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Job 4:5 — King James Version← Study notes

But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.


Job 4:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 4:58 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
עַתָּ֨הʿatāh
nowadvH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
תָּב֣וֹאtābwōʾ
it comesverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֵלֶ֣י/ךָʾēleykā
to youpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
וַ/תֵּ֑לֶאwatēleʾ
and you have become impatientconjH3811
grieve · lothe · (be · make) weary
תִּגַּ֥עtigaʿ
it reachesverbH5060
bring · cast · come · draw near ···
עָ֝דֶ֗י/ךָʿādeykā
to youpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
וַ/תִּבָּהֵֽלwatibāhēl
and you have become dismayedconjH926
amazed · dismayed · rash) · (be ···
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 4:5

But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest: it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. All men of froward mind assail the life of the righteous in two ways; for either they assert that what they say is wrong, or that what they say aright they never observe; and hence blessed Job is reproved by his friends further on for his mode of speech, whereas now he is torn in pieces for having spoken right things, but not having observed them. And so at one time the speech, and at…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 5 §31
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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