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Job 15:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,


Job 15:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 15:14 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ֭/יַּעַןwayaʿan
and he answeredconjH6030
afflict (by mistake for
אֱלִיפַ֥זʾĕliypaz
EliphaznounH464
הַֽ/תֵּימָנִ֗יhatēymāniy
the TemaniteparticleH8489
Temanite
וַ/יֹּאמַֽרwayōʾmar
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
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 15:1

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, Should a wise man answer as if speaking into the wind, and fill his belly with burning? We have already said frequently that blessed Job bears a type of the Holy Church universal, and that his friends bear the likeness of heretics, who as it were on the plea of defence of the Lord find occasion of foolish talking, and let loose insulting words against good men; to whom all is displeasing that is thought by the faithful, as though…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 12 §27
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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