Job 21:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 21:26 words

HebrewMeaning

שִׁמְע֣וּšiməʿw

listenverbH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

שָׁ֭מוֹעַšāmwōʿa

completely toverbH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

מִלָּתִ֑/יmilātiy

speech mynounH4405

answer · matter · any thing to say · to speak ···

וּ/תְהִיwtəhiy

and let it beconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

זֹ֝֗אתzōʾt

thisprepH2063

-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···

תַּנְח֥וּמֹֽתֵי/כֶֽםtanəḥwmōtēykem

consolations yournounH8575

consolation

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 21:2

Hear I pray you my speech, and practise penitence. For he that when he said Hear, added, I pray you, shews how humbly he speaks, whilst he entreats persons, swelling with pride against him, to bring back their thought to the teaching of saving truth. But whereas holy men, within the pale of the Universal Church, are not only ready to teach what is right, but also to undergo things that are done against them, they do not dread being laughed at. Hence it is added; Suffer me…
Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 15 §39

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

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