Job 21:28 — King James Version← Study notes

“For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?”

Job 21:28 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 21:289 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֤יkiy

forconjH3588

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

תֹֽאמְר֗וּtōʾmərw

you sayverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

אַיֵּ֥הʾayēh

where?particleH346

בֵיתbēyt

is the house ofnounH1004

daughter · door · dungeon · family ···

נָדִ֑יבnādiyb

a noble personadjH5081

liberal · noble · prince · willing

וְ֝/אַיֵּ֗הwəʾayēh

and where?conjH346

אֹ֤הֶלʾōhel

is the tent ofnounH168

home · tabernacle · tent

מִשְׁכְּנ֬וֹתmišəkənwōt

the dwelling places ofnounH4908

dwelling · habitation · tabernacle · tent

רְשָׁעִֽיםrəšāʿiym

wicked peopleadjH7563

condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong

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 21:28

Behold I know your thoughts, and the devices that ye wrongfully imagine against me. For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwellings of the wicked? For they had imagined him a wicked man, whom they saw, his substance gone, in a temporal way ruined. But the holy man judges them with a lofty review in proportion as amidst the losses which he had met with, he was standing with undiminished uprightness. For how had his losses of substance without hurt…
Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 15 §62

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

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