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Job 18:4 — King James Version← Study notes

He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?


Job 18:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 18:49 words
HebrewMeaning
טֹֽרֵ֥ףṭōrēp
O one who tearsverbH2963
without doubt · feed · ravin · rend in pieces ···
נַפְשׁ֗/וֹnapəšwō
self hisnounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
בְּ/אַ֫פּ֥/וֹbəʾapwō
in anger hispronH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
הַ֭/לְמַעַנְ/ךָhaləmaʿanəkā
¿ for sake yourparticleH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
תֵּעָ֣זַבtēʿāzab
may it be abandonedverbH5800
fail · forsake · fortify · help ···
אָ֑רֶץʾāreṣ
the earthnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וְ/יֶעְתַּקwəyeʿətaq
so it may move?conjH6275
leave off · become old · remove
צ֝֗וּרṣwr
a rocknounH6697
God · rock · sharp · stone ···
מִ/מְּקֹמֽ/וֹmiməqōmwō
from place itspronH4725
home · open · place · room ···
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 18:4

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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