Job 18:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.”

Job 18:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 18:219 words

HebrewMeaning

אַךְʾakə

surelyparticleH389

in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···

אֵ֭לֶּהʾēleh

theseprepH428

so · some · such · them ···

מִשְׁכְּנ֣וֹתmišəkənwōt

are the dwelling places ofnounH4908

dwelling · habitation · tabernacle · tent

עַוָּ֑לʿawāl

an evil-doernounH5767

unrighteous · wicked

וְ֝/זֶ֗הwəzeh

and thisconjH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

מְק֣וֹםməqwōm

is the place ofnounH4725

home · open · place · room ···

לֹאlōʾ

one who notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יָדַֽעyādaʿ

he knowsverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

אֵֽלʾēl

GodnounH410

goodly · great · idol · might ···

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 18:21

Surely, such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God. For he had said above; He shall drive him from fight into darkness, and translate him out of the world; and upon subjoining his miseries, he added; Surely, such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God. In that he who is now lifted up from not knowing God, is then brought to his own ‘dwellings,’ when his own wickedness plunges him into…
Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 14 §27

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

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