King James Version

Job 24:11

Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

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בֵּיןbeynbetweenבֵּיןpreposition — “between”H996between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...oramong, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.שׁוּרֹתָ֥םshurotamwallשׁוּרnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “wall”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7791a wall (as going about)wall.יַצְהִ֑ירוּyatshirvmake oilצָהַרverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “make oil”, an unfinished actionH6671to press out oilmake oil.יְקָבִ֥יםyeqavimwineיֶקֶבnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “wine”, the ordinary formH3342a trough (as dug out); specifically, a wine-vat (whether the lower one, into which the juice drains; or the upper, in which the grapes are crushed)fats, presses, press-fat, wine(-press).דָּ֝רְכ֗וּdarekhvtreadדָּרַךְverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “tread”, a completed actionH1869to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.וַיִּצְמָֽאוּvayitsmavand thirstצָמֵאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and thirst”, the next action in the storyH6770to thirst (literally or figuratively)(be a-, suffer) thirst(-y).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They make oil within the rows of these men; they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

Young’s Literal Translation

Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.

World English Bible

They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread wine presses, and suffer thirst.

Darby Translation

They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

Douay-Rheims

They have taken their rest at noon among the stores of them, who after having trodden the winepresses suffer thirst.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They make oil within the rows of these men; they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They have unrighteously laid wait in narrow places, and have not known the righteous way.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐν στενοῖς ἀδίκως ἐνήδρευσαν, ὁδὸν δὲ δικαίαν οὐκ ᾔδεισαν.