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Job 23:12 — King James Version← Study notes

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.


Job 23:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 23:128 words
HebrewMeaning
מִצְוַ֣תmiṣəwat
the commandment ofnounH4687
law · ordinance · precept
שְׂ֭פָתָי/וśəpātāyw
lips hisnounH8193
bank · binding · border · brim ···
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אָמִ֑ישׁʾāmiyš
I have ceasedverbH4185
depart · go back · remove · take away
מֵ֝/חֻקִּ֗/יmēḥuqiy
more than portion mypronH2706
bound · commandment · convenient · custom ···
צָפַ֥נְתִּיṣāpanətiy
I have treasured upverbH6845
hide(-den one · self) · lay up · lurk privily ···
אִמְרֵיʾimərēy
the words ofnounH561
appointed unto him · saying · speech · word
פִֽי/וpiyw
mouth hisnounH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
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 23:12

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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