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Job 11:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?


Job 11:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 11:28 words
HebrewMeaning
הֲ/רֹ֣בhărōb
¿ a multitude ofparticleH7230
all · common · excellent · great(-ly ···
דְּ֭בָרִיםdəbāriym
wordsnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יֵעָנֶ֑הyēʿāneh
will it be answeredverbH6030
afflict (by mistake for
וְ/אִםwəʾim
and or?conjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
אִ֖ישׁʾiyš
a man ofnounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
שְׂפָתַ֣יִםśəpātayim
lipsnounH8193
bank · binding · border · brim ···
יִצְדָּֽקyiṣədāq
will he be acquittedverbH6663
clear self · (be · do) just(-ice · -ify ···
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 11:2

Should not he that talketh much hear in his turn? and should a man full of words be justified? It is the practice of the impertinent ever to answer by the opposite what is said aright, lest, if they assent to the things asserted, they should seem inferior. And to these the words of the righteous, however small in number they have been heard, are ‘much,’ in that as they cut their evil habits to the quick, they fall heavy upon the hearing, whence that is even wrested to a…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 10 §1
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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