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Job 1:18 — King James Version← Study notes

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:


Job 1:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 1:1814 words
HebrewMeaning
עַ֚דʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
זֶ֣הzeh
this oneprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
מְדַבֵּ֔רmədabēr
was speakingverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
וְ/זֶ֖הwəzeh
and this oneconjH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
בָּ֣אbāʾ
he cameverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
וַ/יֹּאמַ֑רwayōʾmar
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
בָּנֶ֨י/ךָbāneykā
sons yournounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
וּ/בְנוֹתֶ֤י/ךָwbənwōteykā
and daughters yourconjH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
אֹֽכְלִים֙ʾōkəliym
were eatingverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
וְ/שֹׁתִ֣יםwəšōtiym
and drinkingconjH8354
assuredly · certainly · drink(-er · -ing) ···
יַ֔יִןyayin
winenounH3196
wine · wine
בְּ/בֵ֖יתbəbēyt
in the house ofpronH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
אֲחִי/הֶ֥םʾăḥiyhem
brother theirnounH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
הַ/בְּכֽוֹרhabəkwōr
the firstbornparticleH1060
firstborn
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 1:18

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. He who is not laid low by one wound is in consequence stricken twice and thrice, that at one time or another he may be struck to the…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 2 §24
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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