Job

Job 40:4–5

⁴“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You?

I place my hand over my mouth.

⁵I have spoken once, but I have no answer —

twice, but I have nothing to add.”

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
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

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I have spoken	דִּ֭בַּרְתִּי	dib·bar·tî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular	H1696 speak
once	אַחַ֣ת	’a·ḥaṯ	Number - feminine singular	H259 one
but I have no	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
answer	אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ה	’e·‘ĕ·neh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H6030 answer, respond
twice	וּ֝שְׁתַּ֗יִם	ū·šə·ta·yim	Conjunctive waw; Number - fd	H8147 two
but I have nothing	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
to add	אוֹסִֽיף׃פ	’ō·w·sîp̄	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H3254 add

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

Job 40:5 Psalm 62:11 · Job 33:14 · Job 9:15 · Job 9:3 · Jeremiah 31:18–19 · 2 Kings 6:10 · Romans 3:19 · Job 34:31–32

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.