King James Version

Job 12:14

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

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הֵ֣ןhenifהֵןparticle, demonstrative — “if”H2005lo!; also (as expressing surprise) ifbehold, if, lo, though.יַ֭הֲרוֹסyaharosbreakהָרַסverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “break”, an unfinished actionH2040to pull down or in pieces, break, destroybeat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, [idiom] utterly.וְלֹ֣אveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יִבָּנֶ֑הyibanehbuildבָּנָהverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “build”, an unfinished actionH1129to build (literally and figuratively)(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.יִסְגֹּ֥רyisgorshutסָגַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “shut”, an unfinished actionH5462to shut up; figuratively, to surrenderclose up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, [idiom] pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, [idiom] straitly.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…אִ֝֗ישׁisha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…וְלֹ֣אveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יִפָּתֵֽחַyipatechaopenפָּתַחverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “open”, an unfinished actionH6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carveappear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Behold, He breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

Young’s Literal Translation

Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened.

World English Bible

Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again. He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

Darby Translation

Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening.

Douay-Rheims

If he pull down, there is no man that can build up: if he shut up a. man, there is none that can open.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Behold, He breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

If he should cast down, who will build up? if he should shut up against men, who shall open?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐὰν καταβάλῃ, τίς οἰκοδομήσει; ἐὰν κλείσῃ κατʼ ἀνθρώπων, τίς ἀνοίξει;