King James Version

Job 19:15

They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

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גָּ֘רֵ֤יgarefearגּוּרverb, qal, participle, construct — “fear”, a verb used as a describing wordH1481properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid)abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, [idiom] surely.בֵיתִ֣יveytifamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…וְ֭אַמְהֹתַיveamhotayand bondmaidאָמָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and bondmaid”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH519a maidservant or female slave(hand-) bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant).לְזָ֣רlezarto strangeזוּרpreposition, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “to strange”, the ordinary formH2114to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be aforeigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery(come from) another (man, place), fanner, go away, (e-) strange(-r, thing, woman).תַּחְשְׁבֻ֑נִיtachshevuniregardחָשַׁבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “regard”, an unfinished actionH2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute(make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.נָ֝כְרִ֗יnakheristrangeנׇכְרִיadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “strange”, the ordinary formH5237strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman).הָיִ֥יתִיhayitibeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.בְעֵינֵיהֶֽםveeyneyhemin eye , , -sightעַיִןpreposition, noun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in 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…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am become an alien in their sight.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

Young’s Literal Translation

Sojourners of my house and my maids, For a stranger reckon me: An alien I have been in their eyes.

World English Bible

Those who dwell in my house and my maids consider me a stranger. I am an alien in their sight.

Darby Translation

The sojourners in my house and my maids count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.

Douay-Rheims

They that dwelt in my house, and my maidservants have counted me a stranger, and I have been like an alien in their eyes.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am become an alien in their sight.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

As for my household, and my maid-servants, I was a stranger before them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Γείτονες οἰκίας, θεράπαιναί τε μοῦ, ἀλλογενὴς ἤμην ἐναντίον αὐτῶν.