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Job 10:1 — King James Version← Study notes

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.


Job 10:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 10:19 words
HebrewMeaning
נָֽקְטָ֥הnāqəṭāh
it loathesverbH5354
נַפְשִׁ֗/יnapəšiy
self mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
בְּ/חַ֫יָּ֥/יbəḥayāy
life mypronH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
אֶֽעֶזְבָ֣הʾeʿezəbāh
I will let looseverbH5800
fail · forsake · fortify · help ···
עָלַ֣/יʿālay
on myselfpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
שִׂיחִ֑/יśiyḥiy
complaint mynounH7879
communication · complaint · meditation · prayer ···
אֲ֝דַבְּרָה֗ʾădabərāh
I will speakverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
בְּ/מַ֣רbəmar
in the bitterness ofpronH4751
angry · -ness) · chafed · discontented ···
נַפְשִֽׁ/יnapəšiy
being mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
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 10:1

My soul is weary of my life. Now whensoever the present life has once begun to grow tasteless, and the love of the Creator to become sweet, the soul inflames itself against self, that it may accuse self for the sins, wherein it formerly vindicated itself, being ignorant of the things above. Whence he yet further adds with propriety, I will let my speech go against myself. He as it were employs his speech in behalf of himself, who tries to defend by excuses the evil things…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 9 §64
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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