Job 10:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;”

Job 10:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 10:1512 words

HebrewMeaning

אִםʾim

ifconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

רָשַׁ֡עְתִּיrāšaʿətiy

I am guiltyverbH7561

make trouble · vex · be (commit · deal ···

אַלְלַ֬יʾaləlay

woe!particleH480

לִ֗/יliy

pron

וְ֭/צָדַקְתִּיwəṣādaqətiy

and I have been righteousconjH6663

clear self · (be · do) just(-ice · -ify ···

לֹאlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

אֶשָּׂ֣אʾeśāʾ

I will lift upverbH5375

advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···

רֹאשִׁ֑/יrōʾšiy

head mynounH7218

beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···

שְׂבַ֥עśəbaʿ

surfeited ofadjH7649

satisfied

קָ֝ל֗וֹןqālwōn

shamenounH7036

dishonour · ignominy · reproach · shame

וּ/רְאֵ֥הwrəʾēh

and seeconjH7202

עָנְיִֽ/יʿānəyiy

affliction mynounH6040

trouble

ℹWords 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 10:15

If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head: I am full of affliction and misery. Yea, the wicked man has ‘woe,’ and the righteous man ‘affliction,’ in that both everlasting damnation follows the lost sinner, and each one of the Elect is purified by the pains of temporary affliction. The wicked man lifts up his head, yet when so lifted up he cannot escape the woe that pursues him. The righteous man, faring ill with the toils of his…
Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 9 §84

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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