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Job 4:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,


Job 4:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 4:14 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ֭/יַּעַןwayaʿan
and he answeredconjH6030
afflict (by mistake for
אֱלִיפַ֥זʾĕliypaz
EliphaznounH464
הַֽ/תֵּימָנִ֗יhatēymāniy
the TemaniteparticleH8489
Temanite
וַ/יֹּאמַֽרwayōʾmar
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
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 4:1

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? It has been a1ready declared above, what there is set forth in the interpretation of these names. Therefore, because we are in haste to reach the unexamined parts, we forbear to unfold again what has been already delivered. According1y this is to be heedfully observed, that they, that bear the semblance of heretics, begin to speak softly, saying, If we assay to commune with…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 5 §28
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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