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Job 19:22 — King James Version← Study notes

Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?


Job 19:22Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 19:227 words
HebrewMeaning
לָ֭/מָּהlāmāh
why?pronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תִּרְדְּפֻ֣/נִיtirədəpuniy
are you persecuting meverbH7291
put to flight · follow (after · on) · hunt ···
כְמוֹkəmwō
likepronH3644
as (it were · well as) · in comparison of · like (as ···
אֵ֑לʾēl
GodnounH410
goodly · great · idol · might ···
וּ֝/מִ/בְּשָׂרִ֗/יwmibəśāriy
and from flesh myconjH1320
(fat · lean) flesh · kin · kind ···
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תִשְׂבָּֽעוּtiśəbāʿw
are you satisfied?verbH7646
fill (full · self · with) · be full ···
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 19:22

Why do ye persecute me as God; and are filled with my flesh? It is not at variance with the style of piety that he tells that he is persecuted by God. For there is a good persecutor; as when the Lord says of Himself by the lips of the Prophet, Him that privily slandereth his neighbour, him did I persecute. But when any Saint is suffered to be stricken, he knows that he is undergoing persecution, sent against evil he has been guilty of, from the interior ordering. Now the…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 14 §59
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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