Job
Job 38:34
34Can you command the clouds
so that a flood of water covers you?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Can you command | הֲתָרִ֣ים | hă·ṯā·rîm | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H7311 be high, exalted, rise |
| the clouds | לָעָ֣ב | lā·‘āḇ | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - common singular | H5645 dark cloud, cloud-mass, thicket |
| so that a flood | וְֽשִׁפְעַת־ | wə·šip̄·‘aṯ- | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct | H8229 abundance, quantity |
| of water | מַ֥יִם | ma·yim | Noun - masculine plural | H4325 water, juice, urine |
| covers you | תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ׃ | tə·ḵas·se·kā | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; second person masculine singular | H3680 cover |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Job 22:11 · Amos 5:8 · Job 36:27–28 · James 5:18 · Zechariah 10:1 · 1 Samuel 12:18
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.