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‘Hear,שְׁמַעplease,נָאand Iוְאָנֹכִיwill speak;אֲדַבֵּרI will ask you,אֶשְׁאָלְךָand you make known to me.’וְהוֹדִיעֵנִי
Job 42:4
Study it in the app“‘Hear, please, and I will speak; I will ask you, and you make known to me.’”
Job answers that now his own eye has seen GodSuffering and Trials
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 42:4, word by word
- ‘Hearשְׁמַעshema
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shema” appears- will speakאֲדַבֵּרadaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “adaber” appears- I will ask youאֶשְׁאָלְeshal
ask
To ask a question.
Where else “eshal” appears- and you make known to me.’הוֹדִיעֵhodie
make known
To make someone aware, teach.
Where else “hodie” appears
The context
3‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I declared what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
4 · This verse (above)
5By the hearing of the ear I had heard of you, but now my eye has seen you.