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Job 10:2 — King James Version← Study notes

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.


Job 10:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 10:29 words
HebrewMeaning
אֹמַ֣רʾōmar
I will sayverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֱ֭לוֹהַּʾĕlwōha
GodnounH433
god. See
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תַּרְשִׁיעֵ֑/נִיtarəšiyʿēniy
you condemn as guilty meverbH7561
make trouble · vex · be (commit · deal ···
הֽ֝וֹדִיעֵ֗/נִיhwōdiyʿēniy
make known to meverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
עַ֣לʿal
concerningpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
מַהmah
what?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תְּרִיבֵֽ/נִיtəriybēniy
do you contend with meverbH7378
chide · complain · contend · debate ···
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 10:2

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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