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Job 6:9 — King James Version← Study notes

Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!


Job 6:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 6:96 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/יֹאֵ֣לwəyōʾēl
and may he be willingconjH2974
begin · be content · please · take upon ···
אֱ֭לוֹהַּʾĕlwōha
GodnounH433
god. See
וִֽ/ידַכְּאֵ֑/נִיwiydakəʾēniy
and may he crush meconjH1792
break · bruise · contrite · crush ···
יַתֵּ֥רyatēr
may he loosenverbH5425
leap · loose · make · move ···
יָ֝ד֗/וֹyādwō
hand hisnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
וִֽ/יבַצְּעֵֽ/נִיwiybaṣəʿēniy
and may he cut off meconjH1214
cut · finish · fulfill · gain ···
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 6:9

That He That hath begun would bruise me! For very often the Lord begins to work in us the bruising of our vicious habits, but when the mind is lifted up at the very first step of its progress, and when it already exalts itself as on the ground of its virtuous attainments, it opens an entrance to the adversary, that rages against it, who penetrating into the depths of the heart, dashes in pieces all that he may find therein springing from the earnestness of a good beginning,…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 7 §19
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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