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Job 14:11

As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

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אָֽזְלוּazelvgo to and froאָזַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “go to and fro”, a completed actionH235to go away, hence, to disappearfail, gad about, go to and fro (but in Ezekiel 27:19 the word is rendered by many 'from Uzal,' by others 'yarn'), be gone (spent).מַ֭יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).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.יָ֑םyamseaיָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “sea”, the ordinary formH3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).וְ֝נָהָ֗רvenaharand floodנָהָרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and flood”, the ordinary formH5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperityflood, river.יֶחֱרַ֥בyecheravdesolateחָרַבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “desolate”, an unfinished actionH2717to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, killdecay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, [idiom] surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.וְיָבֵֽשׁveyaveshand be ashamedיָבֵשׁconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be ashamed”, a completed action in a sequenceH3001to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), [idiom] utterly, wither (away).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

As the waters fail from the sea, and the river is drained dry;

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American Standard Version (1901)

As the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;

Young’s Literal Translation

Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry.

World English Bible

As the waters fail from the sea, and the river wastes and dries up,

Darby Translation

The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:

Douay-Rheims

As if the waters should depart out of the sea, and an emptied river should be dried up:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

As the waters fail from the sea, and the river is drained dry;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For the sea wastes in length of time, and a river fails and is dried up.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Χρόνῳ γὰρ σπανίζεται θάλασσα, ποταμὸς δὲ ἐρημωθεὶς ἐξηράνθη.