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Whoמִיdoes notלֹאknowיָדַעamong allבְּכָלtheseאֵלֶּהthatכִּיthe handיַדof YHWHיְהוָהhas doneעָשְׂתָהthis?זֹּאת
Job 12:9
Study it in the app“Who does not know among all these that the hand of YHWH has done this?”
Job says even the beasts and birds teach who made all thisCreation
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 12:9, word by word
- knowיָדַעyada
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yada” appears- the handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- has doneעָשְׂתָהasta
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asta” appears
Translation note
It is the only time that the name YHWH appears in the poetic speeches of Job and his companions (chapters 3–37); in them El, Eloah and Shaddai are said.
The context
8or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; and the fish of the sea will recount it to you.
9 · This verse (above)
10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all the flesh of man.