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Job 33:31 — King James Version← Study notes

Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.


Job 33:31Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 33:317 words
HebrewMeaning
הַקְשֵׁ֖בhaqəšēb
pay attentionverbH7181
hear · give heed · incline · mark ···
אִיּ֥וֹבʾiywōb
O JobnounH347
שְֽׁמַֽעšəmaʿ
listenverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
לִ֑/יliy
pron
הַ֝חֲרֵ֗שׁhaḥărēš
keep quietverbH2790
altogether · conceal · be deaf · devise ···
וְ/אָנֹכִ֥יwəʾānōkiy
and IconjH595
me · which
אֲדַבֵּֽרʾădabēr
I will speakverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
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 33:31

—33. Attend, O Job, and hearken unto me, and hold thy peace while I speak. But if thou hast any thing to say, answer me; speak: for I wish thee to appear just. But if thou hast not, hearken unto me; hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom. He shews what opinion he has of himself by this expression in which he says, Attend, O Job, and hearken unto me, and hold thy peace while I speak. For it is enormous pride to exact respect from one’s elder, and to impose silence on…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 24 §36
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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