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Job 10:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?


Job 10:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 10:312 words
HebrewMeaning
הֲ/ט֤וֹבhăṭwōb
¿ is it goodparticleH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
לְ/ךָ֨ləkā
pron
כִּֽיkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
תַעֲשֹׁ֗קtaʿăšōq
you will oppressverbH6231
deceive · defraud · drink up · oppress ···
כִּֽיkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
תִ֭מְאַסtiməʾas
you will rejectverbH3988
cast away · contemn · despise · disdain ···
יְגִ֣יעַyəgiyʿa
the product ofnounH3018
work
כַּפֶּ֑י/ךָkapeykā
hands yournounH3709
foot · hand · -dle · ) ···
וְ/עַלwəʿal
and onconjH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
עֲצַ֖תʿăṣat
the plan ofnounH6098
advisement · counsel) · purpose
רְשָׁעִ֣יםrəšāʿiym
wicked peopleadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
הוֹפָֽעְתָּhwōpāʿətā
you have shone forthverbH3313
shew self · shine
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 10:3

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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