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Job 17:7

Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

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וַתֵּ֣כַהּvatekhahand be dimכָּהָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be dim”, the next action in the storyH3543to be weak, i.e. (figuratively) to despond (causatively, rebuke), or (of light, the eye) to grow dulldarken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain, [idiom] utterly.מִכַּ֣עַשׂmikaasfrom angerכַּעַסpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from anger”, the ordinary formH3708vexationanger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, [idiom] sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.עֵינִ֑יeynieye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…וִֽיצֻרַ֖יvitsurayand member.qlיָצֻרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and member.ql”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3338structure, i.e. limb or partmember.qlכַּצֵּ֣לkatselas shadeצֵלpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as shade”, the ordinary formH6738shade, whether literal or figurativedefence, shade(-ow).כֻּלָּֽםkulamallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd 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)

Mine eye also is dimmed by reason of vexation, and all my members are as a shadow.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.

Young’s Literal Translation

And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.

World English Bible

My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.

Darby Translation

And mine eye is dim by reason of grief, and all my members are as a shadow.

Douay-Rheims

My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Mine eye also is dimmed by reason of vexation, and all my members are as a shadow.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For my eyes are dimmed through pain; I have been grievously beset by all.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πεπώρωνται γὰρ ἀπὸ ὀργῆς οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου, πεπολιόρκημαι μεγάλως ὑπὸ πάντων.