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Job 27:10 — King James Version← Study notes

Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?


Job 27:10Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 27:108 words
HebrewMeaning
אִםʾim
or?conjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
שַׁדַּ֥יšaday
the AlmightynounH7706
יִתְעַנָּ֑גyitəʿanāg
will he take delightverbH6026
delight · sport self
יִקְרָ֖אyiqərāʾ
will he call on?verbH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
אֱל֣וֹהַּʾĕlwōha
GodnounH433
god. See
בְּ/כָלbəkāl
at everypronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עֵֽתʿēt
timenounH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
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 27:10

Or will he be able to delight himself in the Almighty? For he that is overcome by the love of earthly things, in no degree delights himself in God. The soul indeed can never exist without its delight, for it delights itself either in things below or in things above, and in proportion as it is employed with higher devotion towards those above, it grows deadened with the greater loathing towards those below, and as it glows with a keener interest for those below, it cools in…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 18 §15
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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