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Job 21:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.


Job 21:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 21:36 words
HebrewMeaning
שָׂ֭אוּ/נִיśāʾwniy
bear with meverbH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
וְ/אָנֹכִ֣יwəʾānōkiy
and IconjH595
me · which
אֲדַבֵּ֑רʾădabēr
I will speakverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
וְ/אַחַ֖רwəʾaḥar
and afterconjH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
דַּבְּרִ֣/יdabəriy
have spoken IverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
תַלְעִֽיגtaləʿiyg
you will mockverbH3932
laugh · mock · stammering
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 21:3

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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