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Job 29:8

The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

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רָא֣וּנִיrauniseeרָאָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “see”, a completed actionH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…נְעָרִ֣יםnearimboyנַעַרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “boy”, the ordinary formH5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).וְנֶחְבָּ֑אוּvenechbavand hideחָבָאconjunction, verb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and hide”, a completed actionH2244to secrete[idiom] held, hide (self), do secretly.וִֽ֝ישִׁישִׁיםvishishimand agedיָשִׁישׁconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “and aged”, the ordinary formH3453an old man(very) aged (man), ancient, very old.קָ֣מוּqamvriseקוּםverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “rise”, a completed actionH6965to 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…עָמָֽדוּamadvstandעָמַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “stand”, a completed actionH5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, [phrase] serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, m…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood;

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American Standard Version (1901)

The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;

Young’s Literal Translation

Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen — they stood up.

World English Bible

The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.

Darby Translation

The young men saw me, and hid themselves; and the aged arose [and] stood up;

Douay-Rheims

The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the old men rose up and stood.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and all the old men stood up.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἰδόντες με νεανίσκοι ἐκρύβησαν, πρεσβῦται δὲ πάντες ἔστησαν.