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Job 23:9 — King James Version← Study notes

On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:


Job 23:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 23:98 words
HebrewMeaning
שְׂמֹ֣אולśəmōʾwl
the left sidenounH8040
side)
בַּ/עֲשֹׂת֣/וֹbaʿăśōtwō
when acts hepronH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אָ֑חַזʾāḥaz
I see himverbH2372
look · prophesy · provide · see
יַעְטֹ֥ףyaʿəṭōp
he turnsverbH5848
fail · faint · feebler · hide self ···
יָ֝מִ֗יןyāmiyn
the right sidenounH3225
left-handed · side) · south
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אֶרְאֶֽהʾerəʾeh
I see himverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
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 23:9

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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