עַל ʻal

Meaning

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

In the King James Version: above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Derivation: properly, the same as H5920 (עַל) used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following);

Where it is used

• Job 7:12 Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
• Job 7:20 If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?
• Job 8:6 if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
• Job 8:9 For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
• Job 8:15 He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.
• Job 8:16 He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
• Job 8:17 His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.
• Job 9:8 He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
• Job 9:11 Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
• Job 9:22 It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
• Job 9:26 They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
• Job 9:33 Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
• Job 9:34 Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
• Job 10:1 “I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
• Job 10:2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
• Job 10:3 Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
• Job 10:7 though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?
• Job 12:14 What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
• Job 12:21 He pours out contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
• Job 13:11 Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you?
• Job 13:13 Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
• Job 13:14 Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?
• Job 13:21 Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
• Job 13:26 For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
• Job 13:27 You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
• Job 14:3 Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
• Job 14:6 look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.
• Job 14:16 For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
• Job 14:17 My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
• Job 14:22 He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself.”
• Job 15:27 Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
• Job 16:4 I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
• Job 16:9 His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
• Job 16:10 They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
• Job 16:11 God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.
• Job 16:13 His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
• Job 16:14 He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.
• Job 16:15 I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
• Job 16:16 My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;
• Job 16:17 yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
• Job 17:4 You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
• Job 17:8 The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.
• Job 17:16 Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
• Job 18:6 The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
• Job 18:8 For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
• Job 18:9 A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
• Job 18:10 A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.
• Job 18:15 Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
• Job 18:17 The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
• Job 18:20 Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
• Job 19:5 If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,
• Job 19:6 then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
• Job 19:8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
• Job 19:9 He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.
• Job 19:11 His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
• Job 19:12 His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
• Job 19:13 He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
• Job 19:25 But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
• Job 20:4 Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,
• Job 20:11 The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.