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Job 18:9 — King James Version← Study notes

The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.


Job 18:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 18:96 words
HebrewMeaning
יֹאחֵ֣זyōʾḥēz
it takes holdverbH270
be affrighted · (catch · lay · take) hold ···
בְּ/עָקֵ֣בbəʿāqēb
on a heelpronH6119
hoof · last · lier in wait (by mistake for
פָּ֑חpāḥ
a trapnounH6341
plate · snare
יַחֲזֵ֖קyaḥăzēq
it takes holdverbH2388
amend · calker · catch · cleave ···
עָלָ֣י/וʿālāyw
on himpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
צַמִּֽיםṣamiym
a snarenounH6782
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 18:9

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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