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Job 18:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?


Job 18:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 18:35 words
HebrewMeaning
מַ֭דּוּעַmadwʿa
why?particleH4069
wherefore · why
נֶחְשַׁ֣בְנוּneḥəšabənw
are we regardedverbH2803
conceive · consider · count · cunning (man ···
כַ/בְּהֵמָ֑הkabəhēmāh
like cattlepronH929
cattle
נִ֝טְמִ֗ינוּniṭəmiynw
are we considered stupid?verbH2933
be reputed vile
בְּ/עֵינֵי/כֶֽםbəʿēynēykem
in view yourpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
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 18:3

In a former part of this work we have handled the point, that Almighty God, in order to amend the hearts of those under the law, brought forward the life of blessed Job for a testimony, who knew not the law and yet kept it, who observed the precepts of life, which he had not received in writing. This man’s conduct is first extolled by God’s bearing witness to it, and is afterwards suffered to be put to the proof by the devil’s plotting against it, that he might prove by the…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 14 §1
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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