Job 28:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְֽ֭נֶעֶלְמָה מֵעֵינֵ֣י כָל־חָ֑י וּמֵע֖וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם נִסְתָּֽרָה׃

Transliteration

And-neʿelmāh from-ʿênê all-ḥāy and-from-ʿôp̄ the-šāmayim nistārāh

Grammar Details

*neʿelmāh*: verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she is hidden
*ʿênê*: noun, feminine, dual, construct - eyes of
*ḥāy*: adjective, masculine, singular, absolute - living
*ʿôp̄*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - birds of
*šāmayim*: noun, masculine, plural, absolute - heavens/sky
*nistārāh*: verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she is concealed

Word Meanings

*neʿelmāh*: is hidden/concealed/kept secret
*ḥāy*: living thing/living being/living one
*ʿôp̄*: birds/flying creatures
*šāmayim*: heavens/sky/air
*nistārāh*: is concealed/hidden/kept secret

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 49:3-4 : 3 My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. 4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Matt 11:25 : 25 At that season Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you did hide these things from the wise and understanding, and did reveal them unto babes:
Matt 13:17 : 17 For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not.
Matt 13:35 : 35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.
1 Cor 2:7-9 : 7 but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, [even] the [wisdom] that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory: 8 which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory: 9 but as it is written, Things which {G3739} eye saw not, and {G3756} ear heard not, And [which] entered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him. 10 But unto us God revealed [them] through the Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
Col 2:3 : 3 in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.

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