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Job 36:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.


Job 36:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 36:28 words
HebrewMeaning
כַּתַּרkatar
waitverbH3803
compass about · be crowned inclose round · suffer
לִ֣/יliy
pron
זְ֭עֵירzəʿēyr
a littlenounH2191
וַ/אֲחַוֶּ֑/ךָּwaʾăḥawekā
so I may show youconjH2331
כִּ֤יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
ע֖וֹדʿwōd
stilladvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
לֶ/אֱל֣וֹהַּleʾĕlwōha
are for GodpronH433
god. See
מִלִּֽיםmiliym
wordsnounH4405
answer · matter · any thing to say · to speak ···
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 36:2

Eliu also added, and spake thus; Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee. He had already said much, and hopes that he will be borne with yet a little longer; because, namely, haughty men consider that they suffer a heavy loss, if they confine their skill by speaking within brief limits. For they believe, that they shew themselves to be more learned, the more they have been able to lay open their minds in multiplicity of much speaking. But, because they frequently perceive…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 26 §40
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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