King James Version

Job 35:5

Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.

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הַבֵּ֣טhabetlookנָבַטverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “look”, a commandH5027to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care(cause to) behold, consider, look (down), regard, have respect, see.שָׁמַ֣יִםshamayimheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).וּרְאֵ֑הureehand seeרָאָהconjunction, verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and see”, a commandH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…וְשׁ֥וּרveshurand beholdשׁוּרconjunction, verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and behold”, a commandH7789to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care forbehold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see.שְׁ֝חָקִ֗יםshechaqimsmall dustשַׁחַקnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “small dust”, the ordinary formH7834a powder (as beaten small); by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension, the firmamentcloud, small dust, heaven, sky.גָּבְה֥וּgavehvbe haughtyגָּבַהּverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be haughty”, a completed actionH1361to soar, i.e. be lofty; figuratively, to be haughtyexalt, be haughty, be (make) high(-er), lift up, mount up, be proud, raise up great height, upward.מִמֶּֽךָּmimekafromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

Young’s Literal Translation

Behold attentively the heavens — and see, And behold the clouds, They have been higher than thou.

World English Bible

Look to the skies, and see. See the skies, which are higher than you.

Darby Translation

Look unto the heavens and see; and survey the skies: they are higher than thou.

Douay-Rheims

Look up to heaven and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thee.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high they are above thee.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀνάβλεψον εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν, καὶ ἴδε· κατάμαθε δὲ νέφη, ὡς ὑψηλὰ ἀπὸ σοῦ.