Proverbs 30:4
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?Proverbs 30:4 in the real world
In what words
- חֹפֶןchôphena fist (only in the dual)
- שִׂמְלָהsimlâha dress, especially a mantle
- אֶפֶסʼepheçcessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the
- צָרַרtsârarto cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
- אָסַףʼâçaphto gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behin
- רוּחַrûwachwind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, l
- יָרַדyâradto descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore,
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
+6 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jhn 3:13, Eph 4:8–10, Job 26:8, Deu 30:12, Isa 9:6, Isa 7:14, Mat 1:21–23, Isa 40:12–31