Job
Job 40:3–4
3Then Job answered the LORD:
4“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You?
I place my hand over my mouth.
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 40:3
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then Job | אִיּ֥וֹב | ’î·yō·wḇ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H347 Job |
| answered | וַיַּ֖עַן | way·ya·‘an | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H6030 answer, respond |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֗ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
Job 40:4
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behold | הֵ֣ן | hên | Interjection | H2005 lo! behold |
| I am insignificant | קַ֭לֹּתִי | qal·lō·ṯî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H7043 be slight, swift, trifling |
| How | מָ֣ה | māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| can I reply to You | אֲשִׁיבֶ֑ךָּ | ’ă·šî·ḇe·kā | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singular | H7725 turn back, return |
| I place | שַׂ֣מְתִּי | śam·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H7760 put, place, set |
| my hand | יָ֝דִ֗י | yā·ḏî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H3027 hand |
| over | לְמוֹ־ | lə·mōw- | Preposition | H3926 to, for |
| my mouth | פִֽי׃ | p̄î | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H6310 mouth |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Job 40:4 Proverbs 30:32 · Job 29:9 · Job 21:5 · Job 42:6 · Judges 18:19 · Ezra 9:6 · Genesis 18:27 · Zechariah 2:13 · Luke 5:8 · Isaiah 6:5 · Psalm 39:9 · Genesis 32:10
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.