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Job 27:23

In Job 27 of Job.

Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

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יִשְׂפֹּ֣קyispoqclapסָפַקverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “clap”, an unfinished actionH5606to clap the hands (in token of compact, derision, grief, indignation, or punishment); by implication of satisfaction, to be enough; by implication of excess, to vomitclap, smite, strike, suffice, wallow.עָלֵ֣ימוֹaleymvoaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…כַפֵּ֑ימוֹkhapeymvohand , -dle,כַּףnoun, common, feminine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “hand , -dle,”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, powerbranch, [phrase] foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.וְיִשְׁרֹ֥קveyishroqand hissשָׁרַקconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and hiss”, an unfinished actionH8319properly, to be shrill, i.e. to whistle or hiss (as a call or in scorn)hiss.עָ֝לָ֗יוalayvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…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)

Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place.

Young’s Literal Translation

It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.

World English Bible

Men will clap their hands at him, and will hiss him out of his place.

Darby Translation

[Men] shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

Douay-Rheims

He shall clasp his hands upon him, and shall hiss at him, beholding his place.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He shall cause men to clap their hands against them, and shall hiss him out of his place.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κροτήσει ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς χεῖρας αὐτῶν, καὶ συριεῖ αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ.

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