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Forכִּיhe knowsיָדַעthe wayדֶּרֶךְthat is with me;עִמָּדִיhe has tested me:בְּחָנַנִיlike goldכַּזָּהָבI will come forth.אֵצֵא
Job 23:10
Study it in the app“For he knows the way that is with me; he has tested me: like gold I will come forth.”
Job seeks God and cannot find him, yet trusts that he knows his waySuffering and Trials
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 23:10, word by word
- he knowsיָדַעyada
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yada” appears- the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- that is with meעִמָּדִimadi
with me
With me, beside me.
Where else “imadi” appears- he has tested meבְּחָנַbechana
test, examine
Test, examine to find out whether something is true or genuine, as metal is tested.
Where else “bechana” appears- like goldזָּהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- I will come forthאֵצֵאetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “etse” appears
The context
9north, when he works, and I do not catch sight of him; he hides himself in the south, and I do not see him.
10 · This verse (above)
11My foot has held fast to his steps; his way I have kept, and have not turned aside.