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Job 34:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.


Job 34:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 34:26 words
HebrewMeaning
שִׁמְע֣וּšiməʿw
hearverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
חֲכָמִ֣יםḥăkāmiym
O wise menadjH2450
subtil · wise · man)
מִלָּ֑/יmilāy
words mynounH4405
answer · matter · any thing to say · to speak ···
וְ֝/יֹדְעִ֗יםwəyōdəʿiym
and O those who knowconjH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
הַאֲזִ֥ינוּhaʾăziynw
give earverbH238
hear. See
לִֽ/יliy
pron
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 34:2

Hear my words, O ye wise men, and listen to me, ye learned. For the ear trieth words, and the throat discerneth meats by the taste. As if he were to say, as the ear does not discern meats, nor the throat words, so a fool does not understand the sentence of the wise. Hear therefore what I say, ye wise and learned, who can understand the meaning of what has been said. Let us see then how great is his pride, who imagines that his words can be fitly heard only by the wise. But…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 24 §38
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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