King James Version

Job 19:21

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

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חָנֻּ֬נִיchanunibeseechחָנַןverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “beseech”, a commandH2603properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)beseech, [idiom] fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, [idiom] very.חָנֻּ֣נִיchanunibeseechחָנַןverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “beseech”, a commandH2603properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)beseech, [idiom] fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, [idiom] very.אַתֶּ֣םatemtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.רֵעָ֑יreaybrotherרֵעַnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “brother”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7453an associate (more or less close)brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, [idiom] (an-) other.כִּ֥יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…יַדyadhandיָדnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּelohaGodאֱלוֹהַּnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “God”, the ordinary formH433a deity or the DeityGod, god. See H430 (אֱלֹהִים).נָ֣גְעָהnageahreachנָגַעverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “reach”, a completed actionH5060properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)beat, ([idiom] be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.בִּֽיbiinבִּֽיpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in”in

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.

Young’s Literal Translation

Pity me, pity me, ye my friends, For the hand of God hath stricken against me.

World English Bible

“Have pity on me. Have pity on me, you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me.

Darby Translation

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

Douay-Rheims

Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Pity me, pity me, O friends; for it is the hand of the Lord that has touched me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐλεήσατέ με, ἐλεήσατέ με, ὦ φίλοι, χεὶρ γὰρ Κυρίου ἡ ἁψαμένη μου ἐστί.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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