Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Surely you know, for you were already born! You have lived so many years! New Living Translation But of course you know all this! For you were born before it was all created, and you are so very experienced! English Standard Version You know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great! Berean Standard Bible Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great! King James Bible Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great? New King James Version Do you know it, because you were born then, Or because the number of your days is great? New American Standard Bible “You know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great! NASB 1995 “You know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great! NASB 1977 “You know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great! Legacy Standard Bible You know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great! Amplified Bible “You [must] know, since you were born then, And because you are so extremely old! Christian Standard Bible Don’t you know? You were already born; you have lived so long! Holman Christian Standard Bible Don’t you know? You were already born; you have lived so long! American Standard Version Doubtless, thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great! Aramaic Bible in Plain English And if you know when you were conceived, and the number of your days, if they are many? Brenton Septuagint Translation I know then that thou wert born at that time, and the number of thy years is great. Contemporary English Version I'm certain you must be able to, since you were already born when I created everything. Douay-Rheims Bible Didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born ? and didst thou know the number of thy days? English Revised Version Doubtless, thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great! GOD'S WORD® Translation You must know because you were born then and have lived such a long time! Good News Translation I am sure you can, because you're so old and were there when the world was made! International Standard Version You should know! After all, you had been born back then, so the number of your days is great! JPS Tanakh 1917 Thou knowest it, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great! Literal Standard Version You have known—for then you are born, | And the number of your days [are] many! Majority Standard Bible Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great! New American Bible You know, because you were born then, and the number of your days is great! NET Bible You know, for you were born before them; and the number of your days is great! New Revised Standard Version Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great! New Heart English Bible Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great. Webster's Bible Translation Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great? World English Bible Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great! Young's Literal Translation Thou hast known -- for then thou art born And the number of thy days are many! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Challenges Job…20so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home? 21Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great! 22Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,… Cross References Job 15:7 Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills? Job 38:22 Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail, Treasury of Scripture Know you it, because you were then born? or because the number of your days is great? Job 38:4,12 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding… Job 15:7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills? Jump to Previous Already Birth Born Doubt Doubtless Great Surely WastJump to Next Already Birth Born Doubt Doubtless Great Surely WastJob 38 1. God challenges Job to answer4. God, by his mighty works, convinces Job of ignorance 31. and weakness (21) Knowest thou it?--It is better to read this verse without an interrogation, as sublime irony. "Doubtless thou knowest all this, for thou wast born then, and the number of thy days is so great!"Verse 21. - Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? The irony that has underlain the whole address comes here to the surface, and shows itself palpably. Job, of course, is as old as the Almighty, or, at any rate, coeval with creation; otherwise he could not presume to take the tone which he has taken, and arraign the moral government of the Creator. Or because the number of thy days is great! Compare the sarcasm of Eliphaz (Job 15:7). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Surely you know,יָ֭דַעְתָּ (yā·ḏa‘·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3045: To know for כִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction you were already אָ֣ז (’āz) Adverb Strong's 227: At that time, place, therefore born! תִּוָּלֵ֑ד (tiw·wā·lêḏ) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage And the number וּמִסְפַּ֖ר (ū·mis·par) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration of your days יָמֶ֣יךָ (yā·me·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day is great! רַבִּֽים׃ (rab·bîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7227: Much, many, great Links Job 38:21 NIVJob 38:21 NLT Job 38:21 ESV Job 38:21 NASB Job 38:21 KJV Job 38:21 BibleApps.com Job 38:21 Biblia Paralela Job 38:21 Chinese Bible Job 38:21 French Bible Job 38:21 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 38:21 Surely you know for you were born (Jb) |
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