King James Version

Job 21:12

They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

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יִ֭שְׂאוּyisvlift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “lift up”, an unfinished actionH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…כְּתֹ֣ףketofas tabretתֹּףpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as tabret”, the ordinary formH8596a tambourinetabret, timbrel.וְכִנּ֑וֹרvekhinorand harpכִּנּוֹרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and harp”, the ordinary formH3658a harpharp.וְ֝יִשְׂמְח֗וּveyismechvand be gladשָׂמַחconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and be glad”, an unfinished actionH8055probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesomecheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, [idiom] very.לְק֣וֹלleqolto soundקוֹלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “to sound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6963a voice or sound[phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.עוּגָֽבugavorganעוּגָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “organ”, the ordinary formH5748a reed-instrument of musicorgan.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

Young’s Literal Translation

They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.

World English Bible

They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

Darby Translation

They shout to the tambour and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

Douay-Rheims

They take the timbrel, and the harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and they rejoice at the voice of a song.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἀναλαβόντες ψαλτήριον καὶ κιθάραν, καὶ εὐφραίνονται φωνῇ ψαλμοῦ.