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Job 10:12

Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

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חַיִּ֣יםchayimlifeחַיnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “life”, the ordinary formH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.וָ֭חֶסֶדvachesedand kindnessחֵסֵדconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and kindness”, the ordinary formH2617kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beautyfavour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.עָשִׂ֣יתָasitadoעָשָׂהverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “do”, a completed actionH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…עִמָּדִ֑יimadiwithעִמָּדpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “with”H5978along withagainst, by, from, [phrase] me, [phrase] mine, of, [phrase] that I take, unto, upon, with(-in.)וּ֝פְקֻדָּתְךָ֗ufequdatekhaand visitationפְּקֻדָּהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and visitation”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6486visitation (in many senses, chiefly official)account, (that have the) charge, custody, that which...laid up, numbers, office(-r), ordering, oversight, [phrase] prison, reckoning, visitation.שָֽׁמְרָ֥הshamerahbewardשָׁמַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “beward”, a completed actionH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).רוּחִֽיruchiangerרוּחַnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “anger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou hast granted me life and favour, and Thy providence hath preserved my spirit.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou hast granted me life and lovingkindness; And thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

Young’s Literal Translation

Life and kindness Thou hast done with me. And Thy inspection hath preserved my spirit.

World English Bible

You have granted me life and loving kindness. Your visitation has preserved my spirit.

Darby Translation

Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy care hath preserved my spirit;

Douay-Rheims

Thou hast granted me life and mercy, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou hast granted me life and favour, and Thy providence hath preserved my spirit.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou didst bestow upon me life and mercy, and thy oversight has preserved my spirit.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ζωὴν δὲ καὶ ἔλεος ἔθου παρʼ ἐμοὶ, ἡ δὲ ἐπισκοπή σου ἐφυλαξέ μου τὸ πνεῦμα.