King James Version

Job 20:26

All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

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כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “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).חֹשֶׁךְ֮choshekhdarkחֹשֶׁךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dark”, the ordinary formH2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickednessdark(-ness), night, obscurity.טָמ֪וּןtamunhideטָמַןverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “hide”, a verb used as a describing wordH2934to hide (by covering over)hide, lay privily, in secret.לִצְפּ֫וּנָ֥יוlitspunayvto lurk privilyצָפַןpreposition, verb, qal, passive participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to lurk privily”, a verb used as a describing wordH6845to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurkesteem, hide(-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret(-ly, place).תְּ֭אָכְלֵהוּteakhelehveatאָכַלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “eat”, an unfinished actionH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.אֵ֣שׁeshfireאֵשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “fire”, the ordinary formH784fire (literally or figuratively)burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.לֹֽאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…נֻפָּ֑חnupachblowנָפַחverb, pual, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “blow”, a completed actionH5301to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem)blow, breath, give up, cause to lose (life), seething, snuff.יֵ֖רַעyerabe greviousיָרַעverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be grevious”, an unfinished actionH3415properly, to be broken up (with any violent action) i.e. (figuratively) to fearbe grevious (only Isaiah 15:4; the rest belong to H7489 (רָעַע)).שָׂרִ֣ידsaridleftשָׂרִידnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “left”, the ordinary formH8300a survivor[idiom] alive, left, remain(-ing), remnant, rest.בְּאָהֳלֽוֹbeaholvoin tentאֹהֶלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in tent”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH168a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

All darkness is laid up for his treasures; a fire not blown by man shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tent.

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American Standard Version (1901)

All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown by man shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

Young’s Literal Translation

All darkness is hid for his treasures, Consume him doth a fire not blown, Broken is the remnant in his tent.

World English Bible

All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire will devour him. It will consume that which is left in his tent.

Darby Translation

All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown shall devour him; it shall feed upon what is left in his tent.

Douay-Rheims

All darkness is hid in his secret places: a fire that is not kindled shall devour him, he shall be afflicted when left in his tabernacle.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

All darkness is laid up for his treasures; a fire not blown by man shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tent.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And let all darkness wait for him: a fire that burns not out shall consume him; and let a stranger plague his house.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

πᾶν δὲ σκότος αὐτῷ ὑπομείναι· κατέδεται αὐτὸν πῦρ ἄκαυστον, κακώσαι δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐπήλυτος τὸν οἶκον.