Lexicon :: Strong's H995 - bîn

“Remember the days of old,

Consider the years of many generations.

Ask your father, and he will inform you,

Your elders, and they will tell you.

“He found him in a desert land,

In the howling wasteland of a wilderness;

He kept circling him, He took care of him,

He protected him as the [fn]apple of His eye.

“O that they were wise, that they understood this,

That they could discern their future and ultimate fate!

Also Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor and advisor, a man of understanding and wisdom, and a scribe; and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni attended (tutored) the king’s sons.

“As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father [have personal knowledge of Him, be acquainted with, and understand Him; appreciate, heed, and cherish Him] and serve Him with a blameless heart and a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts and minds, and understands every intent and inclination of the thoughts. If you seek Him [inquiring for and of Him and requiring Him as your first and vital necessity] He will let you find Him; but [fn]if you abandon (turn away from) Him, He will reject you forever.

Now I gathered them together at the river that runs to Ahava, where we camped for three days. I observed the people and the priests, and I did not find any Levites there.

Now the rest of the people—the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all those who had knowledge and understanding—

“Teach me, and I will be silent;

And show me how I have erred.

“Is there injustice or malice on my tongue?

Can my palate not discern what is destructive?

“Behold, He passes by me, and I do not see Him;

He moves past me, but I do not perceive Him.

“For He recognizes and knows false and worthless men,

And He sees wickedness, will He not consider it?

[Job continued:] “Behold, my eye has seen all this,

My ear has heard and understood it.

“His sons achieve honor, and he does not know it;

They become insignificant, and he is not aware of it.

“What do you know that we do not know?

What do you understand that is not equally clear to us?

“How long will you hunt for words and continue these speeches?

Do some clear thinking and show understanding and then we can talk.

“I would learn the words which He would answer,

And understand what He would say to me.

“Behold, I go forward (to the east), but He is not there;

I go backward (to the west), but I cannot perceive Him;

“Therefore I would be terrified at His presence;

When I consider [all of this], I tremble in dread of Him.

“Yet these are just the fringes of His ways [mere samples of His power],

The faintest whisper of His voice!

Who can contemplate the thunder of His [full] mighty power?”

“God understands the way [to wisdom]

And He knows its place [for wisdom is with God alone].

“I cry to You for help, [Lord,] but You do not answer me;

I stand up, but You [only] gaze [indifferently] at me.

“I have made a covenant (agreement) with my eyes;

How then could I gaze [lustfully] at a virgin?

“But there is [a vital force and] a spirit [of intelligence] in man,

And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.