי־	bə·lî-	Adverb	H1097 wearing out
knowledge	דָֽעַת׃	ḏā·‘aṯ	Noun - feminine singular	H1847 knowledge

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

Job 38:1 Job 40:6 · 2 Kings 2:11 · Job 37:1–2 · 1 Kings 19:11 · Exodus 19:16–19 · Job 37:9 · 2 Kings 2:1 · Ezekiel 1:4 · Nahum 1:3 · Deuteronomy 4:11–12

Job 38:2 Job 42:3 · Job 35:16 · 1 Timothy 1:7 · Job 34:35 · Job 27:11

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.