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Job 36:21 — King James Version← Study notes

Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.


Job 36:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 36:2110 words
HebrewMeaning
הִ֭שָּׁמֶרhišāmer
take heedverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תֵּ֣פֶןtēpen
you turnverbH6437
at tide · behold · cast out · come on ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אָ֑וֶןʾāwen
wickednessnounH205
evil · false · idol · iniquity ···
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
זֶ֝֗הzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
בָּחַ֥רְתָּbāḥarətā
you have chosenverbH977
appoint · choose · excellent · join ···
מֵ/עֹֽנִיmēʿōniy
more than afflictionpronH6040
trouble
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 36:21

Take heed that thou decline not to iniquity, for thou hast begun to follow this after misery. He follows iniquity after misery, who, after the evils which he endures for his correction, inflames himself, in his glowing heart, with the torches of impatience. Which Eliu believed that blessed Job had done, having heard him speak in bold words, when in the midst of scourges: being ignorant, namely, that every thing which he said, he uttered not from the sin of impatience, but…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 26 §84
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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