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Job 15:30

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

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לֹֽאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יָס֨וּרyasurturnסוּרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “turn”, an unfinished actionH5493to turn off (literal or figurative)be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn…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.חֹ֗שֶׁךְchoshekhdarkחֹשֶׁךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dark”, the ordinary formH2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickednessdark(-ness), night, obscurity.יֹֽ֭נַקְתּוֹyonaqtvobranchיוֹנֶקֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “branch”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3127a sprout(tender) branch, young twig.תְּיַבֵּ֣שׁteyabeshbe ashamedיָבֵשׁverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be ashamed”, an unfinished actionH3001to 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).שַׁלְהָ֑בֶתshalhavetflameשַׁלְהֶבֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “flame”, the ordinary formH7957a flare of fire(flaming) flame.וְ֝יָס֗וּרveyasurand turnסוּרconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and turn”, an unfinished actionH5493to turn off (literal or figurative)be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn…בְּר֣וּחַberuchain angerרוּחַpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in anger”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).פִּֽיוpivedgeפֶּהnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “edge”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according toaccord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] s…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of His mouth shall he go away.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of God’s mouth shall he go away.

Young’s Literal Translation

He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!

World English Bible

He will not depart out of darkness. The flame will dry up his branches. He will go away by the breath of God’s mouth.

Darby Translation

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

Douay-Rheims

He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own month.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of His mouth shall he go away.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Neither shall he in any wise escape the darkness: let the wind blast his blossom, and let his flower fall off.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

οὐδὲ μὴ ἐκφύγῃ τὸ σκότος· τὸν βλαστὸν αὐτοῦ μαράναι ἄνεμος, ἐκπέσοι δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἄνθος.