King James Version

Job 13:21

Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

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כַּ֭פְּךָkapkhahand , -dle,כַּףnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “hand , -dle,”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, powerbranch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.מֵעָלַ֣יmealayfrom aboveעַלpreposition, preposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from 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,…הַרְחַ֑קharchaqlooseרָחַקverb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “loose”, a commandH7368to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)(a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, [idiom] refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).וְ֝אֵ֥מָתְךָ֗veematekhaand idolאֵימָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and idol”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH367fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear)dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror.אַֽלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּיtevaataniaffrightבָּעַתverb, piel, jussive, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “affright”, a wish or indirect commandH1204to fearaffright, be (make) afraid, terrify, trouble.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Withdraw Thy hand far from me; and let not Thy terror make me afraid.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Withdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thy hand put far off from me, And Thy terror let not terrify me.

World English Bible

withdraw your hand far from me, and don’t let your terror make me afraid.

Darby Translation

Withdraw thy hand far from me; and let not thy terror make me afraid:

Douay-Rheims

Withdraw thy hand far from me, and let not thy dread terrify me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Withdraw Thy hand far from me; and let not Thy terror make me afraid.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Withhold thine hand from me: and let not thy fear terrify me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τὴν χεῖρα ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ ἀπέχου, καὶ ὁ φόβος σου μή με καταπλησσέτω.