King James Version

Job 3:19

The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

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קָטֹ֣ןqatonleastקָטָןadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “least”, the ordinary formH6996abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est).וְ֭גָדוֹלvegadoland greatגָּדוֹלconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “and great”, the ordinary formH1419great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent[phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.שָׁ֣םshamthereשָׁםadverb — “there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.ה֑וּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.וְ֝עֶ֗בֶדveevedand servantעֶבֶדconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and servant”, the ordinary formH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.חָפְשִׁ֥יchafeshifreeחׇפְשִׁיadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “free”, the ordinary formH2670exempt (from bondage, tax or care)free, liberty.מֵאֲדֹנָֽיוmeadonayvfrom lordאָדוֹןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “from lord”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH113sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The small and great are there alike; and the servant is free from his master.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master.

Young’s Literal Translation

Small and great [are] there the same. And a servant [is] free from his lord.

World English Bible

The small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master.

Darby Translation

The small and great are there, and the bondman freed from his master.

Douay-Rheims

The small and great are there, and the servant is free from his master.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The small and great are there alike; and the servant is free from his master.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The small and great are there, and the servant that feared his lord.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μικρὸς καὶ μέγας ἐκεῖ ἐστι, καὶ θεράπων δεδοικὼς τὸν κύριον αὐτοῦ.