Job 24:25 — King James Version← Study notes

“And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?”

Job 24:25 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 24:258 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/אִםwəʾim

and ifconjH518

can- · doubtless · if · that) ···

לֹ֣אlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

אֵ֭פוֹʾēpwō

thenadvH645

now · where?

מִ֣יmiy

who?particleH4310

he · him · O that! what · which ···

יַכְזִיבֵ֑/נִיyakəziybēniy

will he prove a liar meverbH3576

(be found a · make a) liar · lie · lying ···

וְ/יָשֵׂ֥םwəyāśēm

and will he make?conjH7760

any wise · bring · call · care ···

לְ֝/אַ֗לləʾal

into nothingpronH408

neither · never · no · nor ···

מִלָּתִֽ/יmilātiy

speech mynounH4405

answer · matter · any thing to say · to speak ···

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 24:25

And if it be not so now, who will convict me of having lied, and set my words before God? If it be not so as he tells, then surely all people are able to convict him of falsehood. Why then is it said, And if it be not so now, who will convict me of having lied? i.e. whilst we know that, one who is false, it is allowed anyone to find fault with? But if we sift out the sense of the speaker with exact questioning, how light the things are that he put forth, we speedily…
Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 17 §13

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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