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Job 23:14 — King James Version← Study notes

For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.


Job 23:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 23:146 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֭יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יַשְׁלִ֣יםyašəliym
he performsverbH7999
end · finish · full · give again ···
חֻקִּ֑/יḥuqiy
decree mynounH2706
bound · commandment · convenient · custom ···
וְ/כָ/הֵ֖נָּהwəkāhēnāh
theirconjH2007
in · such · them · thence ···
רַבּ֣וֹתrabwōt
manyadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
עִמּֽ/וֹʿimwō
are with himpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
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 23:14

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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The character of God - Job 23
I notice the repetition here is deliberate - the author wants us to feel the emphasis, to let the truth sink deep into our hearts. God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circu...
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