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Job 5:2 — King James Version← Study notes

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.


Job 5:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 5:27 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
לֶֽ֭/אֱוִילleʾĕwiyl
a foolpronH191
יַהֲרָגyahărāg
it slaysverbH2026
out of hand · kill · murder · put to ···
כָּ֑עַשׂkāʿaś
vexationnounH3708
angry · grief · indignation · provocation ···
וּ֝/פֹתֶ֗הwpōteh
and a simple oneconjH6601
deceive · enlarge · entice · flatter ···
תָּמִ֥יתtāmiyt
it killsverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
קִנְאָֽהqinəʾāh
jealousynounH7068
jealousy · sake · zeal
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 5:2

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly man. Which same sentence would have been true, had it not been delivered against the patience of so great a man. But let us weigh well the thing that is said, though it be made to recoil by the virtue of his hearer, that we may shew how right the matter is, which is put forth, if it were not unjustly put forth against blessed Job; since it is written, But Thou, Lord, Judgest with tranquillity. We must above all…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 5 §77
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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