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Job 40:19 — King James Version← Study notes

He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.


Job 40:19Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 40:197 words
HebrewMeaning
ה֭וּאhwʾ
itprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
רֵאשִׁ֣יתrēʾšiyt
is the first ofnounH7225
chief · first(-fruits · part · time) ···
דַּרְכֵיdarəkēy
the ways ofnounH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
אֵ֑לʾēl
GodnounH410
goodly · great · idol · might ···
הָ֝/עֹשׂ/וֹhāʿōśwō
the one who made itparticleH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
יַגֵּ֥שׁyagēš
let him bring nearverbH5066
bring (forth · hither · near) · come (hither ···
חַרְבּֽ/וֹḥarəbwō
sword hisnounH2719
dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···
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 40:19

His bones are as pipes of brass. In the body they are bones which hold the members together, and members which are held together. This beast then has flesh, it has bones also; because there are some wicked persons, who are yet retained in error by others, and others still more wicked who retain others also in error. What else then do we understand by the bones of Antichrist, but some more powerful persons in his body? in whose hearts while iniquity has become greatly…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 32 §28
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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