King James Version

Job 27:7

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

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יְהִ֣יyehibeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.כְ֭רָשָׁעkherashaas guiltyרָשָׁעpreposition, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “as guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.אֹ֣יְבִ֑יoyevienemyאֹיֵבverb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “enemy”, a verb used as a describing wordH341hating; an adversaryenemy, foe.וּמִתְקוֹמְמִ֥יumitqomemiand riseקוּםconjunction, verb, hithpolel, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and rise”, a verb used as a describing wordH6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)abide, accomplish, [idiom] be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, [idiom] be dim, endure, [idiom] enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, [idiom] but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (u…כְעַוָּֽלkheavalas unjustעַוָּלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as unjust”, the ordinary formH5767evil (morally)unjust, unrighteous, wicked.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.

Young’s Literal Translation

As the wicked is my enemy, And my withstander as the perverse.

World English Bible

“Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

Darby Translation

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

Douay-Rheims

Let my enemy be as the ungodly, and my adversary as the wicked one.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Nay rather, but let mine enemies be as the overthrow of the ungodly, and they that rise up against me, as the destruction of transgressors.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ εἴησαν οἱ ἐχθροί μου ὥσπερ ἡ καταστροφὴ τῶν ἀσεβῶν, καὶ οἱ ἐπʼ ἐμὲ ἐπανιστάμενοι, ὥσπερ ἡ ἀπώλεια τῶν παρανόμων.