King James Version

Job 22:25

Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.

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וְהָיָ֣הvehayahand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.שַׁדַּ֣יshadayAlmightyשַׁדַּיnoun, proper name — “Almighty”H7706the AlmightyAlmighty.בְּצָרֶ֑יךָbetsareykhagold defenceבֶּצֶרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “gold defence”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1220strictly a clipping, i.e. gold (as dug out)gold defence.וְכֶ֖סֶףvekhesefand moneyכֶּסֶףconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and money”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3701silver (from its pale color); by implication, moneymoney, price, silver(-ling).תּוֹעָפ֣וֹתtoafotplentyתּוֹעָפָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “plenty”, the ordinary formH8443(only in plural collective) weariness, i.e. (by implication) toil (treasure so obtained) or speedplenty, strength.לָֽךְlakhetoלָֽךְpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the Almighty be thy treasure, and precious silver unto thee;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the Almighty will be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver [is] strength to thee.

World English Bible

The Almighty will be your treasure, and precious silver to you.

Darby Translation

Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;

Douay-Rheims

And the Almighty shall be against thy enemies, and silver shall be heaped together for thee.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the Almighty be thy treasure, and precious silver unto thee;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So the Almighty shall be thy helper from enemies, and he shall bring thee forth pure as silver that has been tried by fire.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔσται οὖν σου ὁ παντοκράτωρ βοηθὸς ἀπὸ ἐχθρῶν, καθαρὸν δὲ ἀποδώσει σε ὥσπερ ἀργύριον πεπυρωμένον.