King James Version

Job 16:2

I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.

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שָׁמַ֣עְתִּיshamatihearשָׁמַעverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “hear”, a completed actionH8085to 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…כְאֵ֣לֶּהkheelehas theseאֵלֶּהpreposition, pronoun, demonstrative, common, plural — “as these”H428these or thosean-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).רַבּ֑וֹתrabotaboundרַבadjective, adjective, feminine, plural, absolute — “abound”, the ordinary formH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),…מְנַחֲמֵ֖יmenachamecomfortנָחַםverb, piel, participle, construct — “comfort”, a verb used as a describing wordH5162properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).עָמָ֣לamaltoilעָמָלnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “toil”, the ordinary formH5999toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mindgrievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.כֻּלְּכֶֽםkulkhemallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I have heard many such things; sorry comforters are ye all.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I have heard many such things: Miserable comforters are ye all.

Young’s Literal Translation

I have heard many such things, Miserable comforters [are] ye all.

World English Bible

“I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!

Darby Translation

I have heard many such things: grievous comforters are ye all.

Douay-Rheims

I have often heard such things as these: you are all troublesome comforters.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I have heard many such things; sorry comforters are ye all.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I have heard many such things: poor comforters are ye all.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀκήκοα τοιαῦτα πολλὰ, παρακλήτορες κακῶν πάντες.