{We call blessed} (makarizomen). Old word (present active
indicative of makariz(935c)), from makarios (happy), in N.T. only
here and  Lu 1:48 . "We felicitate." As in  1:3,12  Da 12:12 .
{Ye have heard} ((886b)ousate). First aorist (constative) active
indicative of akou(935c). As in  Mt 5:21,27,33,38,43 . Ropes
suggests in the synagogues. {Of Job} (I(9362)). Job did complain,
but he refused to renounce God ( Job 1:21  2:10  13:15  16:19  19:25f. ). He had become a stock illustration of loyal endurance.
{Ye have seen} (eidete). Second aorist (constative) active
indicative of hora(935c). In Job's case. {The end of the Lord} (	o
telos kuriou). The conclusion wrought by the Lord in Job's case
( Job 42:12 ). {Full of pity} (polusplagchnos). Late and rare
compound (polus, splagchnon), only here in N.T. It occurs also
in Hermas (_Sim_. v. 7. 4; _Mand_. iv, 3). "Very kind."
{Merciful} (oiktirm(936e)). Late and rare adjective (from
oikteir(935c) to pity), in N.T. only here and  Lu 6:36 .