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Job 7:14 — King James Version← Study notes

Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:


Job 7:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 7:144 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/חִתַּתַּ֥/נִיwəḥitataniy
and you will dismay meconjH2865
affright · be afraid · amaze · beat down ···
בַ/חֲלֹמ֑וֹתbaḥălōmwōt
by dreamspronH2472
וּֽ/מֵ/חֶזְיֹנ֥וֹתwmēḥezəyōnwōt
and from visionsconjH2384
תְּבַעֲתַֽ/נִּיtəbaʿătaniy
you will terrify meverbH1204
be afraid · terrify · trouble
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 7:14

When I say my bed shall comfort me, I shall be eased in speaking with myself on my couch, then Thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions. For in Holy Writ a ‘bed,’ a ‘couch,’ or ‘litter,’ is usually taken for the secret depth of the heart. For it is hence that under the likeness of each separate soul, the Spouse, urged by the piercing darts of holy love, says in the Song of Songs, By night on my bed I sought him, whom my soul loveth. For ‘by night and on…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 8 §40
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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