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Job 22:30 — King James Version← Study notes

He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.


Job 22:30Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 22:306 words
HebrewMeaning
יְֽמַלֵּ֥טyəmalēṭ
he will deliververbH4422
escape · lay · leap out · let alone ···
אִֽיʾiy
notparticleH336
נָקִ֑יnāqiy
an innocent personadjH5355
clean · clear · exempted · free ···
וְ֝/נִמְלַ֗טwəniməlaṭ
and he will be deliveredconjH4422
escape · lay · leap out · let alone ···
בְּ/בֹ֣רbəbōr
by the cleanness ofpronH1252
pureness
כַּפֶּֽי/ךָkapeykā
hands yournounH3709
foot · hand · -dle · ) ···
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 22:30

The innocent shall be saved, but he shall be saved by the cleanness of his hands. Which same sentence now if it be delivered touching the recompense of the kingdom of heaven, is supported by truth, in that whereas it is written concerning God, Who rendereth to every man according to his deeds, that man in the Last Inquest the justice of the Judge Eternal saveth, whom here His pitifulness sets free from impure deeds. But if a man is to this purport supposed to be here saved…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 16 §29
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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