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Job 14:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.


Job 14:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 14:17 words
HebrewMeaning
אָ֭דָםʾādām
a human beingnounH120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
יְל֣וּדyəlwd
born ofverbH3205
beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···
אִשָּׁ֑הʾišāh
a womannounH802
each · every · female · many ···
קְצַ֥רqəṣar
is short ofadjH7116
hasty · small · soon
יָ֝מִ֗יםyāmiym
daysnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
וּֽ/שְׂבַֽעwśəbaʿ
and surfeited ofconjH7649
satisfied
רֹֽגֶזrōgez
turmoilnounH7267
noise · rage · trouble · wrath
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 14:1

Man that is born of a woman liveth a short time, and is full of many miseries. In Sacred Writ ‘woman’ is taken either for the sex, or else for ‘frailty.’ For the ‘sex,’ as where it is written, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the Law. But for frailty, as where it is said by the Wise Man, Better is the iniquity of a man than a woman doing well. For ‘a man’ is the term for every strongminded and discreet person, but ‘a woman’ is understood of the weak or…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 11 §64
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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