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Job 21:29

Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,

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הֲלֹ֣אhalono , -r,לֹאparticle, interrogative, particle, 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…שְׁ֭אֶלְתֶּםsheeltemdemandשָׁאַלverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “demand”, a completed actionH7592to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demandask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, [idiom] earnestly, enquire, [phrase] greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, [phrase] salute, [idiom] straitly, [idiom] surely, wish.ע֣וֹבְרֵיoverealienateעָבַרverb, qal, participle, construct — “alienate”, a verb used as a describing wordH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…דָ֑רֶךְdarekhalongדֶּרֶךְnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “along”, the ordinary formH1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverbalong, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).וְ֝אֹתֹתָ֗םveototamand markאוֹתconjunction, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and mark”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH226a signal (literally or figuratively), as aflag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.mark, miracle, (en-) sign, token.לֹ֣אlono , -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…תְנַכֵּֽרוּtenakervacknowledgeנָכַרverb, piel, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “acknowledge”, an unfinished actionH5234properly, to scrutinize, i.e. look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (with suspicion implied), to disregard, ignore, be strange toward, reject, resign, dissimulate (as if ignorant or disowning)acknowledge, [idiom] could, deliver, discern, dissemble, estrange, feign self to be another, know, take knowledge (notice), perceive, regard, (have) respect, behave (make) self strange(-ly).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Have ye not asked them that go by the way; and will ye misdeem their tokens,

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American Standard Version (1901)

Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences,

Young’s Literal Translation

Have ye not asked those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know?

World English Bible

Haven’t you asked wayfaring men? Don’t you know their evidences,

Darby Translation

Have ye not asked the wayfarers? and do ye not regard their tokens:

Douay-Rheims

Ask any one of them that go by the way, and you shall perceive that he knoweth these same things.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Have ye not asked them that go by the way; and will ye misdeem their tokens,

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Ask those that go by the way, and do not disown their tokens.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐρωτήσατε παραπορευομένους ὁδὸν, καὶ τὰ σημεῖα αὐτῶν οὐκ ἀπαλλοτριώσετε.