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Job 11:3

Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

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בַּ֭דֶּיךָbadeykhaliarבַּדnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “liar”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH907a brag or lie; also a liarliar, lie.מְתִ֣יםmetimpersonsמַתnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “persons”, the ordinary formH4962properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural)[phrase] few, [idiom] friends, men, persons, [idiom] small.יַחֲרִ֑ישׁוyacharishvbe deafחָרַשׁverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “be deaf”, an unfinished actionH2790to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)[idiom] altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.וַ֝תִּלְעַ֗גvatilagand have in derisionלָעַגconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and have in derision”, the next action in the storyH3932to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligiblyhave in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.וְאֵ֣יןveeynand elseאַיִןconjunction, particle, negative — “and else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).מַכְלִֽםmakhlimblushכָּלַםverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “blush”, a verb used as a describing wordH3637properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insultbe (make) ashamed, blush, be confounded, be put to confusion, hurt, reproach, (do, put to) shame.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thy boastings have made men hold their peace, and thou hast mocked, with none to make thee ashamed;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

Young’s Literal Translation

Thy devices make men keep silent, Thou scornest, and none is causing blushing!

World English Bible

Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, will no man make you ashamed?

Darby Translation

Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make [thee] ashamed?

Douay-Rheims

Shall men hold their peace to thee only? and when thou hast mocked others, shall no man confute thee?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thy boastings have made men hold their peace, and thou hast mocked, with none to make thee ashamed;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer thee?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

εὐλογημένος γεννητὸς γυναικὸς ὀλιγόβιος. Μὴ πολὺς ἐν ῥήμασι γίνου, οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ἀντικρινόμενός σοι;