King James Version

Job 13:12

Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

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זִֽ֭כְרֹנֵיכֶםzikhroneykhemmemorialזִכְרוֹןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “memorial”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2146a memento (or memorable thing, day or writing)memorial, record.מִשְׁלֵיmishlebywordמָשָׁלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “byword”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4912properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)byword, like, parable, proverb.אֵ֑פֶרeferashesאֵפֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “ashes”, the ordinary formH665ashesashes.לְגַבֵּיlegabeto backגַבpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “to back”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1354the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye) brows, nave, ring.חֹ֝֗מֶרchomerclayחֹמֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “clay”, the ordinary formH2563properly, a bubbling up, i.e. of water, a wave; of earth, mire or clay (cement); also a heap; hence, a chomer or dry measureclay, heap, homer, mire, motion.גַּבֵּיכֶֽםgabeykhembackגַבnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “back”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1354the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.back, body, boss, eminent (higher) place, (eye) brows, nave, ring.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Your memorials shall be like unto ashes, your eminences to eminences of clay.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defences are defences of clay.

Young’s Literal Translation

Your remembrances [are] similes of ashes, For high places of clay your heights.

World English Bible

Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes. Your defenses are defenses of clay.

Darby Translation

Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, your bulwarks are bulwarks of mire.

Douay-Rheims

Your remembrance shall be compared to ashes, and your necks shall be brought to clay.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Your memorials shall be like unto ashes, your eminences to eminences of clay.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And your glorying shall prove in the end to you like ashes, and your body like a body of clay.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἀποβήσεται δὲ ὑμῶν τὸ γαυρίαμα ἶσα σποδῷ, τὸ δὲ σῶμα πήλινον.