King James Version
Job 5:27 in the King James Version says “Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good. for: Heb. for thyself” — study this verse from Job chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good. for: Heb. for thyself”
Job 5:27 · KJV
Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. great: or, much
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. cometh in: Heb. ascendeth
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good. for: Heb. for thyself
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Lo this we have searched”
H2713properly, to penetrate; hence, to examine intimately
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“it so it is hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“it and know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
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