King James Version

Job 17:1

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

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רוּחִ֣יruchiangerרוּחַnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “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).חֻ֭בָּלָהchubalahdestroyחָבַלverb, pual, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “destroy”, a completed actionH2254to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)[idiom] at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lay to (take a) pledge, spoil, travail, [idiom] very, withhold.יָמַ֥יyamayas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…נִזְעָ֗כוּnizakhvbe extinctזָעַךְverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be extinct”, a completed actionH2193to extinguishbe extinct.קְבָרִ֥יםqevarimsepulchreקֶבֶרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “sepulchre”, the ordinary formH6913a sepulchreburying place, grave, sepulchre.לִֽיlitoלִֽיpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is ready for me.

Young’s Literal Translation

My spirit hath been destroyed, My days extinguished — graves [are] for me.

World English Bible

“My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me.

Darby Translation

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are mine.

Douay-Rheims

My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened, and only the grave remaineth for me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I perish, carried away by the wind, and I seek for burial, and obtain it not.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὀλέκομαι πνεύματι φερόμενος, δέομαι δὲ ταφῆς, καὶ οὐ τυγχάνω.