Job 19:28 — King James Version← Study notes

“But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?”

Job 19:28 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 19:289 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֣יkiy

ifconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

תֹ֭אמְרוּtōʾmərw

you will sayverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

מַהmah

what?particleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

נִּרְדָּףnirədāp

will we persecuteverbH7291

put to flight · follow (after · on) · hunt ···

ל֑/וֹlwō

pron

וְ/שֹׁ֥רֶשׁwəšōreš

and the root ofconjH8328

deep · heel · root

דָּ֝בָ֗רdābār

the matternounH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

נִמְצָאniməṣāʾ

it has been foundverbH4672

be able · being · catch · certainly ···

בִֽ/יbiy

pron

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 19:28

Wherefore then do ye now say, Let us persecute him, and find out the root of the word against him? Fly therefore from the face of the sword, for the sword is an avenger of wickedness; and know that there is a judgment. For in the first sentence he reproved the deeds of the wicked, while in the following he made known the punishments proceeding from the Divine judgment, Thus he saith, Wherefore then do ye now say; Let us persecute him and find out the root of the word against…
Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 14 §77

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

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