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Job 42:6 — King James Version← Study notes

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.


Job 42:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 42:67 words
HebrewMeaning
עַלʿal
there-pronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כֵּ֭ןkēn
-foreparticleH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
אֶמְאַ֣סʾeməʾas
I rejectverbH3988
cast away · contemn · despise · disdain ···
וְ/נִחַ֑מְתִּיwəniḥamətiy
and I repentconjH5162
ease · repent(-er · -ing · self)
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
עָפָ֥רʿāpār
dustnounH6083
dust · earth · ground · morter ···
וָ/אֵֽפֶרwāʾēper
and ashesconjH665
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 42:6

Wherefore I reproach myself. For the less a person sees himself, the less is he displeased with himself; and the more he discerns the light of greater grace, the more blameworthy does he acknowledge himself to be. For when he is elevated within, by all that he is, he endeavours to agree with that standard which he beholds above him. And because human weakness still impedes him, he perceives that he differs therefrom in no slight degree, and every thing within him is…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 35 §5
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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