King James Version

Job 27:21

The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

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יִשָּׂאֵ֣הוּyisaehvlift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “lift up”, an unfinished actionH5375to 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…קָדִ֣יםqadimeastקָדִיםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “east”, the ordinary formH6921the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)east(-ward, wind).וְיֵלַ֑ךְveyelakhand carryיָלַךְconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and carry”, an unfinished actionH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…וִֽ֝ישָׂעֲרֵ֗הוּvisaarehvand fearשָׂעַרconjunction, verb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and fear”, an unfinished actionH8175to storm; by implication, to shiver, i.e. fearbe (horribly) afraid, fear, hurl as a storm, be tempestuous, come like (take away as with) a whirlwind.מִמְּקֹמֽוֹmimqomvofrom countryמָקוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “from country”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4725properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)country, [idiom] home, [idiom] open, place, room, space, [idiom] whither(-soever).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; and it sweepeth him out of his place.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; And it sweepeth him out of his place.

Young’s Literal Translation

Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,

World English Bible

The east wind carries him away, and he departs. It sweeps him out of his place.

Darby Translation

The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place.

Douay-Rheims

A burning wind shall take him up, and carry him away, and as a whirlwind shall snatch him from his place.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; and it sweepeth him out of his place.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, and it shall utterly drive him out of his place.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀναλήψεται δὲ αὐτὸν καύσων καὶ ἀπελεύσεται, καὶ λικμήσει αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ.