Job 23:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:”

Job 23:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 23:88 words

HebrewMeaning

הֵ֤ןhēn

beholdparticleH2005

if · lo · though

קֶ֣דֶםqedem

aforetimenounH6924

ancient · before · east (end · part ···

אֶהֱלֹ֣ךְʾehĕlōkə

alongverbH1980

apace · behave · come · continually ···

וְ/אֵינֶ֑/נּוּwəʾēynenw

elseconjH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

וְ֝/אָח֗וֹרwəʾāḥwōr

afterconjH268

back (part · -side · -ward) · hereafter ···

וְֽ/לֹאwəlōʾ

ereconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

אָבִ֥יןʾābiyn

attendverbH995

consider · be cunning · diligently · direct ···

לֽ/וֹlwō

pron

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.

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