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Job 19:10

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

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יִתְּצֵ֣נִיyittsenibeat downנָתַץverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “beat down”, an unfinished actionH5422to tear downbeat down, break down (out), cast down, destroy, overthrow, pull down, throw down.סָ֭בִיבsavivaboutסָבִיבnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “about”, the ordinary formH5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around(place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.וָאֵלַ֑ךְvaelakhand carryיָלַךְconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and carry”, the next action in the storyH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…וַיַּסַּ֥עvayasaand cause to blowנָסַעconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and cause to blow”, the next action in the storyH5265properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourneycause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), [idiom] still, be on his (go their) way.כָּ֝עֵ֗ץkaetsas treeעֵץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as tree”, the ordinary formH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.תִּקְוָתִֽיtiqvatiexpectationתִּקְוָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “expectation”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8615literally a cord (as an attachment); figuratively, expectancyexpectation(-ted), hope, live, thing that I long for.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath He plucked up like a tree.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.

Young’s Literal Translation

He breaketh me down round about, and I go, And removeth like a tree my hope.

World English Bible

He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. He has plucked my hope up like a tree.

Darby Translation

He breaketh me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath he torn up as a tree.

Douay-Rheims

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am lost, and he hath taken away my hope, as from a tree that is plucked up.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath He plucked up like a tree.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He has torn me round about, and I am gone: and he has cut off my hope like a tree.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Διέσπασέ με κύκλῳ καὶ ᾠχόμην, ἐξέκοψε δὲ ὥσπερ δένδρον τὴν ἐλπίδα μου.