Job 42:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.”

Job 42:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 42:1016 words

HebrewMeaning

וַֽ/יהוָ֗הwayhwāh

and YahwehconjH3068

the Lord. Compare

שָׁ֚בšāb

he turned backverbH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

שביתšbyt

captivenounH7622

שְׁב֣וּתšəbwt

captivenounH7622

אִיּ֔וֹבʾiywōb

JobnounH347

בְּ/הִֽתְפַּֽלְל֖/וֹbəhitəpaləlwō

when prayed hepronH6419

judge · pray(-er · -ing) · make supplication

בְּעַ֣דbəʿad

forpronH1157

at by · for · over · through ···

רֵעֵ֑/הוּrēʿēhw

friends hisnounH7453

companion · fellow · friend · husband ···

וַ֧/יֹּסֶףwayōsep

and he increasedconjH3254

again · any more · cease · come more ···

יְהוָ֛הyəhwāh

YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

כָּלkāl

allnounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer

thatparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

לְ/אִיּ֖וֹבləʾiywōb

belonged to JobpronH347

לְ/מִשְׁנֶֽהləmišəneh

to doublepronH4932

copy · double · fatlings · next ···

ℹWords 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 42:10

The Lord also was turned at the penitence of Job, when he prayed for his friends. For he is before shewn to have been heard in behalf of his friends, when the circumstance, which we before mentioned, is stated; They did according as the Lord had spoken, and the Lord accepted the face of Job. But when it is immediately observed, The Lord also was turned at the penitence of Job, when he prayed for his friends; it is plainly shewn, that a penitent has deserved to be heard the…
Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 35 §20

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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