King James Version

Job 26:4

To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

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אֶתetamongאֵתpreposition — “among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.מִ֭יmiwhoמִיparticle, 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.הִגַּ֣דְתָּhigadtabewrayנָגַדverb, hiphil, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “bewray”, a completed actionH5046properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praisebewray, [idiom] certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, [idiom] fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, [idiom] surely, tell, utter.מִלִּ֑יןmilinwordמִלָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “word”, the ordinary formH4405a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic[phrase] answer, by-word, matter, any thing (what) to say, to speak(-ing), speak, talking, word.וְנִשְׁמַתvenishmatand breathנְשָׁמָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and breath”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5397a puff, i.e. wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. or (concretely) an animalblast, (that) breath(-eth), inspiration, soul, spirit.מִ֝יmiwhoמִיparticle, 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.יָצְאָ֥הyatseahbring forthיָצָאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “bring forth”, a completed actionH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…מִמֶּֽךָּmimekafromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

With whose help hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?

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American Standard Version (1901)

To whom hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?

Young’s Literal Translation

With whom hast thou declared words? And whose breath came forth from thee?

World English Bible

To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came out of you?

Darby Translation

For whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

Douay-Rheims

Whom hast thou desired to teach? was it not him that made life?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

With whose help hast thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose breath is it that has come forth from thee?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τίνι ἀνήγγειλας ῥήματα; πνοὴ δὲ τίνος ἐστὶν ἡ ἐξελθοῦσα ἐκ σοῦ;