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Job 16:13

His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

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יָ֘סֹ֤בּוּyasobvbringסָבַבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “bring”, an unfinished actionH5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figurativelybring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, [idiom] whirl, [idiom] round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, [idiom] circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, rou…עָלַ֨יalayaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “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,…רַבָּ֗יוrabayvarcherרַבnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “archer”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7228an archerarcher.יְפַלַּ֣חyefalachbring forthפָּלַחverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bring forth”, an unfinished actionH6398to slice, i.e. break open or piercebring forth, cleave, cut, shred, strike through.כִּ֭לְיוֹתַיkilyotaykidneysכִּלְיָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “kidneys”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3629a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self)kidneys, reins.וְלֹ֣אveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and 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…יַחְמ֑וֹלyachmolspareחָמַלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “spare”, an unfinished actionH2550to commiserate; by implication, to sparehave compassion, (have) pity, spare.יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְyishpokhecastשָׁפַךְverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “cast”, an unfinished actionH8210to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl outcast (up), gush out, pour (out), shed(-der, out), slip.לָ֝אָ֗רֶץlaaretsto earthאֶרֶץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “to earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.מְרֵרָֽתִיmereratigallמְרֵרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “gall”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4845bile (from its bitterness)gall.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

His archers compass me round about, He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.

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American Standard Version (1901)

His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.

Young’s Literal Translation

Go round against me do his archers. He splitteth my reins, and spareth not, He poureth out to the earth my gall.

World English Bible

His archers surround me. He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare. He pours out my bile on the ground.

Darby Translation

His arrows encompass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

Douay-Rheims

I that was formerly so wealthy, am all on a sudden broken to pieces: he hath taken me by my neck, he hath broken me, and hath set me up to be his mark.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

His archers compass me round about, He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They surrounded me with spears, aiming at my reins: without sparing me they poured out my gall upon the ground.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐκύκλωσάν με λόγχαις βάλλοντες εἰς νεφρούς μου, οὐ φειδόμενοι ἐξέχεαν εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν χολήν μου·