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Job 39:8 — King James Version← Study notes

The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.


Job 39:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 39:87 words
HebrewMeaning
יְת֣וּרyətwr
rangeverbH3491
הָרִ֣יםhāriym
mountainsnounH2022
mount · promotion
מִרְעֵ֑/הוּmirəʿēhw
pasture itsnounH4829
pasture
וְ/אַחַ֖רwəʾaḥar
and afterconjH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
כָּלkāl
everynounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
יָר֣וֹקyārwōq
green plantnounH3387
יִדְרֽוֹשׁyidərwōš
it searchesverbH1875
at all · care for · diligently · inquire ···
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 39:8

He looks round on the mountains of his pasture. The mountains of his pasture are the lofty contemplations of inward refreshment. For the more holy men abase themselves outwardly with contempt, the more abundantly are they supported within with the contemplation of revelations. Whence it is written; He hath disposed the ascents in his heart in the valley of tears; because those, whom the valley of humility outwardly imprisons in tears, the ascent of contemplation elevates…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 30 §63
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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