King James Version

Job 12:22

He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

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מְגַלֶּ֣הmegalehexileגָּלָהverb, piel, participle, absolute — “exile”, a verb used as a describing wordH1540to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal[phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.עֲ֭מֻקוֹתamuqotdeepעָמֹקadjective, adjective, feminine, plural, absolute — “deep”, the ordinary formH6013deep (literally or figuratively)([idiom] exceeding) deep (thing).מִנִּיminifromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.חֹ֑שֶׁךְchoshekhdarkחֹשֶׁךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dark”, the ordinary formH2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickednessdark(-ness), night, obscurity.וַיֹּצֵ֖אvayotseand bring forthיָצָאconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bring forth”, the next action in the storyH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…לָא֣וֹרlaorto brightאוֹרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “to bright”, the ordinary formH216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.צַלְמָֽוֶתtsalmavetshadow of deathצַלְמָוֶתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “shadow of death”, the ordinary formH6757shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity)shadow of death.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

Young’s Literal Translation

Removing deep things out of darkness, And He bringeth out to light death-shade.

World English Bible

He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.

Darby Translation

He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death;

Douay-Rheims

He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth up to light the shadow of death.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Revealing deep things out of darkness: and he has brought into light the shadow of death.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀνακαλύπτων βαθέα ἐκ σκότους, ἐξήγαγε δὲ εἰς φῶς σκιὰν θανάτου.