Job 11:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 11:106 words

HebrewMeaning

אִםʾim

ifconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

יַחֲלֹ֥ףyaḥălōp

he will pass byverbH2498

alter · change · cut off · go on forward ···

וְ/יַסְגִּ֑ירwəyasəgiyr

and he may shut upconjH5462

deliver · give over · inclose · pure ···

וְ֝/יַקְהִ֗ילwəyaqəhiyl

so he may summon an assemblyconjH6950

gather

וּ/מִ֣יwmiy

and who?conjH4310

he · him · O that! what · which ···

יְשִׁיבֶֽ/נּוּyəšiybenw

will he turn back himverbH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

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 11:10

If He overturn all things, or shut them up together, then who shall gainsay Him? Or who can say to Him, Why doest Thou so? The Lord ‘overturns heaven,’ when by His terrible and secret ordering He pulls down the height of man's contemptations. He ‘subverts hell,’ when He allows the soul of any affrighted under its temptations to fall even into worse extremes. He ‘overturns the earth,’ when He cuts off the fruitfulness of good works by adversities pouring in. He ‘overturns the…
Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 10 §15

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

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