King James Version

Job 13:19

Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

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מִיmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.ה֭וּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.יָרִ֣יבyarivadversaryרִיבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “adversary”, an unfinished actionH7378properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defendadversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, [idiom] ever, [idiom] lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, [idiom] thoroughly.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.)כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…עַתָּ֖הatahthis timeעַתָּהadverb — “this time”H6258at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletivehenceforth, now, straightway, this time, whereas.אַחֲרִ֣ישׁacharishbe deafחָרַשׁverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “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.וְאֶגְוָֽעveegvaand give up the ghostגָּוַעconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and give up the ghost”, an unfinished actionH1478to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expiredie, be dead, give up the ghost, perish.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and die.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.

Young’s Literal Translation

Who [is] he that doth strive with me? For now I keep silent and gasp.

World English Bible

Who is he who will contend with me? For then I would hold my peace and give up the spirit.

Darby Translation

Who is he that contendeth with me? For if I were silent now, I should expire.

Douay-Rheims

Who is he that will plead against me? let him come: why am I consumed holding my peace?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and die.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For who is he that shall plead with me, that I should now be silent, and expire?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τίς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ κριθησόμενός μοι, ὅτι νῦν κωφεύσω καὶ ἐκλείψω;