Job 29:8
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.”
קוּם
To arise, to stand up, to establish. Quwm. Arise shine for your light has come. God calls His people to get up. Passivity is not the posture of those who carry His glory.
נַעַר
young men
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נַעַר
(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)
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רָאָה
they saw/ me
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רָאָה
To see, to look, to perceive. Raah. The LORD sees not as man sees. Man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart.
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עָמַד
they stood
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עָמַד
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
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