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Job 26:11 — King James Version← Study notes

The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.


Job 26:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 26:115 words
HebrewMeaning
עַמּוּדֵ֣יʿamwdēy
the pillars ofnounH5982
apiece
שָׁמַ֣יִםšāmayim
heavennounH8064
astrologer · heaven
יְרוֹפָ֑פוּyərwōpāpw
they shakeverbH7322
וְ֝/יִתְמְה֗וּwəyitəməhw
and they may be astonishedconjH8539
be astonished · marvel · wonder
מִ/גַּעֲרָתֽ/וֹmigaʿărātwō
from rebuke hispronH1606
reproof
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 26:11

He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the light and darkness come to an end. Because very often in Holy Writ, as we said above, by the name of ‘waters’ peoples are denoted; the Lord compasseth the waters with bounds; because He so tempers the knowledge of mankind: that until the successions of the changing seasons pass away, it cannot perfectly attain to the knowledge of the Interior Brightness. But if by the name of ‘light’ we understand the righteous, and by the…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 17 §40
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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