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Job 3:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And Job spake, and said,


Job 3:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 3:23 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּ֥עַןwayaʿan
and he answeredconjH6030
afflict (by mistake for
אִיּ֗וֹבʾiywōb
JobnounH347
וַ/יֹּאמַֽרwayōʾmar
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
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 3:2

After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day, And Job spake, and said, Let the day perish wherein I was born. 1. That which is here said, He opened his mouth, must not be gone into negligently. For by the things which Holy Scripture premises but slightly, we are apprised that what comes after is to be expected with reverence. For as we know nothing what vessels that are closed contain inside, but when the mouth of the vessels is opened, we discover what is contained…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 4 §2
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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