Job 23:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 23:117 words

HebrewMeaning

בַּ֭/אֲשֻׁר/וֹbaʾăšurwō

on step hispronH838

step

אָחֲזָ֣הʾāḥăzāh

it has taken holdverbH270

be affrighted · (catch · lay · take) hold ···

רַגְלִ֑/יragəliy

foot mynounH7272

be able to endure · according as · after · coming ···

דַּרְכּ֖/וֹdarəkwō

way hisnounH1870

away · because of · by · conversation ···

שָׁמַ֣רְתִּיšāmarətiy

I have keptverbH8104

be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···

וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ

and notconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

אָֽטʾāṭ

I have turned asideverbH5186

afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···

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 23:11

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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