Job 33:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 33:18 words

HebrewMeaning

וְֽ/אוּלָ֗םwəʾwlām

and butconjH199

but · howbeit · in very deed · surely ···

שְׁמַֽעšəmaʿ

hearverbH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

נָ֣אnāʾ

pleaseparticleH4994

go to · now · oh

אִיּ֣וֹבʾiywōb

O JobnounH347

מִלָּ֑/יmilāy

words mynounH4405

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

וְֽ/כָלwəkāl

and allconjH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

דְּבָרַ֥/יdəbāray

words mynounH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

הַאֲזִֽינָ/הhaʾăziynāh

give ear to !verbH238

hear. See

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 33:1

Wherefore, Job, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words. Behold, I have opened my mouth; let my tongue speak in my throat. Let us consider from what a height of pride he comes down in admonishing Job to listen to him, in saying that he had opened his mouth, in promising that his tongue would speak in his throat. For the teaching of the boastful has this peculiarity, that they cannot modestly suggest what they teach, and cannot communicate in a right manner the truths…
Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 23 §22

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

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