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 34:6 Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
• Job 34:13 Who gave Him charge over the earth? Who appointed Him over the whole world?
• Job 34:15 all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
• 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 34:27 because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways.
• Job 34:28 They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
• Job 34:29 But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
• Job 34:36 If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.
• Job 34:37 For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”
• Job 36:21 Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.
• Job 36:23 Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?
• Job 36:28 which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.
• Job 36:30 See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.
• Job 36:32 He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.
• Job 36:33 The thunder declares His presence; even the cattle regard the rising storm.
• Job 37:3 He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
• Job 37:12 They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.
• Job 37:15 Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash?
• Job 37:16 Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
• Job 37:22 Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.
• Job 38:5 Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?
• Job 38:6 On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,
• Job 38:10 when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
• Job 38:24 In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?
• Job 38:26 to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,
• Job 38:32 Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?
• Job 39:9 Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
• Job 39:14 For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
• Job 39:23 A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.
• Job 39:27 Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?
• Job 39:28 He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.
• Job 41:6 Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?
• Job 41:8 If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!
• Job 41:23 The folds of his flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable.
• Job 41:30 His undersides are jagged potsherds, spreading out the mud like a threshing sledge.
• Job 41:33 Nothing on earth is his equal—a creature devoid of fear!
• Job 41:34 He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”
• Job 42:6 Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
• Job 42:8 So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
• Job 42:11 All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
• Psalms 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
• Psalms 1:5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
• Psalms 2:2 The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
• Psalms 2:6 “I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
• Psalms 3:1 A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!
• Psalms 3:6 I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.
• Psalms 3:8 Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah
• Psalms 4:4 Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
• Psalms 4:6 Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
• Psalms 5:11 But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.
• Psalms 7:7 Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
• Psalms 7:8 The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
• Psalms 7:10 My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
• Psalms 7:16 His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
• Psalms 8:1 For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
• Psalms 9:19 Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.
• Psalms 10:3 For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
• Psalms 10:13 Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
• Psalms 10:14 But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.