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Job 8:12 — King James Version← Study notes

Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.


Job 8:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 8:128 words
HebrewMeaning
עֹדֶ֣/נּוּʿōdenw
still itadvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
בְ֭/אִבּ/וֹbəʾibwō
is in greenness itspronH3
fruit
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִקָּטֵ֑ףyiqāṭēp
it is plucked offverbH6998
cut down · pluck
וְ/לִ/פְנֵ֖יwəlipənēy
and beforeconjH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
כָלkāl
anynounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
חָצִ֣ירḥāṣiyr
herbagenounH2682
hay · herb · leek
יִיבָֽשׁyiybāš
it is dried upverbH3001
clean · be confounded · dry · shame ···
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 8:12

Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. So are the paths of all that forget God, and the hypocrite's hope shall perish. So that by the name of ‘a rush’ or ‘a flag,’ he denotes the life of the hypocrite, which has an appearance of greenness, but has no fruit of usefulness for the services of man, which continuing dry in barrenness of practice, is green with only the colour of sanctity alone. But neither does a rush grow without…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 8 §65
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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