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Job 15:21 — King James Version← Study notes

A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.


Job 15:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 15:216 words
HebrewMeaning
קוֹלqwōl
the sound ofnounH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
פְּחָדִ֥יםpəḥādiym
dreadnounH6343
fear · great (fear · -ly feared) · terror
בְּ/אָזְנָ֑י/וbəʾāzənāyw
is in ears hispronH241
advertise · displease · ear · hearing ···
בַּ֝/שָּׁל֗וֹםbašālwōm
in peacepronH7965
do · fare · favour · friend ···
שׁוֹדֵ֥דšwōdēd
a destroyerverbH7703
destroy · oppress · robber · spoil ···
יְבוֹאֶֽ/נּוּyəbwōʾenw
he will come to himverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
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 15:21

A dreadful sound is alway in his ears, and when there is peace, he suspecteth plots. But there is nothing more happy than simplicity of heart, in that in proportion as it shews forth innocency towards others, there is nothing it dreads to meet with from others. For it has its simplicity as a kind of citadel of strength, nor is it suspicious of undergoing what it has no remembrance of having itself done. Whence it is well said by Solomon, In the fear of the Lord is strong…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 12 §43
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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