Job 7:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 7:169 words

HebrewMeaning

מָ֭אַסְתִּיmāʾasətiy

I rejectverbH3988

cast away · contemn · despise · disdain ···

לֹאlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

לְ/עֹלָ֣םləʿōlām

for everpronH5769

ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···

אֶֽחְיֶ֑הʾeḥəyeh

I will liveverbH2421

make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···

חֲדַ֥לḥădal

ceaseverbH2308

end · fall · forbear · forsake ···

מִ֝מֶּ֗/נִּיmimeniy

from mepronH4480

after · among · at · because of ···

כִּיkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

הֶ֥בֶלhebel

are a breathnounH1892

altogether · vanity

יָמָֽ/יyāmāy

days mynounH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

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 7:16

I have given over hope, I will not live any longer. There be some of the righteous, who so entertain the desire of heavenly things, that, notwithstanding this, they are not broken off from the hope of things earthly. The inheritance bestowed on them by God they keep for the supply of necessities, the honours awarded them on a temporal footing they retain; they do not covet the things of others, they make a lawful use of their own. Yet these are strangers to those same things…
Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 8 §44

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

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