King James Version
Job 17:4 in the King James Version says “For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.” — study this verse from Job chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.”
Job 17:4 · King James Version
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? continue: Heb. lodge
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. aforetime: or, before them
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(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“their heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
“For thou hast hid”
H6845to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“therefore shalt thou not exalt”
H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
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