Job 17:4 KJV

For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

Thou and Ye

  • thou one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

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Cross References

  • 2 Samuel 15:31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
  • 2 Samuel 17:14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
  • 2 Chronicles 25:16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
  • Isaiah 19:14 The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
  • Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

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Topics

  • Job Complaints of, and replies by his three friends to

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • For thou hast hid צָפַנְתָּ ṣāpantā צָפַן Verb · qal perfect, second person masculine singular
  • their heart כִּי kî Conjunction לִבָּם libbām לֵב Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
  • from understanding מִּשָּׂכֶל miśśākel שֶׂכֶל Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
  • therefore shalt thou not exalt עַל ʿal Preposition כֵּן kēn Demonstrative לֹא lōʾ Negative תְרֹמֵם tĕrōmēm רוּם Verb · polel imperfect, second person masculine singular

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