King James Version

Job 15:17

I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

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אֲחַוְךָ֥achavkhashowחָוָהverb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “show”, an unfinished actionH2331properly, to live; by implication (intensively) to declare or showshow.שְֽׁמַֽעshemahearשָׁמַעverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “hear”, a commandH8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) n…לִ֑יlitoלִ֑יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toוְזֶֽהvezehand the one...the otherזֶהconjunction, pronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “and the one...the other”H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thathe, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus,…חָ֝זִ֗יתִיchazitibeholdחָזָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “behold”, a completed actionH2372to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have avision ofbehold, look, prophesy, provide, see.וַאֲסַפֵּֽרָהvaasaperahand communeסָפַרconjunction, verb, piel, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “and commune”, a determination or requestH5608properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebratecommune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I will tell thee, hear thou me; and that which I have seen I will declare —

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American Standard Version (1901)

I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare

Young’s Literal Translation

I shew thee — hearken to me — And this I have seen and declare:

World English Bible

“I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare

Darby Translation

I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;

Douay-Rheims

I will shew thee, hear me: and I will tell thee what I have seen.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I will tell thee, hear thou me; and that which I have seen I will declare —

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But I will tell thee, hearken to me; I will tell thee now what I have seen;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀναγγελῶ δέ σοι, ἄκουέ μου, ἃ δὴ ἑώρακα, ἀναγγελῶ σοι,