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Job 35:5 — King James Version← Study notes

Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.


Job 35:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 35:57 words
HebrewMeaning
הַבֵּ֣טhabēṭ
look atverbH5027
consider · look · regard · have respect ···
שָׁמַ֣יִםšāmayim
the heavensnounH8064
astrologer · heaven
וּ/רְאֵ֑הwrəʾēh
and seeconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
וְ/שׁ֥וּרwəšwr
and observeconjH7789
lay wait · look · observe · perceive ···
שְׁ֝חָקִ֗יםšəḥāqiym
the cloudsnounH7834
small dust · heaven · sky
גָּבְה֥וּgābəhw
they are highverbH1361
be haughty · be high · lift up · mount up ···
מִמֶּֽ/ךָּmimekā
more than youpronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
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 35:5

—7. Look unto the heaven, and see, and behold the sky, that it is higher than thou. If thou hast sinned, what wilt thou hurt Him? If thine iniquities have been multiplied, what wilt thou do against Him? If, moreover, thou hast acted justly, what wilt thou give Him, or what will He receive of thy hand? Although these words ought not to have been said to blessed Job, who knew greater truths, yet the things, which are said, are true, namely, that neither do our sins hurt God,…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 26 §16
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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