King James Version

Job 27:1

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

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וַיֹּ֣סֶףvayosefand addיָסַףconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and add”, the next action in the storyH3254to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)add, [idiom] again, [idiom] any more, [idiom] cease, [idiom] come more, [phrase] conceive again, continue, exceed, [idiom] further, [idiom] gather together, get more, give more-over, [idiom] henceforth, increase (more and more), join, [idi…אִ֭יּוֹבiovJobאִיּוֹבnoun, proper name — “Job”H347Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patienceJob.שְׂאֵ֥תseetlift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, infinitive construct — “lift up”, the to-form of the verbH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…מְשָׁל֗וֹmeshalvobywordמָשָׁלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “byword”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4912properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)byword, like, parable, proverb.וַיֹּאמַֽרvayomarand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Job again took up his parable, and said:

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Job again took up his parable, and said,

Young’s Literal Translation

And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: —

World English Bible

Job again took up his parable, and said,

Darby Translation

And Job continued his parable and said,

Douay-Rheims

Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Job again took up his parable, and said:

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Job further continued and said in his parable,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔτι δὲ προσθεὶς Ἰὼβ εἶπεν τῷ προοιμίῳ,