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Job 24:25

And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

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וְאִםveimand oh thatאִםconjunction, conjunction — “and oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…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…אֵ֭פוֹefvohereאֵפוֹadverb — “here”H645strictly a demonstrative particle, here; but used of time, now or thenhere, now, where?מִ֣יmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.יַכְזִיבֵ֑נִיyakhzivenilieכָּזַבverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “lie”, an unfinished actionH3576to lie (i.e. deceive), literally or figurativelyfail, (be found a, make a) liar, lie, lying, be in vain.וְיָשֵׂ֥םveyasemand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and put”, a wish or indirect commandH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…לְ֝אַ֗לlealto notאַלpreposition, particle, negative — “to not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.מִלָּתִֽיmilatiwordמִלָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “word”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4405a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic[phrase] answer, by-word, matter, any thing (what) to say, to speak(-ing), speak, talking, word.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

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American Standard Version (1901)

And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth?

Young’s Literal Translation

And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?

World English Bible

If it isn’t so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?”

Darby Translation

If it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

Douay-Rheims

And if it be not so, who can convince me that I have lied, and set my words before God?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But if not, who is he that says I speak falsely, and will make my words of no account?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἰ δὲ μὴ, τίς ἐστιν ὁ φάμενος ψευδῆ με λέγειν, καὶ θήσει εἰς οὐδὲν τὰ ῥήματά μου;