King James Version
Job 26:4 in the King James Version says “To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?” — study this verse from Job chapter 26 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?”
Job 26:4 · KJV
How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. and the: or, with the inhabitants
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“To whom hast thou uttered”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
“and whose spirit”
H5397a puff, i.e., wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animal
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“came”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
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