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Job 20:27

In Job 20 of Job.

The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

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יְגַלּ֣וּyegalvexileגָּלָהverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “exile”, an unfinished actionH1540to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal[phrase] advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, [idiom] plainly, publish, remove, reveal, [idiom] shamelessly, shew, [idiom] surely, tell, uncover.שָׁמַ֣יִםshamayimheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).עֲוֺנ֑וֹaonvofaultעָוֺןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “fault”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5771perversity, i.e. (moral) evilfault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.וְ֝אֶ֗רֶץveeretsand earthאֶרֶץconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “and earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.מִתְקוֹמָ֘מָ֥הmitqomamahriseקוּםverb, hithpolel, participle, absolute — “rise”, a verb used as a describing wordH6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)abide, accomplish, [idiom] be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, [idiom] be dim, endure, [idiom] enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, [idiom] but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (u…לֽוֹlvotoלֽוֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him.

Young’s Literal Translation

Reveal do the heavens his iniquity, And earth is raising itself against him.

World English Bible

The heavens will reveal his iniquity. The earth will rise up against him.

Darby Translation

The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

Douay-Rheims

The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And let the heaven reveal his iniquities, and the earth rise up against him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀνακάλυψαι δὲ αὐτοῦ ὁ οὐρανὸς τὰς ἀνομίας, γῆ δὲ ἐπανασταίη αὐτῷ.

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