King James Version

Job 21:24

His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

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עֲ֭טִינָיוatinayvbreastעֲטִיןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “breast”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5845a receptacle (for milk, i.e. pail; figuratively, breast)breast.מָלְא֣וּmalevbe at an endמָלֵאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be at an end”, a completed actionH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…חָלָ֑בchalavmilkחָלָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “milk”, the ordinary formH2461milk (as the richness of kine)[phrase] cheese, milk, sucking.וּמֹ֖חַumochaand marrowמֹחַconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and marrow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4221fat, i.e. marrowmarrow.עַצְמוֹתָ֣יוatsmotayvbodyעֶצֶםnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsamebody, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.יְשֻׁקֶּֽהyeshuqehcause to drinkשָׁקָהverb, pual, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “cause to drink”, an unfinished actionH8248to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish apotion tocause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See H7937 (שָׁכַר), H8354 (שָׁתָה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened.

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American Standard Version (1901)

His pails are full of milk, And the marrow of his bones is moistened.

Young’s Literal Translation

His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten.

World English Bible

His pails are full of milk. The marrow of his bones is moistened.

Darby Translation

His sides are full of fat, and the marrow of his bones is moistened;

Douay-Rheims

His bowels are full of fat, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and his inwards are full of fat, and his marrow is diffused throughout him .

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τὰ δὲ ἔγκατα αὐτοὺ πλήρη στέατος, μυελὸς δὲ αὐτοῦ διαχεῖται.