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Job 8:18 — King James Version← Study notes

If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.


Job 8:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 8:187 words
HebrewMeaning
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
יְבַלְּעֶ֥/נּוּyəbaləʿenw
someone will swallow itverbH1104
destroy · devour · eat up · be at end ···
מִ/מְּקוֹמ֑/וֹmiməqwōmwō
from place itspronH4725
home · open · place · room ···
וְ/כִ֥חֶשׁwəkiḥeš
and it will denyconjH3584
deny · dissemble · fail · deal falsely ···
בּ֝֗/וֹbwō
pron
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
רְאִיתִֽי/ךָrəʾiytiykā
I have seen youverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
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 8:18

If He destroy him from his place, then He shall deny him, saying, I have not known thee. The hypocrite is ‘destroyed from his place,’ when he is parted from the applause of the present life, by death intervening. But the interior Witness ‘denieth’ him, thus destroyed, and asserts that He knows him not, in that in justly condemning the life of the pretender, ‘Truth’ knows him not, nor recognises the good works he has done, in that he never put them forth in a right purpose of…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 8 §84
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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