כִּי kîy

Meaning

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

In the King James Version: and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Derivation: a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent;

Where it is used

• Job 22:12 Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
• Job 22:26 Surely then you will delight in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.
• Job 22:29 When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
• Job 23:10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
• Job 23:14 For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
• Job 23:17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
• Job 24:17 For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
• Job 25:6 how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”
• Job 27:3 as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
• Job 27:8 For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
• Job 27:9 Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?
• Job 28:1 “Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
• Job 28:24 For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
• Job 29:11 For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,
• Job 29:12 because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
• Job 30:11 Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.
• Job 30:23 Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
• Job 30:26 But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
• Job 31:11 For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.
• Job 31:12 For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.
• Job 31:14 what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?
• Job 31:18 though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—
• Job 31:21 if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
• Job 31:23 For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
• Job 31:25 if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,
• Job 31:26 if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
• Job 31:28 this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
• Job 31:29 If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, or exulted when evil befell him—
• Job 31:34 because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—
• Job 32:1 So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
• Job 32:4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.
• Job 32:5 But when he saw that the three men had no further reply, his anger was kindled.
• Job 32:16 Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?
• Job 32:18 For I am full of words, and my spirit within me compels me.
• Job 32:22 For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.
• Job 33:12 Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
• Job 33:13 Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?
• Job 33:14 For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
• Job 33:32 But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.
• Job 34:3 For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
• Job 34:5 For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
• Job 34:9 For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
• Job 34:11 For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.
• Job 34:19 who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.
• Job 34:21 For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.
• Job 34:23 For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.
• Job 34:31 Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
• Job 34:33 Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed Him? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know.
• Job 34:37 For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”
• Job 35:3 For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
• Job 35:14 How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
• Job 35:15 and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
• Job 36:2 “Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said on God’s behalf.
• Job 36:4 For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.
• Job 36:9 then He tells them their deeds and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
• Job 36:10 He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.
• Job 36:13 The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
• Job 36:18 Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.
• Job 36:21 Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.
• Job 36:24 Remember to magnify His work, which men have praised in song.