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Forכִּיheהוּאlooksיַבִּיטto the endsלִקְצוֹתof the earth;הָאָרֶץunderתַּחַתallכָּלthe heavensהַשָּׁמַיִםhe sees.יִרְאֶה
Job 28:24
Study it in the app“For he looks to the ends of the earth; under all the heavens he sees.”
Job asks where wisdom comes from and answers: only God knows its placeWisdom
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 28:24, word by word
- looksיַבִּיטyabit
look
Look intently, gaze; regard, pay attention to.
Where else “yabit” appears- to the endsקְצוֹתketsot
edge
The part where something ends: the tip, the edge or the corner.
Where else “ketsot” appears- of the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- he seesיִרְאֶהyire
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yire” appears
The context
23Elohim understands its way, and he knows its place.
24 · This verse (above)
25When he made a weight for the wind, and regulated the waters by measure;