Job 29:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 29:167 words

HebrewMeaning

אָ֣בʾāb

was a fathernounH1

father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'

אָ֭נֹכִֽיʾānōkiy

IprepH595

me · which

לָֽ/אֶבְיוֹנִ֑יםlāʾebəywōniym

to the needy peoplepronH34

needy · poor

וְ/רִ֖בwərib

and a case at law ofconjH7379

adversary · chiding · contend · controversy ···

לֹאlōʾ

the one whom notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יָדַ֣עְתִּיyādaʿətiy

I knewverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

אֶחְקְרֵֽ/הוּʾeḥəqərēhw

I investigated itverbH2713

search · seek · sound · try

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 29:16

I was an eye to the blind, and a foot was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor, and the cause which I knew not I searched out. Herein the mind of the reader might perchance put the question, wherefore it is that blessed Job reckons up his own virtue with so much particularity. For it is a mark of holy men to conceal the good things they may have done, lest it chance that they bring upon themselves the downfall of exaltation. Whence Truth saith by Itself, Take heed that…
Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 19 §35

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

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

Publish a note on this verse

No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!