Job 26
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1But Job answered and said,
2How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
3How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
4To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
5Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
6Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
7He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
9He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
10He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
12He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
13By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
14Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- לֹאlôʼH38084× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- מָהmâhH41004× in this chapter
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
- עַלʻalH59214× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- מִיmîyH43103× in this chapter
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
- מַיִםmayimH43253× in this chapter
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- כֹּחַkôachH35812× in this chapter
vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
- עָנָןʻânânH60512× in this chapter
a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64402× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimH80642× in this chapter
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
- תַּחַתtachathH84782× in this chapter
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
- בְּלִיbᵉlîyH10971× in this chapter
properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.
- אֲבַדּוֹןʼăbaddôwnH111× in this chapter
abstract, a perishing; concrete, Hades
- בָּקַעbâqaʻH12341× in this chapter
to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open
- בָּרִיחַbârîyachH12811× in this chapter
a fugitive, i.e. the serpent (as fleeing), and the constellation by that name
- גְּבוּרָהgᵉbûwrâhH13691× in this chapter
force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victory
- גְּעָרָהgᵉʻârâhH16061× in this chapter
a chiding
- דָּבָרdâbârH16971× in this chapter
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- דֶּרֶךְderekH18701× in this chapter
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- הֵןhênH20051× in this chapter
lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if
- אוֹרʼôwrH2161× in this chapter
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
- זְרוֹעַzᵉrôwaʻH22201× in this chapter
the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
- חוּגchûwgH23281× in this chapter
to describe a circle
- חוּלchûwlH23421× in this chapter
properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert
- חׇכְמָהchokmâhH24511× in this chapter
wisdom (in a good sense)
- חָלַלchâlalH24901× in this chapter
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
- אָחַזʼâchazH2701× in this chapter
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
- חֹקchôqH27061× in this chapter
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
- חֹשֶׁךְchôshekH28221× in this chapter
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
- יָדyâdH30271× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- יָדַעyâdaʻH30451× in this chapter
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
- יָםyâmH32201× in this chapter
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
- יָעַץyâʻatsH32891× in this chapter
to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve
- יָצָאyâtsâʼH33181× in this chapter
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- יָשַׁעyâshaʻH34671× in this chapter
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
- אִיּוֹבʼÎyôwbH3471× in this chapter
Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience
- כִּסֵּאkiççêʼH36781× in this chapter
properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
- כְּסוּתkᵉçûwthH36821× in this chapter
a cover (garment); figuratively, a veiling
- אַיִןʼayinH3691× in this chapter
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
- מָחַץmâchatsH42721× in this chapter
to dash asunder; by implication, to crush, smash or violently plunge; figuratively, to subdue or destroy
- אֵלֶּהʼêl-lehH4281× in this chapter
these or those