Job 17:4
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.”
כֵּן
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
צָפַן
you have kept
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צָפַן
Hide, store up. Tsaphan. To treasure in a secret place. God's word stored in your heart is the greatest protection against sin, a treasure laid up for the day of temptation.
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רוּם
you will exalt them
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רוּם
To be high, to be exalted, to rise. Ruwm. I dwell on a high and holy place but also with the contrite. God is both transcendent and intimately near.
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לֵב
heart/ their
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לֵב
Heart, mind, will. Leb. The centre of human personality. Guard your heart above all else for everything you do flows from it.
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עַל
there-
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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