Job 15:35 — King James Version← Study notes

“They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.”

Job 15:35 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 15:357 words

HebrewMeaning

הָרֹ֣הhārōh

they conceiveverbH2029

be with child · conceive · progenitor

עָ֭מָלʿāmāl

troublenounH5999

iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···

וְ/יָ֣לֹדwəyālōd

and they give birth toconjH3205

beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···

אָ֑וֶןʾāwen

wickednessnounH205

evil · false · idol · iniquity ···

וּ֝/בִטְנָ֗/םwbiṭənām

and belly theirconjH990

body · as they be born · within · womb

תָּכִ֥יןtākiyn

it preparesverbH3559

confirm · direct · faithfulness · fashion ···

מִרְמָֽהmirəmāh

deceitnounH4820

deceit(-ful · -fully) · false · feigned ···

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 15:35

They conceive woe, and bring forth iniquity, and their womb prepareth deceit. For he conceives ‘woe,’ when he devises wicked things; he ‘brings forth iniquity,’ when he has begun to fulfil what he has devised; by entertaining envy, he ‘conceives woe;’ by uttering slanders, he ‘brings forth iniquity.’ For it is grievous wickedness when he who is wicked strives to make others appear wicked, that he may himself thereby appear as holy, because he has shewn that others are not…
Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 12 §63

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

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