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Job 21:33

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

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מָֽתְקוּmateqvbe sweetמָתַקverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “be sweet”, a completed actionH4985to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweetbe (made, [idiom] take) sweet.ל֗וֹlvotoל֗וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toרִגְבֵ֫יrigveclodרֶגֶבnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “clod”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7263a lump of clayclod.נָ֥חַלnachalbrookנַחַלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “brook”, the ordinary formH5158a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)brook, flood, river, stream, valley.וְ֭אַחֲרָיוveacharayvand afterאַחַרconjunction, preposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and after”H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, the…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).אָדָ֣םadampersonאָדָםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “person”, the ordinary formH120ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)[idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.יִמְשׁ֑וֹךְyimshokhedrawמָשַׁךְverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “draw”, an unfinished actionH4900to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)draw (along, out), continue, defer, extend, forbear, [idiom] give, handle, make (pro-, sound) long, [idiom] sow, scatter, stretch out.וּ֝לְפָנָ֗יוulefanayvand to a- foreפָּנִיםconjunction, preposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and to a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…אֵ֣יןeynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).מִסְפָּֽרmisparnumberמִסְפָּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “number”, the ordinary formH4557a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration[phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The clods of the valley are sweet unto him, and all men draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.

Young’s Literal Translation

Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.

World English Bible

The clods of the valley will be sweet to him. All men will draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.

Darby Translation

The clods of the valley are sweet unto him; and every man followeth suit after him, as there were innumerable before him.

Douay-Rheims

He hath been acceptable to the gravel of Cocytus, and he shall draw every man after him, and there are innumerable before him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The clods of the valley are sweet unto him, and all men draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The stones of the valley have been sweet to him, and every man shall depart after him, and there are innumerable ones before him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐγλυκάνθησαν αὐτῷ χάλικες χειμάῤῥου, καὶ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ἀπελεύσεται, καὶ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ ἀναρίθμητοι.