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Job 23:10 — King James Version← Study notes

But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.


Job 23:10Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 23:107 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יָ֭דַעyādaʿ
he knowsverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
דֶּ֣רֶךְderekə
the waynounH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
עִמָּדִ֑/יʿimādiy
with mepronH5978
by · from · me · mine ···
בְּ֝חָנַ֗/נִיbəḥānaniy
he has tested meverbH974
prove · tempt · try
כַּ/זָּהָ֥בkazāhāb
like goldpronH2091
fair weather
אֵצֵֽאʾēṣēʾ
I will come forthverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
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 23:10

O that one would grant me that I might know and find Him, that I might come even to His seat! An elect person if he did not know God, assuredly would not love Him. But it is one thing to ‘know’ by faith, and another to know by His own Form, one thing to find by trustfulness, another to find Him by contemplation. In consequence whereof it is brought to pass that Him Whom they know by faith, all of the Elect long to see by His own Form as well. With the love of Whom they burn…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 16 §32
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Tested by Fire
Job says: God knows the way I'm taking. When he tests me, I'll emerge like refined gold. This is faith spoken from the middle of devastation, not from safety. Job has lost everything. His children ar...
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