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Job 40:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said,


Job 40:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 40:15 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּ֖עַןwayaʿan
and he answeredconjH6030
afflict (by mistake for
יְהוָ֥הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אִיּ֗וֹבʾiywōb
JobnounH347
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 40:1

The Lord added, and spake to Job; Doth he that contendeth with God, so easily remain quiet? He that reproveth God, ought certainly also to answer Him. The holy man did not consider that his merits were being increased, but that his vices were being cut away by this so great severity of the scourge. And since he knew that there were no vices within him, he believed that he was unjustly smitten; and, to murmur at the blow, is altogether to reprove the Smiter. But the Lord,…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 31 §106
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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