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Job 22:8 — King James Version← Study notes

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.


Job 22:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 22:88 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/אִ֣ישׁwəʾiyš
and a person ofconjH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
זְ֭רוֹעַzərwōʿa
armnounH2220
help · mighty · power · shoulder ···
ל֣/וֹlwō
pron
הָ/אָ֑רֶץhāʾāreṣ
the landparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וּ/נְשׂ֥וּאwnəśwʾ
and one uplifted ofconjH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
פָ֝נִ֗יםpāniym
facenounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
יֵ֣שֶׁבyēšeb
he dwellsverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
בָּֽ/הּbāh
pron
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 22:8

For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. Thou hast not given water to the weary, thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. In the might of thine arm thou didst possess the land, and as the most powerful thou didst hold it. 6. In Holy Scripture by the term of ‘a pledge’ sometimes the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and sometimes the confession of sin, are denoted. Thus pledge is taken as the gift of the Holy Spirit, as…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 16 §5
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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